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guess the tyre size from photo
Hi folks.

Looking at the beautiful cars on the Cool'n'Vintage website they commonly use the same wheel/tyre combination which sits really very nicely on a D90. Its a Wolf-Type rim with BFG MT tyres.

It's a look I'm looking to duplicate on my D90.

Now they could well be standard/Genuine ET20 rims with 235/85/R16 BFG MTs but I'm hoping that someone might cast an eye to see if the rims as ET0 or ET20/whether there's likely any spacers in there and if the tyres are actually a larger size (255/265/285 etc).


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None of your image links work but having had a look at the site, I'm pretty confident that they're 255/85's on standard Wolf wheels but fitted on spacers (you can see the hub centering flanges). Darren

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Hi Darren - Images now fixed, sorry about that!
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I agree with Darren Thumbs Up
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So do I. For a while before I bought my Blindos I was running 255/85 BFG KM2s on Wolf rims with 30mm Rakeway spacers and the appearance and protrusion is identical.

The only significant difference is that the vehicle pictured above is unfeasibly clean! Rolling with laughter
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Ha ha - thanks guys, much appreciated.

Yes the C&V cars are always fairly impeccable - same with their Series motors.

Brilliant - so I would guess that a set of ET0 aftermarket wolf rims without spacers + a set of 255/85/R16 MTs would give pretty much the same stance as the pictured ET20 rims with spacers?

I already have genuine tubeless wolfs so I should be able to sell these to offset the ET0 rims.
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One of my old trucks wearing 255/85/16 KM2s with zero offset wheels


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Re: guess the tyre size from photo
Gasket wrote:
Hi folks.

Looking at the beautiful cars on the Cool'n'Vintage website they commonly use the same wheel/tyre combination which sits really very nicely on a D90. Its a Wolf-Type rim with BFG MT tyres.

It's a look I'm looking to duplicate on my D90.

Now they could well be standard/Genuine ET20 rims with 235/85/R16 BFG MTs but I'm hoping that someone might cast an eye to see if the rims as ET0 or ET20/whether there's likely any spacers in there and if the tyres are actually a larger size (255/265/285 etc).


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255/85/16 by the looks of it!!
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Here’s ours 255/85/16 KM2 wolf style 0 offset.




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Post #910425 2nd Jul 2021 9:35am
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That's really very nice! Thanks for sharing, the tyre combo sits beautifully in line with the arches.
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One thing I will say if it’s on standard suspension & heavily loaded on full articulation the rear tyres just lick the rear brows at the bottom. When I say heavily loaded I mean rtt & 4 weeks worth of travelling supplies inc tools & jacks etc….
We are now running OME shocks ( std size) & heavy duty springs as we are sitting around 3T fully loaded.
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^^ exactly what I found now run rear helper air bags, std springs and ome shocks. Cheers

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Interesting - do you think its the size of the tyres or the offset that's causing the rubbing? So would 235s on ET0 rims still rub?
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This was my 90 about 5 years ago when I had Gwyn Lewis challenge kit at standard height with boost alloys (+33 offset) and 255’s, used to just catch the rear of the rear eyebrows.

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Thank you - a picture paints a thousand words
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