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Woo Hoo, Got me an Off Roader
Jonsey:
--- Quote from: Range Rover Blues on February 08, 2008, 16:54:25 ---Laning? then does it need lifting at all?
Tyres, with the V8 you need to be careful with remould as most of them are not speed rated sufficiently for the V8, you'll also find that bigger MTs are not either, my 235/85 BFGs aren't for example.
Are you going to use it as a daily driver? are you going to get the bug and want to drive more and more off-road?
If you want a lift then budget to spend around £800 on the car to get it propely sorted, springs and shocks are only half the story, brake lines, bump stops, casotr correction, cranked arms and a prop will eat the rest.
THEN you need tyres to suite you rlift, these will not fit on a standard car if you intend to take advantage of the lift and go bigger.
I'd suggest you start with a set of 235/70 MT or AT and se how you get on before you blow loads of cash on stuff you might never need. See if you can pick up some second hand tyres to get you started, then join your local group and get out there and get dirty :D
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So is 235/70 the largest size that will go on standard suspension and arches on 16" wheels?
Chris
BK:
yup
clbarclay:
225/75 is slightly larger diameter and will fit a standard disco
IIRC 245/70 and mabey 245/75 will also fit, though them might catch a bit, largely depending on the tolerances of the particulare discovery.
Range Rover Blues:
It's marginal how much bigger a 225/70 is, I had a set and more than anything they looked taller/slimmer but handled really well. You'll find them expensive though.
Originally they were also the biggest size recomended for the RRC, but as 235/70 are much cheaper they became the norm. In truth I think they are a bit too wide for road tyres on the standard rims.
Jonsey:
Ok, starting the long and expensive road of modification!
Got myself a Safari Snorkel today and planning on fitting it next weekend, reading through the instructions and i need an "Airsaw" to cut the body work, being new to this i don't have all the fancy tools! is there another tool/method of cutting the body work as required??
Also makes sense to extend the breathers ect to the snorkel as i'm doing this, going to use some pipe from the local diy shop, seem to remember reading somewhere 4mm should do it, is this the write size? also how many and where are the breather points located? done a search but couldn't find anything definitive.
Cheers, Chris
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