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| Cupboard Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2971   
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They can be made to fit but Boosts are under the recommended width for 285s.
Running them and 30mm spacers you'll have to get used to the sides of your car being covered in mud. Fit them for the Tonka Toy look rather than for their practicality. |
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8th Aug 2016 11:29am |
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| big ives Member Since: 24 Dec 2013 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 125
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cheers for this
I read some where that the maximum I could fit on a defender was 275x70x16, but for the life of me I cant find it on the web to check it I don't want to spend the money and find out what I have fitted are absolutely c**p many thanks |
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8th Aug 2016 12:20pm |
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| Martin Site Admin Member Since: 02 Apr 2007 Location: Hook Norton Posts: 6613 
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"Standard" sizes are 265/75 and 235/85
 1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
2015 D90 XS SW |
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8th Aug 2016 12:36pm |
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| Cupboard Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2971
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I've never seen anyone talking about tyres that size, they're certainly not one of the common ones. Defenders have been fitted with 205R16 (basic 90s in the early days), 7.50R16 (most utility variants), 235/85R16 (the more bling ones with alloys from 300TDi onward pretty much), 265/75R16 (the NAS ones). For taller tyres, 255/85R16 and 285/75R16 are the two common sizes but you can't get an all terrains in 255/85 in the UK. No branded tyres are truly crap, there are just some tyres that are better at certain jobs. For the kind of off road driving that I do, wide BFG All Terrains don't work anything like as well as my 7.50 Michelins (and I can confidentially say that based on personal experience). You get traction from the length of the contact patch in the direction of the force, rolling resistance from the amount of stuff that the tyre has to move out of the way (width and how much it sinks) and flotation from the total area in contact with the ground (width and length). Wide tyres obviously being better at high speed cornering and low profile wide tyres particularly so because you don't pull the inside of the tyre off the ground so much as you do with a higher profile tyre. For flotation you can let air out within the limits of your sidewall height and minimum inflation pressure - tyres don't get significantly wider but you greatly lengthen the contact patch. Obviously for a given pressure, the narrower the tyre is the longer the patch. To get the same length of patch with a wider tyre you run them at a lower pressure which should improve the ride. |
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8th Aug 2016 1:29pm |
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| jst Member Since: 14 Jan 2008 Location: Taunton Posts: 8099  
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i run these tyres on mine with boosts, all is good and no spacers Cheers
James 110 2012 XS Utility 130 2011 M57 bespoke Camper 90 2010 Hardtop 90 M57 1988 Hardtop |
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8th Aug 2016 7:40pm |
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| NiallMeehan Member Since: 18 Mar 2016 Location: Castlebellingham Posts: 58  
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Just fitted 285 BFG AT's today on boost's and 30mm spacers. I'll post up some pictures tomorrow. Looks well on a 110. 130 TDCI High Capacity Pick up
D250 SE HT 110 Hybrid LWT on RR chassis, 3.5 v8 |
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20th Aug 2016 8:26pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10817 
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^ ^ ^ will look forward to seeing the pics
 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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20th Aug 2016 9:30pm |
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| miker Member Since: 13 Sep 2015 Location: Surrey Posts: 1766 
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265/75 BFG AT's here, 30mm spacers. Sits very nicely indeed I think.
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20th Aug 2016 9:57pm |
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| big ives Member Since: 24 Dec 2013 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 125
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Hello Niall yes would like to see these fitted to your yoke so a few pictures would be nice if you don't mind me asking where did u buy these, down south or Cookstown??????????????????? cheers Ivan |
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21st Aug 2016 3:41am |
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| urkki Member Since: 15 Nov 2015 Location: Finland Posts: 9 |
My Landy on 285/75/16 BFG ATīs.
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28th Aug 2016 8:27pm |
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| big ives Member Since: 24 Dec 2013 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 125
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new tyres fitted they look the dogs
 on the 90 well I think so 
will post a few pictures  |
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5th Sep 2016 10:07pm |
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| camelman Member Since: 27 Feb 2013 Location: Peak District Posts: 3382
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and another set!
Fitted on ET0 (33mm further out than standard offset) 16x8 rims. Click image to enlarge |
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5th Sep 2016 10:54pm |
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| big ives Member Since: 24 Dec 2013 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 125
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as promised a few fotos from yesterday on a green lane run on Arranmore Island off the west coast of Southern Ireland
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12th Sep 2016 2:52pm |
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| big ives Member Since: 24 Dec 2013 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 125
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Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge as promised a few fotos from yesterday on a green lane run on Arranmore Island off the west coast of Southern Ireland |
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12th Sep 2016 2:53pm |
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