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custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
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It pretty much puts the speedo bang on. Blackwolf on here tried and tested the size before most of us, and advised me so I followed suit about three years ago and I'm running 255/85 KM2 at the moment.
I had 235's before, I like the 255's a lot.

Definitely go for it.

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22nd Mar 2020 8:20pm

Bellinghammer

Member Since: 15 Jan 2020
Location: Bellingham WA
Posts: 13

Grouse wrote:
I’ve had 235,265/75 and now 255/85/16 - I would definitely go for the 255’s. They look better than the 265’s on a 110 as they are taller and fill the arches better. Plus they lift your gearing slightly. The 265’s look nice as they are 10mm wider, but they look small in comparison to the 255’s

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I fully agree with you on the 255/85s for all the reasons you mentioned, however, I need to keep the tire height to 32” due to garage door restraints. I know, I know, convincing the wife to sign off on this project was hard enough. Building a new house with a taller garage would be a whole level of “I owe her”. Haha.

What wheels were you running with the 265/75s?

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22nd Mar 2020 9:45pm

Bellinghammer

Member Since: 15 Jan 2020
Location: Bellingham WA
Posts: 13

LandRoverAnorak wrote:
Here you go - more Wolf wheels than you can shake a stick at:

https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic55943...preciation

Thanks, I dug through that thread, but tough to find an image comparison between these two sizes.

Love your rig by the way. The Anthracite wheels look amazing!

I am also using this as a reference:

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22nd Mar 2020 9:54pm

Grouse

Member Since: 16 Apr 2012
Location: on the hill
Posts: 521

Bellinghammer wrote:
Grouse wrote:
I’ve had 235,265/75 and now 255/85/16 - I would definitely go for the 255’s. They look better than the 265’s on a 110 as they are taller and fill the arches better. Plus they lift your gearing slightly. The 265’s look nice as they are 10mm wider, but they look small in comparison to the 255’s

Click image to enlarge

I fully agree with you on the 255/85s for all the reasons you mentioned, however, I need to keep the tire height to 32” due to garage door restraints. I know, I know, convincing the wife to sign off on this project was hard enough. Building a new house with a taller garage would be a whole level of “I owe her”. Haha.

What wheels were you running with the 265/75s?

Wolfs on all - the 265’s rubbed badly on the radius arms and reduced the turning circle 2017 Range Rover L405 Vogue SE V8 Diesel #16
Land Rover 110 300 TDI

22nd Mar 2020 10:59pm

Bellinghammer

Member Since: 15 Jan 2020
Location: Bellingham WA
Posts: 13

Grouse wrote:
Wolfs on all - the 265’s rubbed badly on the radius arms and reduced the turning circle.

Thank you Grouse, that was the info I was looking for. Looks like 235/85s for Drago’s first new set of tires.

I’ll post him up when he lands and I get them mounted up.

Cheers!

23rd Mar 2020 1:47am

Bellinghammer

Member Since: 15 Jan 2020
Location: Bellingham WA
Posts: 13

Made a last minute switch on tires to Yoko Geolandars in 235/65s. Had them mounted up to our Rovers North Wolfs:

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Thanks again for the input everyone!

8th Apr 2020 5:44am

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