shadyadie

Well-Known Member

• Apr 18, 2023

• #1

Decided to change my tyres to mud from road and my spare is touching the bumper and stopping me from opening the back door.
Is there a plate or something that you can use to raise the spare wheel. Or could I just fit it with the top 2 bolts. ?

 

steve24v

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• Apr 18, 2023

• #2

On the disco 2 you can flip the carrier up the other way to give it a bit of a lift. Middle bolt holes won't line up though

 

sierrafery

Well-Known Member

• Apr 18, 2023

• #3

Dont use much bigger than standard tyres then

 

shadyadie

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• Apr 18, 2023

• #4

They are the same tyre size as the road tyres that were on it, but the tread is a lot deeper

 

Landmark2

Well-Known Member

• Apr 18, 2023

• #5

I assume your door hinges haven't dropped
Griff

 

sierrafery

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• Apr 18, 2023

• #6

shadyadie said:

They are the same tyre size as the road tyres that were on it, but the tread is a lot deeper

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What's that size?

 

shadyadie

Well-Known Member

• Apr 18, 2023

• #7

235/85/r16
This is when I find out there tooooo big.
Hope my door hasn't dropped only had it a couple of months.
Can't check at the moment cause I will have to take the spare off to open it.

 

sierrafery

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• Apr 18, 2023

• #8

But what vehicle are we speaking about here in the Discovery section though?

 

shadyadie

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• Apr 18, 2023

• #9

2002 discovery

 

sierrafery

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• Apr 18, 2023

• #10

Then your only probem is the too big tyre as the vehicle was built for max 235/70/16 tyres and if it's not tuned for those almost 10% bigger tyres this will be your smallest issue in the future, i'll not go into this again cos i explained too many times how bad this can be for a D2 which was not tuned for that... here's just a "flavour" https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/speedo-out-of-synch.375403/

 

shadyadie

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• Apr 18, 2023

• #11

Bum
first expensive lesson learnt, the tyres came with the disco. And the garage never said anything when fitting them.
Never thought they might be too big.

 

sierrafery

Well-Known Member

• Apr 18, 2023

• #12

Better fit some std dimension tyres or max 5% bigger(nothing which exceeds the circumference of 255/70/16) but with standard after those huge ones i'm sure you'll be pleased how well it runs and watch the consumption too