Thread: Defender wheels and tyres (again)

I run 285/75/16 BFG muds which are just over 33", very happy with them. My old V8 110 ran 33/12.50/15s and could pump it's way out of virtually anything, spraying mud 20-30 feet in the air, while making the most melodious sound in the world, watching videos of it can still bring a tear to the eye

I run 285/75/16 maxxis all-terrain-type tyres...
... fairly cheap from what I remember

I use these for daily driving - approx 200k's per day on sydney roads

Originally Posted by jimbo110

I run 285/75/16 BFG muds which are just over 33", very happy with them. My old V8 110 ran 33/12.50/15s and could pump it's way out of virtually anything, spraying mud 20-30 feet in the air, while making the most melodious sound in the world, watching videos of it can still bring a tear to the eye

Jimbo... what width rims have you got?
... mine are 7 inch (std defender alloys) and at first the 285/75/16's seemed a bit too wide

fwiw, on the 3.9 County I have 265 75 16 BFG MTs tubeless on steel disco rims and find them generally good & long wearing, and they don't seem to adversly affect the turning circle

regards - LJ

Not wishing to provoke any undue harshness here ... but as my dear old Dad once told me. Son ... never worry about the width ... it's the length that counts

Fats may look the goods, but they'll not always do the job.
235/85 with good side wall plies for me.

Cheers

Originally Posted by Rosco

Not wishing to provoke any undue harshness here ... but as my dear old Dad once told me. Son ... never worry about the width ... it's the length that counts

Fats may look the goods, but they'll not always do the job.
235/85 with good side wall plies for me.

Cheers

I would have to agree - for almost all offroad use the only factors that matter are overall diameter, tread and tyre pressure. Width is generally irrelevant except in that it improves stability by having a wider effective track, but this is at the expense of increased load on all steering and suspension components. On road, the increased track width may improve stability but at the expense of a greater likelihood of being thrown off line by bumps hitting the outside edge of the tread well away from the swivel axis intersection with the road. There are rare occasions where the increased tyre width avoids the tyre dropping into ruts made by narrower tyres.

John

have you had to do any mods or adjustments to run 285 75 16s.......or is that all stock standard......
as in no lifts or anything at all.....?

Originally Posted by Rosco

Not wishing to provoke any undue harshness here ... but as my dear old Dad once told me. Son ... never worry about the width ... it's the length that counts

Fats may look the goods, but they'll not always do the job.
235/85 with good side wall plies for me.

Cheers

I have to agre with Rosco its the length of the tread on the dirt not the width that gets ya through especially when ya air down mate

Ive just purchased 265/75/16 Goodyear MTRs for $280 ea if thats any help
Cooper tyres Insurance is only covering you On Road take them Off Road and the warranty is void and they will give you all sorts of excuses as to get out of a claim
Goodyear Tyres cost me $16 ea Tyre for insurance and they will have no dramas covering the claim

by the way Gday Jeff