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shanecl



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Front wheel position
Hi folks,

Could someone advise the position of the front wheel in the wheel arch. I'm trying to look at pics online but it's pretty hard to judge. How does mine look compared to everyone's else's. I've 35" tyres, I can fit 3 fingers in at the back of the wheel. Is this the same as everyone or should it be more centred



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Shane
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roel



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How far your tyres sits to the back depend on the lift you have. These are also 35" but I modified the wheelarces a little to be able to drive off-road.
I have about 7 cm suspension lift. Roel

1984 90 2.5 na Diesel - RR V8 (1994-2001)
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2005 G4 Discovery III 4.4 V8 (2008-2018) It's gone but it still hurts.
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shanecl



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Thanks for the pic Roel, looks awesome truck

I've standard springs in mine Shocked Shocked
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Hufflepuff



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Slightly off topic I appreciate, but I'm keen to know which 35" tyre sizes are you both using, and what rim offset to be able to fit under the standard arches (albeit with a little snip on Roel's edges)? 2005 Td5 90 XS
1989 V8 110 CSW
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camelman



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I have approx 95mm clearance on mine.

Thats with a 50mm lift however and +50mm arches on ET-32 Wheels.

Tyres are 315/75/16 BFG KM3


I'd think wheels with less offset would start to limit steering lock.

@roel - are yours 10.5 or 12.5 width?


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Post #942474 14th Feb 2022 3:53pm
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shanecl



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Hufflepuff wrote:
Slightly off topic I appreciate, but I'm keen to know which 35" tyre sizes are you both using, and what rim offset to be able to fit under the standard arches (albeit with a little snip on Roel's edges)?


I'm running a different setup then normal. Gold star if you guess 🤣🤣


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Reason I asked I wanted to see what it's meant to be on a normal defedner


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shanecl



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camelman wrote:
I have approx 95mm clearance on mine.

Thats with a 50mm lift however and +50mm arches on ET-32 Wheels.

Tyres are 315/75/16 BFG KM3


I'd think wheels with less offset would start to limit steering lock.

@roel - are yours 10.5 or 12.5 width?


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Thanks Camelman, looks like your centre cap is running in line with the centre of the wheel arch. I may have to do some correction on mine Embarassed
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Hufflepuff



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shanecl wrote:


I'm running a different setup then normal. Gold star if you guess 🤣🤣


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Oh, Toyota axles? OK that explains that Smile 2005 Td5 90 XS
1989 V8 110 CSW
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shanecl



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Sorry Disco 2 axles
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Hufflepuff



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Oh well, I guessed wrong Very Happy 2005 Td5 90 XS
1989 V8 110 CSW
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roel



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These are 35 x 10,5 x R16. The rims are 8J ET 0 I believe. This all is a bit wide for the standard arches but still have a good turning circle. Roel

1984 90 2.5 na Diesel - RR V8 (1994-2001)
1997 Camel Trophy Discovery 300TDI (2001-2009)
2005 G4 Discovery III 4.4 V8 (2008-2018) It's gone but it still hurts.
2003 90 Td5 (2009-now)
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Hufflepuff



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Thanks Roel. So potentially ET10 would make them a bit more 'legal' in the UK where the tread must be within the bodywork, although this would likely depend also then on what tyres you were running. 2005 Td5 90 XS
1989 V8 110 CSW
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shanecl



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Hufflepuff wrote:
Oh well, I guessed wrong Very Happy


We'll give a silver star for effort Very Happy Very Happy Laughing Laughing
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roel



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Hufflepuff wrote:
Thanks Roel. So potentially ET10 would make them a bit more 'legal' in the UK where the tread must be within the bodywork, although this would likely depend also then on what tyres you were running.


A quick measurement: The outside off the widest block on the tread sticks 20 mm out and the widest part off the tire about 35 mm.
This is probably also not completely legal in The Netherlands as the tire is allowed stick out 30 mm and the track width may only be increased by 2%. But it looks like they only stop tuned cars for that. Very Happy Roel

1984 90 2.5 na Diesel - RR V8 (1994-2001)
1997 Camel Trophy Discovery 300TDI (2001-2009)
2005 G4 Discovery III 4.4 V8 (2008-2018) It's gone but it still hurts.
2003 90 Td5 (2009-now)
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