Thread: Defender tyre sizes

I've got 235/85R16 Firestone ASR LT on mine. Good large tyre that seem to be pretty robust with decent road handling as well as off road. Funny thing though is that in all the posts I have read on this forum about tyres the Firestones have never been mentioned?

I'm running 305-70-16s FCII-s

Ran them on +26mm offset 16 x 8s with no rubbing (but with extended flares)

Now running them on 16x10s and theres some light contact on the outer edge at full compression. Soon to be fixed by a 10mm bumpstop extension.

Personally, I like a nice wide tyre/rim but will be getting some more (matching) rims in 16x8 again for road tyre and using the 16x10 with a 305-70-16 Claw for playtime

Disco rims, even with a 255-85-16 will cause slight rubbing of rear spring top mounts. Offset rims avoid this issue.

I can get great Heavy Duty (1400kg per wheel load rating) Alloys for the Defender in 16x8... They look the goods IMHO 8) and cost bugger all for a decent alloy.

Cheers
Mike

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>I can get great Heavy Duty (1400kg per wheel load rating) Alloys for the Defender in 16x8... They look the goods IMHO and cost bugger all for a decent alloy. [/b][/quote]

got any pic's ????

I run 34 jt2's on disco rims with + 30mm offset
they only just hit the front radius arms on full lock.
Rears no problem.

cheers Jeff