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Offline Ridgeback

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New Tyres
« on: June 18, 2010, 20:34:41 »
I have the chance to get some new tyres for my 90 Td5.

Its at the garage now following a 3rd party insurance claim. I have the option to pay the extra and go for some bigger tyres.
I was running 265/75/16 MTs but was thinking of going for 285/75/16s.
I have read lots of stuff on the internet saying I will need to fit a 2 inch lift for this size, however because the tyres will be fitted at the garage before I get chance to fit the 2" lift, I need to know if they will go onto a standard 90 and drive ok on the road for the short trip home?

I am looking at the new BF goodrich MTs (think they call them the KM2)or the Kumho MTs.

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Re: New Tyres
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2010, 06:30:54 »
I've just had a look at a tyre size comparison chart, the 265's have a diameter of 803mm and the 285's are 833mm, I would of thought a radius increase of only 15mm would be fine to drive, see what the clearance is once they are fitted.
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Re: New Tyres
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2010, 20:30:00 »
all i can say is i have a set of silverstone extremes on my 90 on standard suspension they are 33" 10.50 16s and only issue i have is they catch a little on full lock took it to sibbertoft  and no other issues don't know if this helps at all
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Re: New Tyres
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2010, 21:03:10 »
i had them on mine with no problem before i lifted it
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