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35/1050/16 TYRES
Lee_D:
--- Quote from: "chuggaman" ---i got to stick to my guns on this one.
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Well we need to agree to differ. It's down to the application you apply the vehicle to in my opinion. Stick carlos fandago tyres on big rims and you will float great. Floating great across mud isn't what you want to be doing because you can sit there all day even with lockers fitted and have all four wheels spinning in the soup. Narrower tyres cut through the soup and get to any materials able to provide traction much quicker.
Floatation tyres are great on sand, which there ain't alot of in the UK but smashing if your in the sahara.
Wide nobbley tyres are again great on loose rock to find some purchase but stick them on a smooth road surface and the narrow tyres again win hands down for grip.
Looking across the driveway currently my widest tyres are 9.00x16's of the 101. It's the last vehicle I'd take out on Slush Sooner try my luck in the Laguna.
All that aside Wider tyres do look good. But looks aint everything when you look an arse as a CV2 cruises past. Been there and got the T-shirt
Fingers Mclean:
:lol: :lol: Look Guys i have bought and fitted 35/1050/16 silverstones to my mach 5's and they look fine know put the pistols away :P :P :P Merry Christmas and thanks for the advice:P :P :P All of you :P :P :P
Bulli:
Lee , you need a bigger engine or a heavier right foot! As for wider tyres being worse on tarmac , how? F1 cars would all have pram tyres if what you are saying is true...maybe you should tell Shooey thats where he went wrong this season.
Anyway enough of the mines better, luck is a major deciding factor a foot one way or another could spell disaster or triumph...or is that skill in reading the ground?
Budgie:
--- Quote from: "thumbs" ---does a standard gearing disco with 33s fitted pull away ok?
was planning this size tyres once ive lifted it
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No, and it will only get to a max speed of about 70mph & your speedo will read about 8mph slow. :wink:
There are three real choises:
1. Live with it.
2. Change the transfer box for one out of a TD5 Defender with a 1.4:1 ratio. This gives you back your pull-away & top speed, means you can do 30mph in 4th (instead of 3rd) and you don't have to change down when you see a hill. On the down side the engine revs more than normal and uses a little more fuel + the Low box is standard throughout the range so this is left slightly over geared for hill decents when offroad.
3. Change both fornt & rear axle diffs for 4.11:1 ratio. This is the best option as it will alter both high & low range but costs more that the transfer box swap unless you build the diffs yourself.
For prices etc have a look here for transfer box and here for the Ring & Pinions for the diffs. :wink:
I when for the transfer box replacement after fitting 33x12.5R15 but I fitted a +3" lift, wheel spacers, +2" bumpstops and fender flares to stop the tyres hitting anything. :wink:
Bulli:
yup Budgie is spot on , change the diff ratios, you get stronger diffs into the bargain
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