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mattyme:
33's... can i fit 33 inch tyres on a disco with 2" lift,
i realise ill have to cut out the arches and fit rubber arches on...

but what else would i need?

clbarclay:
A friend recently fitted 287/75r16 Insa turbo special tracks to his discovery (can't remember what offset the wheels are).

The arches were cut and extended using Flexi arches, had a 2" ish spring lift, extended bumpstops and the rock sliders had to be shortended to mach the new wheel arch profile. This just about kept the tyres from rubbing, but the rears could still lightly rub at full articulation. This was solved by a body lift (IIRC 2").

This was with +2" extended damper. Longer dampers can result on larger tyres rubbing the inner wheel arches on discoveries and range rover classics which neither cutting the outer archers more or lifing the suspesnion/body further can cure. Increasing wheel offset (possibly with more lift) or trimming the inner arches are the only ways round that, but both have their disadvantages.

mroxo:
Extended bump stops for a start.
I have had 33's on a disco with a 3 inch lift, 5 doorwith trimmed arches and it was fine with extended bump stops and castor corrected etc.

Bloody BIG mind  :clap:

mattyme:
ive also got 25mm spacers on already... this stops the wheels rubbing on full lock with 2657516 tyres.

why do i have to work on the castor correction, i understand why i need extended bump stops tho! lol

i think a bit of rubbing on full articulation could be lived with as it wouldnt be at full articulation very often really.

stuvy:

--- Quote from: mattyme on July 22, 2009, 21:30:27 ---
i think a bit of rubbing on full articulation could be lived with as it wouldnt be at full articulation very often really.

--- End quote ---

Not like in your avatar lol

i have 33's on mine and havnt cut the arches, yet

last time i took it off road the arches rubbed and rubbed until my tyre slowly went down, word of advice no matter how strong you are it not fun changing aheavy tyre in the mud!

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