Thread: my car is eating my tires! arggh

I know the rear area often needs to be trimmed by an inch or so on the Disco1. A few regulars on here have done it so I'm sure one will be along shortly.

The front area looks the same as my RR. I've folded that edge in for clearance with my 7.50x16s. It looks like your tyres have just caught the lip so if it's folded over, they should clear.

Those flares are from Les Richmond Automotive.

They'll fix your problem

Tombraider

Can you post a side view of your own Disco? Maybe your 2.5" lift has sagged?

There are several pages around containing instructions for cutting back the guards, here's one account:

http://www.fag.hiof.no/~frodehaa/forandringer/245-75.htm

... and another:

http://www.discoweb.org/trim/index.htm

.... and some comments from our own members:

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/showthread.php't=24746&highlight=cutting

Good luck!

You will have to cut the rear of the rear guard no matter how much spring lift you have.

You can add a spacer between the mudflap bracket,but this exposes the guard edge and get damaged eventually anyway.

The rear door lip needs to be cut/bent to clear.

I have 33" tyres on my disco and only needed minor cutting to fit them. But i do have a 3 door.
I don't like flares as these just get smashed off unless you have large offset wheels to protect them.

would rolling the guards help or does'nt it give enough clearence

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compare this pic to you wheel arch. you can see where i started and ended the cut.
i did have measurements ect on a pic, but i cant find them.

and i dont own the disco any more.

phil

ps the tyres fitted are slightly bigger than 32''

dont know where the pic has gone??

your bottom pic of the disco has also gone awol??

phil