Ben Spray Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Hi all, cant seem to find an answer for this, I want to get some MT tyres which fit on wolf rims, not much choice out there really in the bigger sizes.... ideally I wanted 255/85 BFGs which sit at about 33" but cant really warrent the cost of them...! so I was wondering about the Dakars from Insa which is basically the same tread pattern, they only do a 235/85 so obviously going to be smaller but they are about half the price. Question is as a remould how tall do they stand? They will be going on a 90 which currently has no lift, although the back sits a bit high as its ex mod and is now a bit lighter with a truck cab and has a gywn lewis bumper and 8274 on the front so springs may need addressing/lifting soon but for now the smaller size may not be a bad thing. Its basically a toy but is used for a bit of road work, greenlanes, and hopefully this year I'll get to some shows to run the offroad courses and hopefully the odd pay and play... I do like the look of the more extreme tread patterns like the special track etc but probably ott for what I need.... Cheers Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon W Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 When I looked the dakar was the bfg copy and they came in 265/75. I have the insa turbo sahara in the 235/85 size and these measured 32" when I 1st got them on rims. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Spray Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 Cheers, Im assuming the dakar will be the same size tehn (cant use a 265 on a wolf wheel really) but they do a 235/85 which are the size I was looking at. How are yours wearing with road use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon W Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Not too bad so far but I will have covered less than 5k on them so far. They are definately a much softer compound than my old BFG's used to be as the saharas howl more on the road and you can feel it more round corners and heavy breaking. Personally I like them as they are very predictable, but for high milage you can't beat the BFG's. I went for insa's as doing a bit more off road so doesn't matter that mine have rock cuts all over them already and are only a few months old. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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