Series III Tyre choice?

Hi,

I’ve got a Series III SW Station Waggon currently with 235/85R16 offroad tyres on steel wheels, but the front are scrubbed and need changing. I don’t want to put an expensive pair on, as it’s having a full rebuild after Christmas and I will more than likely be going for original wheels, so I’m either looking for a pair of cheap offroad tyres to replace the front ones or full set of dual purpose tyres, (not bothered if they are remoulds), with a full set of dual purpose tyres being the preferred option as it’ll be used for a 30 mile daily fast A road commute, (all be it, in all weathers), until she goes in for her makeover.

Can anybody please recommend a cheap make and type of tyre that will do me till Christmas for this, bearing in mind me wanting to spend as little as possible until then.

Highest regards,

Holmey

Have a look at the introduce yourself section, before people start moaning.
And just google your tyre size then put all terrain after it, i think remoulds are £50 upwards

ben waine said:

Have a look at the introduce yourself section, before people start moaning.
And just google your tyre size then put all terrain after it, i think remoulds are £50 upwards

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Sorry about that if I've done something wrong here Ben, with it being more general advice that I'm looking for, like if I get GP instead of all terrain tyres, will they need to be 235's, (I understand that's the height/ratio to width of the sidewall), and would any other size be OK, better, things like that, with the current set making the ride more lumpy than it could be and the front 2, despite the tracking etc being OK scrubbing off in less than 3 months/4500 miles I'm looking for a set that will give a better, quieter ride and won't wear as fast on the road.



This the beast.

Holmey

nice truck , that tyre size looks good.

try Tyres - Cheap Tyres + Free Fitting at Home or Work UK Wide - etyres just tap in your tyre size they have quite a few budget brands and may have one you like

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My advice dont change them...
They dont look so bad

'will they need to be 235's, (I understand that's the height/ratio to width of the sidewall),'
235 is the tread width in millimetres, not the height. That would be '/60' or something like that. I believe if it's not specified, it means about 80. I'm ready to be corrected, though.

235 tyre base, 85 cm radius, 16" rim size
235 85r 16 and 7.50x16 are the max tyre sizes for a 2.25 engine series3

The aspect ratio of a tyre is the height of the tyre sidewall expressed as a percentage of the tyres width (The "R" denotes the tyre construction type as "Radial" and is not the radius dimension of the tyre). To understand this more you need to recognise the meaning of the size markings on the sidewall of a tyre.

For instance a typical tyre size used today is 235 / 85R 16 and this size can be broken down into 3 major areas:

235 - this is the width of the tyre expressed in mm.

85 - the aspect ratio, or profile of the tyre, in this case 85% of the tyre width.

R - Radial tyre construction

16 - diameter of the rim the tyre is designed to be fitted to (in inches).

In this case the tyre side wall height would be a fraction under 200mm (235 x 85%).

Hope this helps?

Just to jump on the wagon, does anyone know what make/model tyres a 1969 Series 2a would have left the factory with?

205/80 are modern equivalent of factory originals which where I believe 6.50/16's

What size would folk suggest for putting on Defender steels?

i'm guessing your defender steels are 5.5" wide (it'll be stamped between the stud holes) if they're 6.5" it's likely they came from a 127/130, 7.50 x16 is a nice size and comes in all flavours of radial and crossply from all terrain to road use only

i've both width rims and i mostly only ever use 7.50 tyres, if you really want to fill the arches then i suggest you look for a set of ANR1534 rims (6.5") or wolf rims and fit 235/85x16 tyres, i do know someone that runs 265/75x16 on wolf rims on his 109 which "i" think looks pretty good but i have no idea as to how it affects the steering if at all

<groans, slaps self around head>
I meant Disco... Sorry!

TooMany2cvs said:

<groans, slaps self around head>
I meant Disco... Sorry!

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you deserved that slap

so you're using 7" rims lol

just slap a set of 235/85x16 tyres on them, you do realise disco rims have a different offset

NiteMare said:

you deserved that slap

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"Modern plastic rubbish"...

so you're using 7" rims lol

just slap a set of 235/85x16 tyres on them, you do realise disco rims have a different offset

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How much and which way? The 88 currently has a set of chuffin' gurt big white 8spokes on, shod with big chunkies. There are hard plastic arch lips in place. It's on parabolics, and seems to sit a little higher.

TooMany2cvs said:

"Modern plastic rubbish"...



How much and which way? The 88 currently has a set of chuffin' gurt big white 8spokes on, shod with big chunkies. There are hard plastic arch lips in place. It's on parabolics, and seems to sit a little higher.

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i've no idea of how much and not sure which way but i suspect they're offset deeper under the vehicle in the same way as my alloy disco rims appear to be

the 8spokes you currently have are probably 7", might be 7.5" those would happily carry 235/85 tyres and there's always paint or powder coat to change the colour if you don't like it

parabolics generally lift a Series by up to as much as 2" over standard leaves

mostly i don't see the appeal of plastic arches on a Series but there were a few "factory fitted" in Aus', i think they also got 15" rims (Sunraysia rings a bell, plenty in google images) and wider section tyres than would be normally expected here (i can't remember for sure as it was that long ago i read about that model 88"), what the offset on the 15" rims were i have no idea

not really much help am i

The Disco steels I mentioned above are 7". One of them currently has an aged 235/70 on, and it looks perfectly decent, but wouldn't hurt with a bit more diameter. I don't want to go OTT, though.

I'm looking hard at 225/75 - there seems to be a decent choice of road-biased rubber for sensible prices. Thoughts?

205 80 16 was a std fitment to disco rims also