Hicap phill said:

Never worry about tyres in the forestry industry. Some logger will always pull you out.(oh they were pulling you into the woods that day, loading you & dragging you back)
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ijmj said:

I'm definitely in the left hand side of the camp, but I'm really trying to troubleshoot the problem and am not getting a lot of helpful feedback. Boosts seem to have much less offset, so even fitting a lower profile tyre on a 1995 300tdi with Boosts won't definitively prevent rubbing. I've gone through a lot of versions of theoretical solutions and have not arrived at a clear answer. I would rather not run spacers, much less would I like to run spacers with alloys. Another solution would be 16" white Zu wheels with Michelin Cross Climates, but that's at least double the price of the adapters / L663 wheels. With the L663 wheels + adapters I might actually get a tighter turning circle and greater ground clearance for the diffs. I'm not putting spinners on there or anything

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300bhp/ton said:

Spacers really are not an issue, the hub and tyre have no clue if you have spacers or different offset rims, the effect is the same.

Stock wheels will rub unless you wind the steering stops to reduce lock, hence why all stock Defenders have terrible turning circles. Alloys are 7" wide vs 6.5" for steel rims, so with the same off set makes the inner edge closer. Big chunky MT's will rub with ease.

A 130 should have had Wolf rims, these have an offset of 20.6ET, so not only would they be more narrow, they would be stepped out further too.

2B Forward Control rims have an offset of ET1, so nearly an inch more outbound again.

If you can't find the rims with the desired offset, then spacers are an easy option. You could just run them on the front axle if you wanted.

I also don't really believe any of the "scare" stories mentioned above. In my experience they only ever come from people that have never run spacers and have no first hand experience.

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