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Vehicle & Technical => Freelander => Topic started by: Big Rich on March 24, 2008, 17:52:27

Title: Biggest Muds to fit Freelander 1?
Post by: Big Rich on March 24, 2008, 17:52:27: Its a W reg Diesel. Its getting a lift (2inch) and I want to fit mud tyres. Whats the biggest tyre you can get to fit?

Rich
Title: Re: Biggest Muds to fit Freelander 1?
Post by: Doobreydog on March 24, 2008, 20:07:05: 215/80/15 or 205/80/16 depending on what wheels you have...you can get away with 215/80/15 bronco diamond backs (if you can still get them) which have a 20mm tread and are more like .../90/.. profile but thet will rub slightly on rear of front wheel arches but will soon wear away the little bit of plastic...
Title: Re: Biggest Muds to fit Freelander 1?
Post by: Big Rich on March 24, 2008, 20:12:58: Fantastic.

I have seen 2 nch lift kits but was toying with whether you could get away with a 3 inch?

Rich
Title: Re: Biggest Muds to fit Freelander 1?
Post by: V8MoneyPit on March 25, 2008, 16:07:14: Quote from: Big Rich on March 24, 2008, 20:12:58
Fantastic.

I have seen 2 nch lift kits but was toying with whether you could get away with a 3 inch?

Rich

You'll run out of clearance. The steering arms will foul the 'chassis rail' inside the inner wing at full rebound. We have a 2" lift and the inner wing is cut right down to the rail. We had to move the fuel pipes which used to run on top of the rail too.

Also, the bottom of the strut is likely to foul the driveshaft at full rebound. Ours get pretty close at 2" lift.

Another issue is the life of the CV joints when they are running constantly at a severe angle.

Tyres:
We have 215/75x15 BFG all terrains and they don't foul.
Title: Re: Biggest Muds to fit Freelander 1?
Post by: 3laner on March 25, 2008, 21:14:23: Big G from MAD freelanders had more than a 2 inch lift AFAIK. Dont know what he did to address the clearance issues.may be worth a visit to www.mad-freelanders.org to find out. loads of other tyre and lift info under technical.

cheers
Alex
Title: Re: Biggest Muds to fit Freelander 1?
Post by: G30RGE on April 03, 2008, 21:42:39: 215 80 15 in place of standard 17" road tyres give me 30mm lift :P
(http://www.freelanderclub.org/images/S1OKR_600.jpg)
not a lot of room to spare at side of arches tho :shock:
Title: Re: Biggest Muds to fit Freelander 1?
Post by: wanabeoffroader on April 05, 2008, 18:41:23: 215 80 15 in place of standard 17" road tyres give me 30mm lift

not a lot of room to spare at side of arches tho

ive just got new 04 freelander with 17inch wheels by fitting 215 80 15 rather than standerd size will this efect the speedo
Title: Re: Biggest Muds to fit Freelander 1?
Post by: G30RGE on April 06, 2008, 19:17:57: Yes if radius is different

On mine - a calculation showed teht teh speedo would be 8mph out of sync

However - checking with satnav it is only 2mph out so not so bad

For calculation Look Here (http://www.carbibles.com/tyre_bible_pg2.html) (about 1/2 way down page)
Title: Re: Biggest Muds to fit Freelander 1?
Post by: wanabeoffroader on April 12, 2008, 17:27:18: cheers g30rge thats a usefull web site to know about :D
Title: Re: Biggest Muds to fit Freelander 1?
Post by: Gordo on October 16, 2008, 18:19:59: The Freelander doesn't seem to like full-on mud tyres. I'm told that AT tyres work better with the traction control system, and get through stuff that mud-tyres get stuck in.

Mine's got General Grabber AT2s on, and they got me around the course at Abingdon without any drama.
Title: Re: Biggest Muds to fit Freelander 1?
Post by: V8MoneyPit on October 17, 2008, 11:38:31: Quote from: KTM Gordo on October 16, 2008, 18:19:59
The Freelander doesn't seem to like full-on mud tyres. I'm told that AT tyres work better with the traction control system, and get through stuff that mud-tyres get stuck in.

Mine's got General Grabber AT2s on, and they got me around the course at Abingdon without any drama.

Likewise, we run ours on BFG AT's and it has never had a problem with anything we have thrown at it. It even managed to do a full stop and pull away on the concrete gulley at Billing. None of the Defenders would have managed that without stalling or spinning wheels :twisted: