Defender267/75 16 tyres

I've just fitted a set of Land Rover Original Equipment 7x16 wheels c/w 265/75 16 BFG all Terrain tyres to my car.

Unfortunately, at full lock the rear inside edge catches the suspension arms.

As this was a Land Rover standard fit on NAS vehicles. How do I stop it?

are you sure about this? as a 265 is about as big as you can fit on a 7" wheel. surely the o.e would be more about the middle of the range? say about 235 perhaps.

7" converts to 190mm and you are putting 265 wide tyres on thats a big difference. your tyres are nearly 50% wider than your wheels.

265 is a shade over 10" wide. Like Slob says you need to reduce in size. A 235 will reduce it by just over 1" in width. This should lessen the chance of your inside edge rubbing on yer radius arms.

Regards WP.

I agree that 235/85 are the standard UK fit. However, 265/75 16 tyres were fitted to the North American Spec Defender by the factory on the same Tornado wheels I have. Furthermore, BFG have confirmed that it is fine to put 265 tyres on 7" rims and lots of companies advertise the combination in Land Rover mags. My feeling is that I simply need to limit the extremes of the steering rack. Another solution may be wheel spacers. Does anyone have the proper Land Rover solution?

265 on 7" rims as i said before is at the upper limit of tyre width you can put on these rims. bfg will said that it is fine to put them on and they will be right.. but because they are getting close to being too wide for your rims it will affect your handling somewhat.(sidewalls can't flex as much as they should)
messing about with your steering stops will decrease your turning circle and spacers just put extra strain on your wheel bearing. my advice if you chose to take it is to bite the bullet and down size your tyres.

Had the same problem with my defender and these sized tyres. You can alter the stops on the steering to limit the maximum amount of steering available, but I can't remember exactly how as I never bothered - I changed my tire size after a short while because unless you are driving on sand, the thiner tyres are generally better for off-roading.

Do a google search, there should be something around on the Internet to tell you how to do it.

Matt.