PennyJ
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I wonder if you can help me on this. this is one of my wheels, and the second photo shows what size it is (I think). 1988 Defender 90 turbo diesel. (the one before the 200tdi engine)
I'm getting new front tyres put on this weekend, more Grabbers 235/85/R16 to replace what's there and match whats on the back wheels. They do the job which is general road stuff and towing a couple of horses around in a trailer perfectly adequately. When I mentioned that the ones I have on now have inner tubes as well, the guy at the tyre place was a bit confused and said that normally they are tubeless tyres. The tube they would fit would not be quite the right size and that might be why I keep on getting punctures. Is he right? In some ways it would make sense, I've never had a car with inner tubes before, and I've never before suffered so many punctures. Should I have tubes or not, are the tyres it currently has too big for the wheel rims? At some stage the 90 has undergone a makeover/tidy up, it's not been modified as such. The local LR nuts round here are always quite impressed at how clean it is (not the paintwork) and can't quite believe its genuinely all more or less the original, which it does seem to be. I do think the wheels are not the original ones...
Is there anyone out there who understands these things and can put me right?
This is not a numpty garage by the way, it's micheldever tyres if anyone has heard of them, they are the main suppliers of most of the local tyre places to me, keep everything in stock and are unbeatable on price which is why I'm travelling an hour plus to go there. They're charging £93/tyre fitted incl tube and the other stuff, so a good price I thought, seeing as how I'm used to paying £15/tube fitted every time I have to replace one. They're doing BFG's for £114/tyre fitted.
So should I have tubes or not, should I be having a different tyre size put on. I hope someone can help.
I'm getting new front tyres put on this weekend, more Grabbers 235/85/R16 to replace what's there and match whats on the back wheels. They do the job which is general road stuff and towing a couple of horses around in a trailer perfectly adequately. When I mentioned that the ones I have on now have inner tubes as well, the guy at the tyre place was a bit confused and said that normally they are tubeless tyres. The tube they would fit would not be quite the right size and that might be why I keep on getting punctures. Is he right? In some ways it would make sense, I've never had a car with inner tubes before, and I've never before suffered so many punctures. Should I have tubes or not, are the tyres it currently has too big for the wheel rims? At some stage the 90 has undergone a makeover/tidy up, it's not been modified as such. The local LR nuts round here are always quite impressed at how clean it is (not the paintwork) and can't quite believe its genuinely all more or less the original, which it does seem to be. I do think the wheels are not the original ones...
Is there anyone out there who understands these things and can put me right?
This is not a numpty garage by the way, it's micheldever tyres if anyone has heard of them, they are the main suppliers of most of the local tyre places to me, keep everything in stock and are unbeatable on price which is why I'm travelling an hour plus to go there. They're charging £93/tyre fitted incl tube and the other stuff, so a good price I thought, seeing as how I'm used to paying £15/tube fitted every time I have to replace one. They're doing BFG's for £114/tyre fitted.
So should I have tubes or not, should I be having a different tyre size put on. I hope someone can help.
