Freelander 2, 16" wheels

raywin · Sep 20, 2021

My FL2 has 16" wheels and tyres are getting harder to find, so I bought a set of 17" from an ad on e Bay.
Anyone done this ? The rolling diameter is very similar due to the tyre size but I wondered if its necessary to let the ECU know the wheels are changed.

GrumpyGel · Sep 20, 2021

raywin said:
My FL2 has 16" wheels and tyres are getting harder to find, so I bought a set of 17" from an ad on e Bay.
Anyone done this ? The rolling diameter is very similar due to the tyre size but I wondered if its necessary to let the ECU know the wheels are changed.

Common courtesy to tell it really.

Do you have no empathy to your vehicle?

raywin · Sep 20, 2021

GrumpyGel said:
Common courtesy to tell it really.

Do you have no empathy to your vehicle?

Well it never talks to me

derwendolly · Sep 20, 2021

raywin said:
Well it never talks to me

No, but it probably flashes at you.

raywin · Sep 20, 2021

derwendolly said:
No, but it probably flashes at you.

So that's why they use red lights

Nodge68 · Sep 20, 2021

raywin said:
My FL2 has 16" wheels and tyres are getting harder to find, so I bought a set of 17" from an ad on e Bay.
Anyone done this ? The rolling diameter is very similar due to the tyre size but I wondered if its necessary to let the ECU know the wheels are changed.

It's a straightforward swap.
There is a routine for setting wheel size using SDD, but I can't imagine it actually makes much difference, other than tweak the speedometer slightly, and maybe slightly modify the DSC parameters.

raywin · Sep 20, 2021

Nodge68 said:
It's a straightforward swap.
There is a routine for setting wheel size using SDD, but I can't imagine it actually makes much difference, other than tweak the speedometer slightly, and maybe slightly modify the DSC parameters.

I put one of the wheels up against the old ones still on the car and the outer diameter of the tyre is very slightly bigger, just waiting until my 16" tyres run down then I'll try the new ones, I can't be the first to have done this.

Nodge68 · Sep 21, 2021

raywin said:
I can't be the first to have done this

No, it's been done loads.
I'd not even worry about it, other than what type of tyres you want on the larger rims.

raywin · Sep 21, 2021

Nodge68 said:
No, it's been done loads.
I'd not even worry about it, other than what type of tyres you want on the larger rims.

I drive it pretty conservatively so I don't need racing tyres, I was looking at Avon, or Goodyear.
The 16" ones were continental they didn't seem to last well, but it's impossible to find an alternative make in that size without using van tyres.

300bhp/ton · Sep 21, 2021

raywin said:
My FL2 has 16" wheels and tyres are getting harder to find, so I bought a set of 17" from an ad on e Bay.
Anyone done this ? The rolling diameter is very similar due to the tyre size but I wondered if its necessary to let the ECU know the wheels are changed.

GrumpyGel · Sep 21, 2021

raywin said:
I drive it pretty conservatively so I don't need racing tyres, I was looking at Avon, or Goodyear.
The 16" ones were continental they didn't seem to last well, but it's impossible to find an alternative make in that size without using van tyres.

I've had van tyres on my F1 for the last 7 years GT Radial Maxmiler 195R15.

Grip is decent enough and they've lasted ages. They are noisier though and the ride is firmer as they need to be pumped up to about 40psi.

raywin · Sep 21, 2021

GrumpyGel said:
I've had van tyres on my F1 for the last 7 years GT Radial Maxmiler 195R15.

Grip is decent enough and they've lasted ages. They are noisier though and the ride is firmer as they need to be pumped up to about 40psi.

I rang one of the national tyre fitters and asked for any tyres 215 /75 16r and he said he could not fit van tyres to my vehicle, I didn't bother to explain.

300bhp/ton · Sep 21, 2021

Are you sure that is the size you needed? BTW - I think you probably made things difficult for yourself. Just had a quick look and there are seriously loads of suitable tyres, either in 215/70, 215/80 or 225/70 or 225/70. I'm sure any of them would have been perfectly fine.

GrumpyGel · Sep 21, 2021

300bhp/ton said:
Are you sure that is the size you needed? BTW - I think you probably made things difficult for yourself. Just had a quick look and there are seriously loads of suitable tyres, either in 215/70, 215/80 or 225/70 or 225/70. I'm sure any of them would have been perfectly fine.

Looking at this site (dunno how accurate it is), they recon that the F2 with 16" wheels came in 215/75R15 or 235/70R16.

However, they also came with 2 different rims and the rim for the wider tyre had a larger offset (as well as width). Dunno if this was for clearance or looks.

https://www.wheel-size.com/size/land-rover/freelander-2/2007/

raywin · Sep 21, 2021

Bought the car with 13k miles on it from a main dealer who sold it originally, the tyres I've put on were exactly what were on it when I bought it.
When I go to the web site of some large tyre sellers and put my reg number in then that's the size the come up with, usually followed by not in stock, or lots of van tyres, or possibly continental contact 4x4.

Nodge68 · Sep 21, 2021

raywin said:
Bought the car with 13k miles on it from a main dealer who sold it originally, the tyres I've put on were exactly what were on it when I bought it.
When I go to the web site of some large tyre sellers and put my reg number in then that's the size the come up with, usually followed by not in stock, or lots of van tyres, or possibly continental contact 4x4.

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Change them to 17" rims, and use the factory tyre size of 235/65/17, which are easy to get, and offer more grip and a higher load index too.

raywin · Sep 21, 2021

Nodge68 said:
Change them to 17" rims, and use the factory tyre size of 235/65/17, which are easy to get, and offer more grip and a higher load index too.

They are sitting in my garage waiting for me to run the tread down ony 16" tyres.
The 17" ones I have are fitted with different tyres so I'm keeping my eyes open for some offers coming up on that size and start with 4 new ones.
Best so are is:
https://www.national.co.uk/tyres-se...ameter=17&rating=V~&loadindex=104&vrm=YC10ZGV

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