Advice on Tyre Sizes

Need some new tyres for my Disco 1 V8, currently running on standard alloys
with 205/16's but am replacing with steel modular wheels and MT's. The car
will be having a 2" suspension list to accommodate the bigger rubber.

I have been recommended to fit 245/70/16's but think this is an odd size,
was thinking more along the lines of a 235/75/16 or 235/85/16, even a
265/75/16 but don't know what to go for.

On or around Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:16:45 -0000, "Andy"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Need some new tyres for my Disco 1 V8, currently running on standard alloys
>with 205/16's but am replacing with steel modular wheels and MT's. The car
>will be having a 2" suspension list to accommodate the bigger rubber.
>
>I have been recommended to fit 245/70/16's but think this is an odd size,
>was thinking more along the lines of a 235/75/16 or 235/85/16, even a
>265/75/16 but don't know what to go for.
>

I'd go with 235/85R16 if you're doing a 2" lift. However... I'd keep the
standard wheels unless the modulars are the same offset. A lot of the
aftermarket wheels are offset more from the vehicle, which gives a wider
track; on a disco even with suspension lift I reckon you'll be fouling the
bodywork.
I don't see much merit in going wider than 235 section, TBH, unless you
plan on a lot of driving on very soft ground, when the wider the better is
the rule. On hard slippery ground wider tyres are sometimes an actual
disadvantage.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twittering
from the strawbuilt shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing
horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed."
Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.

Andy Hi,

just keep in your mind that a +2" suspension lift may also create vibrations
from the front propshaft (even from the rear on D90s)
This problem can only be effectively addressed by fitting a double cardon
and with slightly extended travel propshaft at the front and a wider yoke
propshaft at the rear.

You will also lose some of the feeling and the self centering action of your
steering.
This can be addresssed by fitting either a castor corrected bushes kit or
castor corrected radius arms.

But be careful because castor correction may actually increase the vibration
problem even if a double cardan prop is fitted.

BTDT with a Disco 1 lifted to 6.5 cm (2.5 inches) of actual suspension lift
eventhough the coils were +2" ones.

Take care
Pantelis

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On or around Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:16:45 -0000, "Andy"
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >Need some new tyres for my Disco 1 V8, currently running on standard
alloys
> >with 205/16's but am replacing with steel modular wheels and MT's. The
car
> >will be having a 2" suspension list to accommodate the bigger rubber.
> >
> >I have been recommended to fit 245/70/16's but think this is an odd size,
> >was thinking more along the lines of a 235/75/16 or 235/85/16, even a
> >265/75/16 but don't know what to go for.
> >
>
> I'd go with 235/85R16 if you're doing a 2" lift. However... I'd keep the
> standard wheels unless the modulars are the same offset. A lot of the
> aftermarket wheels are offset more from the vehicle, which gives a wider
> track; on a disco even with suspension lift I reckon you'll be fouling the
> bodywork.
> I don't see much merit in going wider than 235 section, TBH, unless you
> plan on a lot of driving on very soft ground, when the wider the better is
> the rule. On hard slippery ground wider tyres are sometimes an actual
> disadvantage.
> --
> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
> "The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twittering
> from the strawbuilt shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing
> horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed."
> Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.