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Lambley



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jackp wrote:
I'm running a set on 16" sawtooths. I love them, kinda wished I had gone whites out tho. Big Cry


I disagree, definitely made the right choice with white lettering inwards Thumbs Up Looks great IMO
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jackp



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I disagree, definitely made the right choice with white lettering inwards Thumbs Up Looks great IMO]

Cheers mate
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jeffersj



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wizz80

You will probably need spacers but definitely need to adjust the lock-stop. Jeff
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Post #463390 15th Oct 2015 7:42am
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wizz80



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I have spacers so think I will give them ago I don't really do any thing to axle twisting so hopefully will be ok
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TSAF



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need4speed wrote:

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285/75-16 mickey thompson on sawtooth alloys with 30mm spacers..


Are you running any lift? looks great
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TSAF



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jackp wrote:
I'm running a set on 16" sawtooths. I love them, kinda wished I had gone whites out tho. Big Cry



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Looks great. Any issues on highway speeds? Any wobbling?
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I Like Old Skool



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Just a quick point that nobody seems to have made re: the larger diameter tyres v fuel consumption issue....

With the bigger tyres, your mileometer/odometer will be recording less miles than it was previously (not that they are ever particularly accurate IME) so regardless of the true mpg figures, on paper it will appear to have suddenly worsened by a few percent at least, unless you factor in a correction for the tyre size change. Some manufacturers actually publish a figure for this based on revolutions per mile for each size, which can give you a useful indication if you are not fluent in tyre'ese.
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Soulrider911



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Hey friends, I have a set of 16” sawtooths and 30mm spacers on the way. I am thinking of trying 285/75’s but my rig is stock height… anyone you running this setup have it working on a stock height Defender? Thanks 1989 Defender 90
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Linds Hanson



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need4speed wrote:
Defender-Stu wrote:
I have been told 285x75x16 will mess up the gearing and could damage diffs and use more fuel?


Will raise gearing slightly. So acceleration will be dampened a little but at 70mph your revs will be reduced so in actual fact on a steady run your mileage will actually improve.. If your concerned about losing a little acceleration either get a remap or do what I did and fit a 4.6 V8...... Laughing

Damage diffs? Nonsense..

Edit: Tyres don't damage diffs, bad driving does. Some people can grenade diffs with standard tyres/power.. Laughing
RV8'S of any capacity including 5.2 or supercharged are hopeless with tall gearing they actually drive much better with 1.4 transfer gearing
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Jonothethird



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Soulrider911 wrote:
Hey friends, I have a set of 16” sawtooths and 30mm spacers on the way. I am thinking of trying 285/75’s but my rig is stock height… anyone you running this setup have it working on a stock height Defender? Thanks


Yes - I’ve got 285/75/16s on Bowlers with 30mm spacers (or maybe 25mm?) on my standard height 90 puma and no problems. If I have a load of weight in the back (3 blokes and a couple of dogs) it will occasionally touch at the back around corners but i don’t do that often! Great tyre size for the defender imo and BFG AT2S are brilliant off and on road



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