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Jeff Wheeler (Jwheeler)
| | Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 10:08 pm: | 
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I have asked about this sometime ago but i am finaly going to pull the trigger and get new tires. Here is the question, 245 75 R16's on a stock 96 SD, what is the word? Fit? Modification needed? Brand? etc. Any info would be greatly appreciated. thanks |
Leslie N. Bright (Leslie)
| | Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 10:25 pm: |
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245/75R16s are on my stock Disco ('99 SD, last of the Series I Discos). Dunlop Radial Rover R/Ts.
I trimmed very little. Kyle's come up w/ flipping a bracket which negates having to trim, though. If you do trim, just do it a little at a time, until you have enough. I used a forklift to force the tires to stuff to make sure that I had enough trimmed.
http://www.thatchedroofgarage.com/articulation.htm
-L |
Jeff Wheeler (Jwheeler)
| | Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 10:46 pm: |
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Thanks for the info. How do you like the Dunlops? How are they compared to the stock Michelins? Also what is this bracket flipping and where can i find out more info on it? Thanks for your help...Jeff |
Leslie N. Bright (Leslie)
| | Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 11:06 pm: |
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I can say that, at the moment, I really don't think that I'll ever have another tire other than the R/Ts on my Disco. They're about the same on the road as the Michelins... off road they're a good bit better, IMHO. Actually, I think a lot better... no, they're not mud-tires, but they are 'traction' tires.
Kyle said something about the bracket-flipping being posted in the tech-section, but I didn't see it. It was mentioned over on EE's board before we came back to D-web...
I'll dig later, and see if I can find any info about it. Maybe Kyle or someone can find it before I do...
-L |
Jeff Wheeler (Jwheeler)
| | Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 11:25 pm: |
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I really appreciate the info. One more thing though. Would you suppose that I could retain and use if necessary the original size spare michellin in the event of a flat? Do you think that the two tire sizes would pose much of a problem? |
Ron
| | Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 11:56 pm: |
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I would advise against reusing the stock spare with 245 75s. You can for short distances BUT what I would do is sell it on the for sale board (it is new right?) and get a matched 245 75
Ron |
Leslie N. Bright (Leslie)
| | Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 11:58 pm: |
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I concur w/ Ron.... don't mix tire-sizes. You can post your spare for-sale here on D-web, and it should handily pay for your spare, or at least cover a chunk of the cost.
-L |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 03:47 am: |
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The bracket is under Rear Fender Relocation in the Tech section. |
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