18/19” off-road tyres?

18/19” off-road tyres?

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Slow

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6,973 posts

136 months

Friday 21st June 2019
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Are there any big chunky off-road tyres in these sizes? Not regular tyre size but the big 32/35 things the real off-road defenders etc use.

Width doesn’t matter as going to need the wheels custom made as people don’t seem to do wide steelies in this size.

Puddenchucker

4,036 posts

217 months

Friday 21st June 2019
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Something like Radar Renegades?

https://omni-united.com/tire/renegade-rt/

Slow

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6,973 posts

136 months

Friday 21st June 2019
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Exactly the sort of thing I am after. Know where in the uk would sell them?

Rudolph Hart

72 posts

61 months

Saturday 22nd June 2019
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Have a look at BFGoodrich, they have a range on/off road chunky tyres. I have 255x75x17 KM2’s on my Wrangler, that’s a mud tyre 32+ inches. Black circles usually have their tyres listed.

Edited to add..

You don’t say what application these are for but for good off road grip you probably want a small wheel (ie 17”) to give plenty of tyre wall

Edited by Rudolph Hart on Saturday 22 June 16:13

Slow

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136 months

Saturday 22nd June 2019
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18” is as small as I can go to clear the brakes so I want big tyres to make up for the large wheels.

Something along the lines of 32/35 as per the first posted ones.

Rudolph Hart

72 posts

61 months

Sunday 23rd June 2019
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OK, there’s your problem, blackcircles don’t list any off road tyres for 18”+ wheels, maybe you knew that already, my apologies if I misread your post.

Off roaders want a small wheel with a big tyre wall so I guess there is no demand at 18”.

Hashtaggggg

1,748 posts

68 months

Sunday 23rd June 2019
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Call Devon 4x4 and have a chat with them,

General Grabble 255/55R19

sparkythecat

7,898 posts

254 months

Sunday 23rd June 2019
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Spill the beans, what's the vehicle?

Rudolph Hart

72 posts

61 months

Sunday 23rd June 2019
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Hashtaggggg said:
Call Devon 4x4 and have a chat with them,

General Grabble 255/55R19
We need to know the application don’t we but that’s not a tyre I would class as ‘off road’ nor is it ‘big and chunky’ ! Total diameter 30”.

Slow

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136 months

Sunday 23rd June 2019
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Nothing special just a cheap l322, used my old one off-road a bunch and it was really capable so fancy getting some proper tyres for this one.


Rudolph Hart

72 posts

61 months

Sunday 23rd June 2019
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OK, I think I’ve found some suitable tyres for you, i’d forgotten about these...

Copper Discoverer S/T Maxx Pro 305x60x18 (that’s 32” ish)

Or they have an even more off road focused tyre..

Cooper Discoverer S+T Pro P.O.R in 4 sizes for an 18” wheel

You could also get these for even bigger wheels if you wanted to do that, all listed on the site.

They’re US made, so they won’t be cheap

Here’s the UK Site, lists stockists too...

https://www.coopertire.co.uk/tire-details/34738/di...


Edited by Rudolph Hart on Sunday 23 June 15:10

itsallyellow

3,660 posts

219 months

Monday 24th June 2019
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I have a spare set of Mud/all Terrains for 20” wheels. Purchased them as in needed some 20” wheels for the bowlers track day tyres.

Cooper Zeon LTZ 275/65/20

Mike

Slow

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Monday 24th June 2019
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itsallyellow said:
I have a spare set of Mud/all Terrains for 20” wheels. Purchased them as in needed some 20” wheels for the bowlers track day tyres.

Cooper Zeon LTZ 275/65/20

Mike
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itsallyellow

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219 months

Tuesday 25th June 2019
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Sorry Slow I don’t get my PM’s for some reason.

My email is

Mikesaunders99@outlook.com


Slow

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itsallyellow said:
Sorry Slow I don’t get my PM’s for some reason.

My email is

Mikesaunders99@outlook.com
Emailed you.

300bhp/ton

41,030 posts

189 months

Wednesday 26th June 2019
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Slow said:
Nothing special just a cheap l322, used my old one off-road a bunch and it was really capable so fancy getting some proper tyres for this one.

There are quite a lot of MT's available in bigger rim sizes these days. Although not all available in the UK.

Your biggest issue is total diameter. I see you mention 32/35 a few times. If you are meaning 32" to 35" tall. Then I think you'll likely hit a few issues.

Most of the MT's for bigger rims are generally large, 35-42" tall. And on an L322 I'd have thought you'd struggle to fit even a 32" tyre.

You'll need a lift of some kind to raise it above normal running height and you may need to trim some body bits. I know there is work to be done to fit this size tyre on a D3/RRS. So I'm assuming similar with the L322.

Slow

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Wednesday 26th June 2019
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I realise they wouldn’t fit at standard height but you have 2 easy choices to raise the l322 as it’s on air.

Replace height sensor with extended arm version or just switch the arm

Or

As the guys making the range racer have discovered when trying to run it lower, put it in off-road mode then pull the relay and it will stay up even when exceeding 30mph.

300bhp/ton

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Wednesday 26th June 2019
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Slow said:
I realise they wouldn’t fit at standard height but you have 2 easy choices to raise the l322 as it’s on air.

Replace height sensor with extended arm version or just switch the arm

Or

As the guys making the range racer have discovered when trying to run it lower, put it in off-road mode then pull the relay and it will stay up even when exceeding 30mph.
Will you be using it off road? When the suspension compresses you loose all the lift, and the tyre is likely to foul. Not such an issue if it is road only use.

Although should it lower or you have an air suspension fault. It may cause some issues if the tyres jam in the wheel wells.

Slow

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Wednesday 26th June 2019
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Mix of offroad and short trips on the road. Will have a second set of tyres/wheels if I ever have to go further.

300bhp/ton

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189 months

Wednesday 26th June 2019
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Slow said:
itsallyellow said:
I have a spare set of Mud/all Terrains for 20” wheels. Purchased them as in needed some 20” wheels for the bowlers track day tyres.

Cooper Zeon LTZ 275/65/20

Mike
Pmed
Looks like they are 34.07" tall.

Would probably look awesome on an L322, good luck fitting them. Please post some photos.