Thread: >50mm will never be signed off by DoT in WA

Shakey,
Have you actually put a tape measure on the tyres.
doing the numbers ((235x0.85x2) + 16x25.4) = ???? is a joke because there are no two 235s the same dimension. I am sure that you could find a 235 that is only 48mm taller than an OEM tyre, just as you could find one that is 78mm taller than OEM.

The legislation AFAIK says "<50mm" it does not say "< 50 calculated from some company lettering on the side of the tyre mm".

I have four different flavour 235s with at least 30mm in OD between them.
"Small for size" are oldskool BFG AT, Hercules Terratrac, Dunlop Road Slippers.
"Large for size" are Bridgestone MT, MIchelin (7.5R16 thou) and

S

Originally Posted by roverrescue

Shakey,
Have you actually put a tape measure on the tyres.
doing the numbers ((235x0.85x2) + 16x25.4) = ???? is a joke because there are no two 235s the same dimension. I am sure that you could find a 235 that is only 48mm taller than an OEM tyre, just as you could find one that is 78mm taller than OEM.

The legislation AFAIK says "<50mm" it does not say "< 50 calculated from some company lettering on the side of the tyre mm".

I have four different flavour 235s with at least 30mm in OD between them.
"Small for size" are oldskool BFG AT, Hercules Terratrac, Dunlop Road Slippers.
"Large for size" are Bridgestone MT, MIchelin (7.5R16 thou) and

S

I am doing that, the problem I have is I can't find the diameter of the originals that Landrover fitted.

Am I right in thinking D2 came standard with Michelin Latitudes?
They are still available are they not?

S

Originally Posted by roverrescue

Am I right in thinking D2 came standard with Michelin Latitudes?
They are still available are they not?

S

My 2003 D2a came with Michelin XPC tyres. No longer available unfortunately.

Shakey, I have a partially worn XPC in the shed if you need an actual tyre measurement.

Originally Posted by cjc_td5

My 2003 D2a came with Michelin XPC tyres. No longer available unfortunately.

Shakey, I have a partially worn XPC in the shed if you need an actual tyre measurement.

If you could let me know please that would be great!

Thanks
Jake

Originally Posted by Shakey

If you could let me know please that would be great!

Thanks
Jake

The XPC in my shed is a bare tyre, not on a rim. The tyre has a convex shape across the tread and measures 730mm diameter at the centre of the tread, or about 715mm at the tread edges. It has about 5mm tread depth left, so you could add approx 10-15mm to the above diameters at full tread depth.

Have fun.

Original tyre size should be on the placard on the drivers door

Adam

Originally Posted by agrojnr

Original tyre size should be on the placard on the drivers door

Adam

That's just the ratio (I.e 235/70/16) and different manufacturers have slightly different diameters within that size.