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| taffrican Member Since: 14 Jan 2011 Location: Living room Posts: 624   
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Nope, you would need some significant mods I'm afraid, I use 33/12.5/15's on mine and I have a 3" lift and flared wheel arches. I have also read that if you fit any tyres larger than 33" you run the risk of severley overloading hub's, bearings etc. I also uprated my front brakes as well because you need quite a bit of stopping power with that much rubber, looks pretty cool with big tyres tho'
Somebody will be along shortly with a bit more advise, a lot of blokes on here will advise you not to do it for their own valid reasons but I think go for it if you want to, it's your car
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7th Jan 2014 10:07pm |
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| psimpson7 Member Since: 20 Nov 2013 Location: Gold Coast, Qld. Posts: 221  
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Definitely not I am afraid. I ran 35 13.5 15 BFG Krawlers for years on 8x15 -25offset rims and it took a lot of mods to make them usable off road.
Especially on the front end. The rear was ok with a 2" lift and the wider arches mounted on higher up the panels (but the tyres still stuck miles beyond the larger arches) Having said that 35" Krawlers are a massive 35" tyre The front took a lot more work. In the end I did a tubular front wing conversion with my own inner wings and so on During build: Click image to enlarge Sort of what it looks like with them fitted: Click image to enlarge Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated  |
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7th Jan 2014 11:16pm |
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| E15 DEF Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: Beckenham Posts: 5  
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thanks guys, what about if i went down to 31" do you think i would still need the lift?
Can i ask what brake upgrade you went for? Both Defenders look great guys! Elliot |
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8th Jan 2014 9:33am |
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| taffrican Member Since: 14 Jan 2011 Location: Living room Posts: 624
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Hi Elliot, I think you may still need a suspension lift even for 31"
The brake upgrade wasn't anyhting special really, just vented discs (drilled and slotted), new calipers and EBC green pads and I intend fitting braided pipes some time in the future also. Cheers Mike Optimists say the glass is half full.. Pessimists say the glass is half empty.. Engineers say the glass is twice the size it needs to be! |
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8th Jan 2014 9:43am |
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| psimpson7 Member Since: 20 Nov 2013 Location: Gold Coast, Qld. Posts: 221
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Std fitment sizes over the years have included
235/85 r16 265/75 r16 These equate to 31.72" and 31.64" resepctively As such 31's will actually be smaller in diameter than the std offerings. I ran 255/85 r16's for years with no lift, but they did rub on occasions. 255/85 r16 = 33.04" Personally however I would not use 15*10 rims. Do you know what offset they are? 7 or 8x16 or 8x15 (if you really want 15" wheels) would make more sense in my opinion |
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8th Jan 2014 10:19am |
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| E15 DEF Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: Beckenham Posts: 5
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the offset is -32, i have 265/75 r16 at the moment.
just a question why are you against 10x15? Thanks psimpson7 |
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8th Jan 2014 10:25am |
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| E15 DEF Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: Beckenham Posts: 5
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What about 285/75/16 B F Goodrich KM2 Mud Terrain Tyres on 10"x16"?
looking on here and loads of people have the same 185/75/16 just not on 10" why would i need to lift if non of these people have ?  |
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8th Jan 2014 11:29am |
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| psimpson7 Member Since: 20 Nov 2013 Location: Gold Coast, Qld. Posts: 221
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I just don't see the point in using 10" wide rims. -25 offset is too much imo anyway really, let alone -33. I would prefer something around -15mm. Why do you want to use 10" wide rims? What are you trying to achieve?
287/75 r16's area fraction under 33" in diameter. On a normal(ish) offset wheel (+30ish(std) to maybe 0) they (285 or 255's) probably wouldn't rub too badly but on a 10" wide rim with a -33 they most likely will in my experience Your original question was regarding 35's and for that you would definitely need a lift irrespective of wheel width and offset. I only ran 8" wide wheels on a 13.5" wide tyre. For info on full lock and full bump the tyres would rip the front wing skins off at the back of the wheel arch. That was with a 2" lift. |
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8th Jan 2014 12:08pm |
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