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Sadi

Member Since: 23 Jul 2015
Location: Windhoek
Posts: 334

2016 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 Heritage Edition SW Grasmere Green

Cupboard - would you perhaps have the metric measurements of the 7.50/R16 please? Thanks !!

9th Mar 2019 5:53am

Julie

Member Since: 07 Oct 2017
Location: Nantes
Posts: 484

2012 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 SW Keswick Green

Cupboard wrote:
It should be noted that the Michelins do not have the 3 peak mountain snowflake symbol but the BFG KO2 does.

Given a choice of 7.50 or 235 I'd choose 7.50, but given a choice of BFG KO2 or Michelin Latitude I'd go BFG (or Cooper).

A 7.5 R 16 with snowflake mountain doesn't exist (for speed index Q or S).

I have used my Michelin Lattitude Cross Tyres for 90000 km / 6 yrs

No problems on roads, dry terrain and sand (ways with loose rocks are possible while driving carefully)

26th Sep 2019 10:25pm

spudfan

Member Since: 10 Sep 2007
Location: Co Donegal
Posts: 4660

Sadi wrote:
Cupboard - would you perhaps have the metric measurements of the 7.50/R16 please? Thanks !!

265/75-16 according to Land Rover's Working in the Wild handbook. 1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali
2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu
2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai

9th Oct 2019 10:43am

Joe the Plumber

Member Since: 18 Dec 2013
Location: Midlands
Posts: 907

2014 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 HT Fuji White

I've recently gone from 7.50 R16s on standard steel wheels to 235/85/R16s on genuine LR Wolfs, both sets of tyres being Latitude Cross, and the 235's tread and overall width are a little bit wider than the 7.50s. That's measuring them rather than going on a spec sheet incidentally.

9th Oct 2019 11:53am

AMBxx

Member Since: 24 Jul 2016
Location: York
Posts: 1031

2015 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Orkney Grey

spudfan wrote:
Sadi wrote:
Cupboard - would you perhaps have the metric measurements of the 7.50/R16 please? Thanks !!

265/75-16 according to Land Rover's Working in the Wild handbook.

So metric tyre sizes still include the wheel diameter in inches?

9th Oct 2019 12:49pm

OsloBlue

Member Since: 14 Jul 2018
Location: Essex
Posts: 822

All for the record I went for Conti cross contacts. I'm on IG: https://www.instagram.com/osloblue42/
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9th Oct 2019 1:15pm

spudfan

Member Since: 10 Sep 2007
Location: Co Donegal
Posts: 4660

AMBxx wrote:
spudfan wrote:
Sadi wrote:
Cupboard - would you perhaps have the metric measurements of the 7.50/R16 please? Thanks !!

265/75-16 according to Land Rover's Working in the Wild handbook.

So metric tyre sizes still include the wheel diameter in inches?

Yep. My tyres are 235/85/16
Seems there is no standard width for the 7.50 R16. Some can be slightly wider than others. The height will be the same. 1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali
2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu
2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai

9th Oct 2019 1:54pm

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17376

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

spudfan wrote:
Sadi wrote:
Cupboard - would you perhaps have the metric measurements of the 7.50/R16 please? Thanks !!

265/75-16 according to Land Rover's Working in the Wild handbook.

A 7.50 R 16 tyre expressed in metric terms would be a 190/100 R 16, i.e., 190mm tread width with a 100% aspect ratio.

A 265/75 R 16 tyre will be about 3" (75mm) wider and approx 3/8" (10mm) taller than a 7.50 R 16.

265/75 R 16 and 235/85 R 16 are both approx the same diameter (i.e. within about 3/4") as a 7.50 R 16, but are both significantly wider.

9th Oct 2019 3:05pm

Joe the Plumber

Member Since: 18 Dec 2013
Location: Midlands
Posts: 907

My 235s are a bit wider than the 7.50s but only a bit. In fact I was quite disappointed at the difference when they arrived.

The actual tread is only about 5mm wider although it's perhaps 30mm across the sidewalls.

9th Oct 2019 5:04pm

spudfan

Member Since: 10 Sep 2007
Location: Co Donegal
Posts: 4660

blackwolf wrote:
spudfan wrote:
Sadi wrote:
Cupboard - would you perhaps have the metric measurements of the 7.50/R16 please? Thanks !!

265/75-16 according to Land Rover's Working in the Wild handbook.

A 7.50 R 16 tyre expressed in metric terms would be a 190/100 R 16, i.e., 190mm tread width with a 100% aspect ratio.

A 265/75 R 16 tyre will be about 3" (75mm) wider and approx 3/8" (10mm) taller than a 7.50 R 16.

265/75 R 16 and 235/85 R 16 are both approx the same diameter (i.e. within about 3/4") as a 7.50 R 16, but are both significantly wider.

Thanks for that. I did not mean to mislead anyone, I just took the info from the Land Rover manual.
Whoever thought you could have conversations about tyre sizes? That's another trait that sets us Defender men apart from the rest of humanity.

1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali
2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu
2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai

9th Oct 2019 7:41pm

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