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265/75/16 on a disco with no lift ?
cardiff_gareth:
the largest you can go on a standard set up is 245/75r16's but these require a little cutting. If you don't wantto cut then go 245/70r16s as these will go on no problems and they are meatier. I had 225 and they were pants, didn't hold the road, wandering etc etc.
If you look at the post I put on in Disco section called front valance removed.... you'll see the 245's :wink:
cardiff_gareth:
--- Quote from: "Iain C" ---TBH don't bother. Mine just fit and that's with a 2" lift. If you want to go off road you'll need that lift really, if you are going to sty on road it will be better as standard.
--- End quote ---
I've heard this as well, you'll want the lift kit which really are just shocks and springs. I think it was Wizard who told me that the spacers he sells are good and a cheap way of lifting but really you want to use them in conjuntion with lift springs and shocks.
tomkbucks:
i think i will go for a set of 235/85/16 , ive got 225's at the moment and just dont look right !
mentalmoshio sophs V8i:
235/85 / 16 run at 32 inch high compared to 265 which depend on tread are 31inch for 14mm of tread and 31.75 inches at 20mm of tread. so they will be worst. what door model have u got?
standard tyre have the hight of 30 inchs.
i had 235/70/16 grizzly claws before a lift and they caught on the back arch.
my back arch has be cut camel ways by 5 inches think i removed 2 inchs on standard tyres
Iain C:
--- Quote from: "cardiff_gareth" ---
--- Quote from: "Iain C" ---TBH don't bother. Mine just fit and that's with a 2" lift. If you want to go off road you'll need that lift really, if you are going to sty on road it will be better as standard.
--- End quote ---
I've heard this as well, you'll want the lift kit which really are just shocks and springs. I think it was Wizard who told me that the spacers he sells are good and a cheap way of lifting but really you want to use them in conjuntion with lift springs and shocks.
--- End quote ---
Worms...can of!
Thing is, if you do that you'll also need bumpstops, and as such as your axle is now lower, longer flexis too. Apparently (although not sure how true this is) a single shock is not meaty enough to hang an axle off, so you need the straps too (although surely the front axle is heaver yet the straps are for the rear...
So basically, the advice I was given and would give, is if you want to put big tyres on, fine, but you'll need to do a lift and do the whole thing properly.
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