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Culminator

Member Since: 30 Apr 2013
Location: West sussex
Posts: 305

[For Sale] For sale or swap. BFG AT 285/65/18 x 5

My newly purchased 90 has Twisted wheels with 285/65/18 tyres and i'd like to go for 265/65 profile to get a bit more headroom in the garage, plus I don't need such a big tyre for mainly road driving.

I reckon they're 4 years old, 5 at the most and have plenty of life in them. Happy to swap or open to offers, not sure what theyre worth.
Mike 07770 968 944, near Horsham

5th Jul 2017 7:42am

CarlinAbz

Member Since: 15 Sep 2013
Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 76

2013 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Corris Grey

Sorry, ignore my post...profile is % of width...sorry

5th Jul 2017 10:52am

LandRoverAnorak

Member Since: 17 Jul 2011
Location: Surrey
Posts: 11324

The profile of a tyre defines the height as a percentage of the width, so it will make a difference. A 265/65 has a sidewall height of approx. 172mm whilst a 285/65 is around 185mm - about 13mm or half an inch difference under the diffs or about inch diameter over all. Darren

110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak

"You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia

5th Jul 2017 11:00am

300TDi CSW Phil

Member Since: 03 Apr 2016
Location: Bracknell
Posts: 750

1995 Defender 110 300 Tdi CSW Epsom Green

I beg to differ with the first response.

The 65 part of 285/65/R18 or 265/65/R18 is the sidewall height as a percentage of the width.

65% of 265 is smaller than 65% of 285 so the tyre will be less tall. In this case an overall difference of about an inch. This will give a theoretical 1/2 inch lowering to the vehicle.

Edited: Beaten to it again 1995 300 Tdi Epsom Green - It's a keeper.
Wide Track Sankey- In bits- Gone to a new home
M0XQS

5th Jul 2017 11:01am

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