Probably been asked a million times BUT......
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I'd go for the narrower but taller ones (235/85) because they'll fill your arches a little more and make your defender look that little bit beefier, you'll be geared better for the roads (ie. quieter at higher speed - even though only very very slight noticeable difference!) and they'll still look plenty wide enough from the front and the back. I have 235/75 on my 2.5 N/A 90 and it looks the part from the front, just wish that they were a little bit taller! Oh, and you'll probably find that its a little nippier with slightly narrower tyres
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If you go for the wider ones the will rub on the radius arms on full lock
denis the menace
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Got 235/85s MTs on my 110 and they look good. At first they rubbed, but i just adjusted the stops and there fine now.
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I needed some new tyres for my 90 so I was looking at the special tracks (235/85). I then noticed Insa Turbo Saharas in 750/16 size. I like 'em tall and skinny for off roading. I bought the Saharas and went to an RTV trial last weekend. (Road Taxed Vehicle.)
19 competitors with at least 3 of them using special tracks. Me and my son beat the lot of them, 1st and 2nd overall. Well impressed. Quieter on the road than the special tracks as well.
Considering the suspension is bog standard, no lifts or spacers or anything like that, it looks quite mean.
19 competitors with at least 3 of them using special tracks. Me and my son beat the lot of them, 1st and 2nd overall. Well impressed. Quieter on the road than the special tracks as well.
Considering the suspension is bog standard, no lifts or spacers or anything like that, it looks quite mean.
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Hey look someone else with a blue LR with a funny coloured wing...
Been doing some ringing around tonight seems like 235/85/16 are rare as Rocking Horse sh*t. Nobody seems to have them!!!!
But what a couple of the tyre specialists have said is there is bugger all difference in height between the 235/85/16 & 265/75/16.
Maybe 1/2 inch thats all!!! With the Insa Turbo Special Tracks that is.
Matt
But what a couple of the tyre specialists have said is there is bugger all difference in height between the 235/85/16 & 265/75/16.
Maybe 1/2 inch thats all!!! With the Insa Turbo Special Tracks that is.
Matt
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3 cm, which is just over half an inch each side!
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Is that wot you tell all the girls OD
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they'll be lucky!
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Its 10% of 235, The tyre size is Width(mm)/Height (as a percentage of the width)/Size of the hole (inches)
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hi all,
since i live in spain i soon came across the insa turbo tyres and fitted them last october. until now i am very pleased with them, although i didn´t do any serious offroading until now with them, they perform very well on and off road, and on wet roads (yes we do have that aswell from time to time). the noise is much less than i expected, although obviously there is more noise than with "normal" tyres.
i did aprox. 5000km with them until now (max speed i did so far 120 km/h), no problems so far, still look very good, no sign of disintegration.....and i like the looks of them too!
i am adding a picture ( i hope it worked, tried it for the first time on here, anyone want some more pics just let me know.
regards from the coast
juergen...
since i live in spain i soon came across the insa turbo tyres and fitted them last october. until now i am very pleased with them, although i didn´t do any serious offroading until now with them, they perform very well on and off road, and on wet roads (yes we do have that aswell from time to time). the noise is much less than i expected, although obviously there is more noise than with "normal" tyres.
i did aprox. 5000km with them until now (max speed i did so far 120 km/h), no problems so far, still look very good, no sign of disintegration.....and i like the looks of them too!
i am adding a picture ( i hope it worked, tried it for the first time on here, anyone want some more pics just let me know.
regards from the coast
juergen...
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the height differenct between the 235 and the 265 is exactly 1mm each side so 2 mm in total! 235 is 198.75 and the 265 is 199.75 mm.
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