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blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17645

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

scottish110 wrote:

Would it work without the 30mm spacer or would the turning circle not be as good ?

With 285s on Boosts but without the spacers, the turning circle is ideal for orbitting small planets but not much else (see also Pom's post above).

You can live with it, but negotiating car parks, and even some mini roundabouts, can be interesting and it really isn't convenient. With spacers, the original tunring circle is restored and there are really no adverse effects.

Be aware that with 285 MTs - especially with spacers - the outside of your truck will get covered in crud like never before. If you are a clean truck person, don't do it! if you think it looks better with mud, go for it, but keep the windows shut off-road!

15th Nov 2011 3:45pm

MuddyMarky

Member Since: 01 Feb 2010
Location: Oxfordshire
Posts: 548

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

My experience of 285's on the 90 was good overall. Now got them on my 110 and pretty much as pleased. My turning circle doesn't seem to have been too badly affected......they're not great in that department as it is though!

Mark
2011 110 XS DC
Stornoway Grey

15th Nov 2011 3:59pm

scottish110

Member Since: 10 Nov 2011
Location: Inverurie
Posts: 363

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Santorini Black

blackwolf wrote:
scottish110 wrote:

Would it work without the 30mm spacer or would the turning circle not be as good ?

Be aware that with 285 MTs - especially with spacers - the outside of your truck will get covered in crud like never before. If you are a clean truck person, don't do it! if you think it looks better with mud, go for it, but keep the windows shut off-road!

Hmmm, ok i think the 265's will be the way to go then

! So would you recomend using a spacer with them ?

15th Nov 2011 4:09pm

scottish110

Member Since: 10 Nov 2011
Location: Inverurie
Posts: 363

Guys, what would you say about getting extended bump stops ? Seen a few people talking about getting them when they got a bigger tyre size ?

15th Nov 2011 4:10pm

scottish110

Member Since: 10 Nov 2011
Location: Inverurie
Posts: 363

MuddyMarky wrote:
scottish110 wrote:
Think 285's would stick out to wide guys ?

A couple of pics of the 285 BFG muds on my 90 in my gallery chap.

Pretty sweet 90

! Nice pooch too

! Im going to have to think about getting some sort of ramp for my two so they can get into the back

15th Nov 2011 4:13pm

T1G UP

Member Since: 08 Dec 2009
Location: Bath
Posts: 3101

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Orkney Grey

MuddyMarky wrote:
I had 285's on Boosts on my 90 and didn't get any rubbing etc at all.

i had the same et up on my td5 90.

Guess whats going on the 110

15th Nov 2011 4:22pm

robpenrose

Member Since: 15 Jan 2011
Location: Hampshire or Cornwall
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Some picyures in my gallery with 265s on my 90. Didnt need to adjust bump stops.

Speedo is very slightly out by a couple of mph...

No Spacers, Boost Alloys. BFG ATs

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15th Nov 2011 4:56pm

mick

Member Since: 08 Feb 2010
Location: Yorkshire
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2010 Defender 130 Puma 2.4 HCPU Rimini Red

I am on 265 on Blindos with no issues

15th Nov 2011 8:05pm

LandRoverAnorak

Member Since: 17 Jul 2011
Location: Surrey
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scottish110 wrote:
blackwolf wrote:
Be aware that with 285 MTs - especially with spacers - the outside of your truck will get covered in crud like never before. If you are a clean truck person, don't do it! if you think it looks better with mud, go for it, but keep the windows shut off-road!

Hmmm, ok i think the 265's will be the way to go then ! So would you recomend using a spacer with them ?

It's the same with 265's on spacers

scottish110 wrote:
Guys, what would you say about getting extended bump stops ? Seen a few people talking about getting them when they got a bigger tyre size ?

That would only be necessary for larger diameter tyres. 265/76/16's are essentially the same diameter as standard 235/85/16's. Darren

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15th Nov 2011 9:59pm

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17645

Personally I wouldn't use spacers with 265s but would (and do) with 285s.

Not sure why you would want to extend the bump stops unless you've lifted the suspension - you'd just reduce suspension travel.

15th Nov 2011 10:54pm

BIGFOG

Member Since: 12 Sep 2010
Location: Edenbridge
Posts: 537

2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Stornoway Grey

scottish110 wrote:
BIGFOG wrote:
scottish110 wrote:
BIGFOG wrote:
Ive got Coopers on Silverline rims, 0 offset and they are also fine, even at full articulation.

Got any pictures mate ?

Course!

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Yes it's a side exit exhaust, full SS system from Twisted Performance. Sounds lovely!!

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17th Nov 2011 3:11pm

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17645

robpenrose wrote:
Some picyures in my gallery with 265s on my 90. Didnt need to adjust bump stops.

Speedo is very slightly out by a couple of mph...

No Spacers, Boost Alloys. BFG ATs

Ideal IMHO

Interesting, with 285s on my 110 my speedo seems to be as close to spot on as I can measure (both timing off motorway distance markers and with a radar gun at a fixed object).

The effective rolling diameters of a 265/75 and a 235/85 are so similar as to make a negligible difference (the 265/75 is actually smaller than the stock 235/85) so if anything the speedo (on a 110 at least) should under-read more than before with 265/75s.

The 285/75 is approx 5% larger than the 235/85 and is would be highly unusual for a modern speedo to be accurate to +0%/-5%, i.e., to over-read by less than 5% anyway (since manufacturers are allowed to over-read by up to 10% but not to under-read at all, all speedos tend to over-read by around 5%). The result of this is that with 285s my speedo seems to be very accurate indeed.

Is a 90 speedo calibrated differently to a 110? I presume that it must be set up for smaller tyres.

Can this be reprogrammed with nanocom/BBS etc?

17th Nov 2011 4:00pm

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