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| farmer giles Member Since: 09 Feb 2011 Location: worcestershire Posts: 1299  
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235 x 85 x 16 will do you fine if it is a long or short wheel base..
an all terrain pattern should cover all general needs. b f Goodrich are an expensive initial outlay but very long wear rate |
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21st Nov 2014 2:10pm |
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| rallysteve Member Since: 10 Feb 2014 Location: Cumbria Posts: 2196  
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235 are much too narrow for 8.5" rim mind! 02' 110 TD5 Double Cab Rebuild Thread
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21st Nov 2014 2:46pm |
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| Cuthbert Member Since: 26 Oct 2013 Location: Up North Posts: 1535 |
If the Defender is just to be used running around a University campus and going on the odd field trip then the OEM spec narrow steel rims (6" or 6.5") and road biased tyres are probably more than adequate. These can be bought from a Land Rover dealer (or sometimes cheaper from other sources).
Wide tyres and off-road treads will only generate a lot more road noise and a rise in fuel consumption if running about mainly on tarmac. If on the other hand your university colleagues are going to explore the bogs of Lancashire, then a more off-road tyre and rim choice may be desirable. |
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21st Nov 2014 6:34pm |
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| Cupboard Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2971 
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you could do an awful lot worse than just buying these:
http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic32461.html The "standard" wheels and tyres from Land Rover are: 1) "Normal" steel wheels (5.5") with Michelin Latitude Cross 7.50R16. You're pretty limited in tyre choice with these wheels but Michelin XZL mud tyres are also available. Our farm 110 hicap pickup has the previous generation of Michelin AT tyres on and they do us well. 2) HD steel wheels (6.5", also known as "Wolf" wheels, lots of copies on the market but genuine aren't horrifically expensive) with either 7.50R16 or 235/85R16 tyres. Currently the standard options in 235/85R16 are Continental CrossContact AT or Goodyear Wrangler MT/R. 3) Boost alloys (7") with the 235/85R16 tyres. Other tyres sizes are available but unless you've got a got reason to go for a different size I personally wouldn't bother. Some people like the look of wider tyres, to put it mildly I don't. If you need more flotation or sideways grip (like if you want to corner quickly in a Defender  ) then go wider, if you want more grip in a forwards direction go taller. If you want less vagueness go lower profile.
As I mentioned before, we're more than happy with the off road performance of our 110 on 7.50R16s and that's used off road on a regular basis including towing a heavy cattle float and our puncture trailer across all sorts of land. Other makes of tyre are available, some that spring to mind are Cooper with their Discoverer A/T3, Discoverer ST Maxx and STT, BFGoodrich with the AT and KM2, and General Grabber with their AT2. |
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21st Nov 2014 9:32pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 16857 
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An excellent summary, Cupboard!
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22nd Nov 2014 12:37am |
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| g-mack Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: northumberland Posts: 1967
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what are the illegal tyres it currently has? My 109 thread
my youtube channel |
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22nd Nov 2014 12:17pm |
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| LRmud Member Since: 22 Oct 2014 Location: IV12 Highland Posts: 198  
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My thoughts exactly.... what are "non road legal off road tyres" - seriously confused by this.
I may have had a set fitted to mine up until earlier today 
I thought it was just tread depth which attracted the attention of plod. cheers LRmud |
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26th Nov 2014 9:28pm |
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