Topic: Maximum Tyre Size On Disco Alloys... (Read 12978 times)

300TDi Disco · « **on:** October 19, 2010, 20:32:11 »

I will be lifting the disco shortly :dance: and wanted to know what tyre size i would fit on disco alloys. My plan is to raise the diffs as much as poss.
I have been looking at 235/85/16 insa special track.
Any advice would be appreciated.

Cheers

mass199 · « **Reply #1 on:** October 19, 2010, 21:09:04 »

235/85/16 will fit on standard alloys.

Range Rover Blues · « **Reply #2 on:** October 19, 2010, 22:00:35 »

Yeap, an eay fit. I thik 285s will fit.

Disco Matt · « **Reply #3 on:** October 20, 2010, 00:11:33 »

235/85 R16 will be fine, but you may not want to go for the Special Tracks. They're likely to be noisy on the road and give you rather vague steering as well as distressing handing in the wet.

I'd be more inclined to go for something a bit less extreme, unless you're planning to do winch challenge events with it!

Wardy74 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 20, 2010, 14:58:55 »

Dont forget they wont go straight on and you will need to do some mods to the body etc.

300TDi Disco · « **Reply #5 on:** October 20, 2010, 17:01:37 »

Quote from: Range Rover Blues on October 19, 2010, 22:00:35

Yeap, an eay fit. I thik 285s will fit.

Would the 285/75/16 fit without chopping the arches out?? I understand i will have to do a couple of cuts (camel cut)

lambert · « **Reply #6 on:** October 20, 2010, 17:14:12 »

they will fit the rims but the car will need surgery.

Bikermutt · « **Reply #7 on:** October 20, 2010, 19:41:27 »

I have 235/85 R16 Colway C-Trax tyres on my 200Tdi with a 2" lift & no body mods. Cant fault the tyres, fantastic all rounders, not too noisy on the road, good aggressive tread for off road work.

mass199 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 20, 2010, 23:05:07 »

285/75 R16 Special Tracks Are a very tight fit on a Discovery. A Camel cut won't be enough.

John td5 · « **Reply #9 on:** October 21, 2010, 00:25:34 »

265/75/16 M/Ts no lift no cuts just turned out the steering stops no probs

Range Rover Blues · « **Reply #10 on:** October 21, 2010, 01:38:06 »

235/85 on a Disco with a 2" lift just catch the bottom edge of the back arch. If you don't want to sut it then tweak the bottom edge of the panel and extend the bracket next to the mud flap.

John td5 · « **Reply #11 on:** October 21, 2010, 15:51:22 »

Had mine on full twist (got pic's to show) no catching anywhere, dads got a d1 with 235/75/16 M/Ts no mods and no probs on full twist

white disco · « **Reply #12 on:** October 21, 2010, 22:47:04 »

235 special tracks a nite mare to put on a lot of arch cutting needs doing 235 kymos are ok just need to tap back arch a bit just done it

Tel · « **Reply #13 on:** October 22, 2010, 16:44:54 »

ive just fitted 285 75's to my disco they defently dont fit without surgery mines got a 2" lift and now a 2" body lift and i still need to cut the arches to fit the extended arches and give me full travel, 235/85 fitted my old classic with minimul mods on a 2" lift

baz2236 · « **Reply #14 on:** October 23, 2010, 17:20:06 »

I have a set or 235 85 16 saharas with loads of life. Not quite as agressive as the special tracks but are good on and off road pm me if your interested.

300TDi Disco · « **Reply #15 on:** October 23, 2010, 20:56:33 »

Quote from: baz2236 on October 23, 2010, 17:20:06

I have a set or 235 85 16 saharas with loads of life. Not quite as agressive as the special tracks but are good on and off road pm me if your interested.

Thanks guys for your reply's, I had decided to go with 235/85/16 to keep it easy & cheaper.

pm sent...

Brett69 · « **Reply #16 on:** November 13, 2011, 22:57:14 »

Quote from: Tel on October 22, 2010, 16:44:54

ive just fitted 285 75's to my disco they defently dont fit without surgery mines got a 2" lift and now a 2" body lift and i still need to cut the arches to fit the extended arches and give me full travel, 235/85 fitted my old classic with minimul mods on a 2" lift

Just brought a set of 285/75 16's for my disco. I have 1.5" lift spring on way and was thinking of a 3" body lift, is the body lift gonna cause any problems & think I'll still need to chop arches???

Dirt-Devil · « **Reply #17 on:** November 13, 2011, 23:15:37 »

Hi there, I'd say yes, you'll still need to cut some off the rear arches and as for the body lift but you will need to adjust the steering column links due to the different hight, break lines and probably the clutch line but not too sure on the last

Brett69 · « **Reply #18 on:** November 14, 2011, 18:27:36 »

I did a 3" lift on my P38 & had no problems with brake lines, steering or clutch. Thought it would be even less complicated on a disco. I guess time will tell lol!

Dirt-Devil · « **Reply #19 on:** November 14, 2011, 18:42:52 »

A suspension lift is one thing and wouldn't affect anything too much but a body lift involves extending all the lines as what you are doing is moving the body and chassis further away from each other so the existing lines will be too short and for the steering column you are changing the angle so it would need re-set at a different length to compensate for that

Brett69 · « **Reply #20 on:** November 14, 2011, 18:50:25 »

Like I said I did a 3" body lift on my P38 Range Rover, took about 2hrs, Also done 3" body lift on an L200 & a 6" body lift on a Hi-lux crewcab but this took a little more work lol!

Devon-Rover · « **Reply #21 on:** December 01, 2011, 19:01:37 »

Running 235/85R16 Macho's and i have the 2 inch lift plus needed to trim the front bumper and arch / Sill bit and also a trim on the rear arches. Running modulars on the front and Disco steels on the back.

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