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| FortySeven Member Since: 28 Jun 2012 Location: Ireland Posts: 12  
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That's what I feared! Thanks Bps.
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28th Feb 2016 9:41pm |
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| Bps Member Since: 14 Feb 2016 Location: Lancashire Posts: 785 
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I'll try and dig out a picture of my old 110 with 35s before it was lifted. This is my 90 with 35's on and big arches. I pulled a standard rear arch off ( had been trimmed as well) so went for the big ones as high as I could mount them. I was mainly governed by how far the snow down came down the wing on the passenger side
 Click image to enlarge Out of interest how much are the 35's and where abouts? |
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28th Feb 2016 10:00pm |
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| MuddyChris300tdi Member Since: 02 Mar 2014 Location: Derby Posts: 224 
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There is a set on eBay at the moment that I keep looking at, they have been re listed about 5 times.
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29th Feb 2016 8:49am |
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| FortySeven Member Since: 28 Jun 2012 Location: Ireland Posts: 12
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Thanks for the image. Makes more sense to me. The guys looking for €750 for them on Modulars. Not a bad price but they're about 6 years old. Not a lot of wear but not fresh! |
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3rd Mar 2016 12:51am |
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| ashtonchan Member Since: 12 Feb 2016 Location: Miri Posts: 14  
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275/70/16 Chrome modular
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3rd Mar 2016 3:20pm |
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| Arierep Member Since: 13 Apr 2013 Location: Portugal Posts: 258  
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Kind of weird there aren't many on 35" tyres around here
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11th Mar 2016 10:37pm |
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| Lucifus Member Since: 29 Jan 2016 Location: U.K. Posts: 52
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OK here's a couple of different tyre/wheel/spacer/arch/defender combos I've had over the years -
285/75/16 BFG Muds fitted to factory boosts - No suspension mods, no spacers. It drove just fine. Slight rub on the chassis on full lock but this could have been easily solved with a bump stop adjustment. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Same setup as above but just with a 30mm spacer Click image to enlarge 305/70/16 Mickey Thompson muds on 16x10 et-35 offset modular. 1" rear lift on HD suspension all around. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Same as above but with wider arches fitted - Click image to enlarge Same as above again but with 30mm spacers - Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge It now also has a 2" front suspension lift and 3" rear suspension lift on medium duty springs. I don't have a photo of that though. Here's a photo of the 305's along side the 265's for anyone interested - Click image to enlarge 265/75/16 with 30mm spacers with standard military spec HD suspension Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge 7.50 16 Goodyears (I think) on wolf rims. As collected years back from Withams - Direct release from MoD Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge 285/75/16 BFG AT (the new ones) on 16x7 et-25 challenger steel wheels - Totally standard suspension Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge 265/75/16 BFG Mud fitted to 16x7 et0 with 30mm spacers Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated |
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12th Mar 2016 11:31am |
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| Arierep Member Since: 13 Apr 2013 Location: Portugal Posts: 258
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Thanks Lucifus for the variety of setups.
How would you compare them? With só many 285/75r16 on 7j rims around, I wonder if mounting them on Wolf 6.5j rims would be such a drama |
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12th Mar 2016 12:17pm |
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| RoddyK05 Member Since: 08 Apr 2015 Location: Inverclyde Posts: 633  
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The picture of the green 110 being pulled by the blue 110 looks ripe for a caption contest.
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12th Mar 2016 12:23pm |
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| familymad Member Since: 13 Dec 2011 Location: Bucks Posts: 3466 
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That is so me.... 1951 80" S1 2.0 1995 110 300TDI 1995 90 300TDI |
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12th Mar 2016 12:41pm |
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| Lucifus Member Since: 29 Jan 2016 Location: U.K. Posts: 52
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Honestly there's not a huge difference in the road driving on modern muds. The biggest difference is fuel consumption. My MoD 200tdi was doing around 31mpg with 265s. Thats dropped to 29mpg with the 305s. Personally I think 285 is the perfect size. I've not done any serious off road with the 305's or the new 285 AT's. The new BFG AT is a pretty chunky beast though. I imagine it would perform ok. Someone commented earlier on this thread about wide tyres aquaplaning. I've honestly never had it with any of these setup even whilst driving at motorway speeds through standing water/extreme rain. I'm not sure if 285 is recommended on a 6.5" rim - I think 285 on a 7" rim is pushing it a bit. Normally the tyre manufacturers will state on their website the min and max width rim that the tyre can be mounted on. I would check. |
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12th Mar 2016 6:47pm |
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| Arierep Member Since: 13 Apr 2013 Location: Portugal Posts: 258
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Thanks again Lucifus,
I was dead set on 255/85R16 tyres, but then started to see pics of Defenders 90s with 285/75R16 and got confused. Also, trying to go to northern Africa in a few months and think the volume of the wider tyres might be an advantage on the dunes. The thing is that I just love Wolf rims, even if they are 6.5 wide. Most brands specify a minimum rim of 7.5 for the 285s. Guys on the US seem to mount those tyres on 6.5 rims all the time, and the Ihana expedition guys done like 30000km with 285 BF mts on Wolfs without problems... |
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14th Mar 2016 10:42pm |
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| Simon.pl Member Since: 15 Mar 2016 Location: Warsaw Posts: 98  
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Love those arches. Where can I get them from and what ET should I look for acording to standard, to achive such look? I would like to got for Mach 5 -would need spacers than, right? Also - If I wanted 35" tyries would 2" lift be enough? :thumbsup: Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated |
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18th Mar 2016 10:58am |
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| Arierep Member Since: 13 Apr 2013 Location: Portugal Posts: 258
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Hi Simon.pl,
Fitting 35" tyres is not really a matter of lift, but more of limiting upward travel with bigger bump stops. You can have a 2 or 3 inch lift, but if upward travel stays the same then you might have some rub. |
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18th Mar 2016 12:29pm |
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