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ickle

Member Since: 22 Jul 2010
Location: South Vendee
Posts: 1786

2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 CSW Alpine White

https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/i.hubnu...473fcb.jpg

285's on 8" zero offset silversports, the tread is covered just by the wheel arches, but they really throw the muck, dirt, road tar etc up the bodywork.

Gearing etc is spot on though, slightly higher than std, speedo spot on, milometer, not checked.

Keith

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17th Jun 2012 6:41pm

K9F

Member Since: 12 Nov 2009
Location: Bournemouth
Posts: 9610

2008 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Stornoway Grey

ickle wrote:
but they really throw the muck, dirt, road tar etc up the bodywork. Keith

Keith,

I had the same issue....Here's the solution....

http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic5108.html?highlight=entreq If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!

Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!!

17th Jun 2012 6:47pm

WelshDefender

Member Since: 02 Dec 2011
Location: Gwent
Posts: 62

Thanks for the replies and help all. I have decided to go for 285-75/16's on some 0 offset mods as these seem widely available in lots of different 'Brands' and seem like the perfect option for me without having to fit spacers and not having to bolt on extra wide arches.

Regards

Adam

17th Jun 2012 9:20pm

ickle

Member Since: 22 Jul 2010
Location: South Vendee
Posts: 1786

Thanks Mal,

I haven't got front flaps on, must get round to that, but at the back (on my 110), the muck seems to find its way between the bottom of the spat and the top of the mud flap, I've been looking for some mud flap type material (without going to the extreme of cutting truck flaps down) to make some new slightly wider ones, the rally blanks from Demon Tweeks and the like don't seem to be big enough.

Keith

18th Jun 2012 7:16pm

DAZ110

Member Since: 06 Dec 2007
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 2041

2013 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Barolo Black

Might be useful to someone who wants to compare different wheel/tyre/offset sizes:

http://www.willtheyfit.com/index.php?width...mit=Submit

or

http://marksink.com/tire_wheel_offset/offset.html

24th Jun 2012 8:53am

defender4

Member Since: 22 Jun 2011
Location: South East London
Posts: 411

2007 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Java Black

and this

http://www.rimsntires.com/specs.jsp

24th Jun 2012 9:40am

nidge n

Member Since: 04 Feb 2012
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 719

WelshDefender wrote:
Thanks for the replies and help all. I have decided to go for 285-75/16's on some 0 offset mods as these seem widely available in lots of different 'Brands' and seem like the perfect option for me without having to fit spacers and not having to bolt on extra wide arches.

Regards

Adam

let us know what you get, feel like i've lived it with you. good luck

24th Jun 2012 4:41pm

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