SteveG Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 Fitted the 255/85 16 BFG Mud's today... It's driving better on-road. I find the TD5 a bit undergeared on-road in standard form so addition of bigger tyres is better for me. I appreciate that LR has geared it for good towing,so no compalints. Need to try them out in low properly off-road, but going from a V8 auto running on 35" simex, I'm sure it's going to be slow enough going down hills for me Lastly I think they look better too.. Cheers Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodrow Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 Nice one! Have those got more off set then most modulars? They fill the arches just nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LR90 Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 Looks Very nice And I love the contrast with the 205s. Great pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveG Posted November 22, 2005 Author Share Posted November 22, 2005 Nice one! Have those got more off set then most modulars? They fill the arches just nicely Yeah I noticed that too, The outside edge of the tyre lines up with the spat almost exactly. It didn't on the hybrid with the same set-up. I'll measure the off-set tomorrow. Didn't have time today, had to head out straight after fitting them. I even had to wait about 4 hours to drive it with them on! Hence later pics have fog. They were standard modulars from Nene Valley. I understood from Chris, GBMUD, that modulars used to have a greater off-set, but they changed it a few years back. yes LR90 the comparison pic does show the contrast!! Cheers Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will_warne Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 255x85s Steve? Very nice BTW, looks a lot more like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 looks good Steve. Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernchris Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 Looks good steve,so where are the waffle boards going?? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ101 Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 A set of bigger boots, always improves the looks as well as the drive !! did you not want the bling letting on the outside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cols110 Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 Yep, thats more like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 (edited) Much smarter with decent size rubber fitted looks more purposefull Edited November 22, 2005 by western Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesm Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 (edited) Looks very nice indeed - but I'd be interested to learn whether you notice any difference in the braking performance on-road. My RRC is on 235/85s, and although there doesn't seem to be anything obviously wrong with the brakes they're not quite as sharp as I'd like. I suspect it's the tyre diameter, but before I start swapping out servos and so on... Edited November 23, 2005 by jamesm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 Tyre diameter makes a big difference - when I ran 31" tyres every day and 33" tyres occasionally, the difference in braking was really noticeable when you swapped. As was the difference in acceleration - the 33s felt horrible when you first put them on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 What a difference! really changes the whole look of the vehicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesm Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 when I ran 31" tyres every day and 33" tyres occasionally, the difference in braking was really noticeable when you swapped.Thanks for that - surprising that it makes such a difference, though. Given that the radius of my wheels has increased by 10%, I'd have thought the brakes would be working 10% harder - about the same as carrying a couple of passengers with a fondness for pies ...or have I missed something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 It is surprising - I don't know what the "measureable" difference is but the "feel" is completely different when driving the vehicle - particularly on acceleration. It's things like pulling up hills and pulling out of slow corners off boost that you really notice, with 31" tyres on the old 90 and a tweaked fuel pump it felt quite racy put 33" on and it felt like you had a trailer on the back To illustrate what I mean - we have a Td5 90 on the fleet at work with 205R16s on. As long as there are no policemen looking, there is a hill in town that you can go up in 5th gear, which a vehicle on 7.50R16s will only pull 3rd on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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