nickwilliams Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 A friend has purchased an ex- electricity board 110. It's got BFG Mud Terrain 265/75R16 tyres in reasonable condition on three corners and a very old and worn Cooper Discoverer STT M/T 265/75R16 on the fourth. All the tyres on the vehicle are on matching heavy duty steel rims. He was given a Boost Alloy with a (badly perished) Michelin Latitude 205/80R16 tyre as a spare. (Yes, this was from a dealer, no it's not worth arguing with them since he's had the vehicle for more than.a year now.) My plan is to purchase two more BFG 265/75R16 MT/s and fit these to the rear axle and buy another suitable steel rim to put the worst of the three existing BFGs on as a spare. The Cooper tyre will be scrapped and the Boost Alloy will go on e-bay. Am I right in thinking 265 tyres need 9in wide rims, and if so does anyone know a good place to get one from? Any other comments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HampshireHog Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Hi Nick , ive just had four BFG 265/75/16 AT2 fitted ( many thanks to the members who have posted reviews ) with the writing on the inside I hasten to add . My spare was an embarrassment so I bit the bullet and bought a 7x16 modular , load rating 1050kg , from Craddocks and had the best of the original tyres ( 265/75/16 Traction track Insa Turbo ) fitted as a spare . Hope this is of some help . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 I have 33/12.50x15 (305 ish) on an 8" rim. They fitted 265's on a 7" rim from the factory if I remember correctly. But you can definitely put 265's on boost rims. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutley Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 265/75R16 on 8" steel rims is the maximum size tyre for this rim. This is the combination I have on my 90 on all x4 corners and the spare......Modular 8" steel rim £40 from most reasonable 4x4 outlets obviously you pay more for a wolf rim, but then it is what it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cackshifter Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 I have 265/75 16 on 7" rims, no problem. I think that was the minimum size, 8" was the max, but I wanted to be able to fit 235/85 or 255/85 16 if I wanted to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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