What size tyres on a disco?

Dace · Post by **Dace** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 4:54 pm

A mate of mine with a 97(i think) disco is looking to get a bit more serious with his wagon and is looking to go to Mud tyres

at the moment it is running 225/70r16 AT's

prob is that beaurepaires reckon ya can only fit a 225/75 on it, either limited by the std rims or clearance issues,

obiviously, we would prefer he fit bigger tyres like say, 255/75

any ideas why these my not fit?

note, he doesn't want to do susp or body lifts .... yet!!!

cheers
Dave

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 5:34 pm

Cloggy is the Disco Nut oops expert locally....he can field strip one in 15 mins and put it back together :lol:

skid · Post by **skid** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 5:45 pm

have put 245/75 R16 muddies on one before with no rubbing issues.

I reckon you could go to a 265/75 R16 or slightly bigger without too much trouble.

Sadam_Husain · Post by **Sadam_Husain** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 5:49 pm

MrO had 34" simexes fitting on his disco with a body lift :shock:

but I think cloggys always grumbling about the unused 35" tyres in the shed that wont fit and having to run skinny little tyres until he does some serious lifting :wink:

Red90 · Post by **Red90** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:09 pm

Just put my set of 235/85/16 on a '99 disco, no rubbing issues. Front skirt cut off and slight "camel cut" on rear. Works a treat.

Cloggy_NZ · Post by **Cloggy_NZ** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:20 pm

Beaurepaires are correct if you don't want to make any modifications at all. But with a spare 20 minutes, some tinsnips and a saw (your ordinary woodcutting type) 32" tyres will fit on the standard rims without doing any kind of body or suspension lifts.
It requires a really minor little trim on the trailing edge of the rear guards with the tinsnips (piece of cake as it is aluminium) and removing the front valance (spoiler) which will get ripped off the first time offroading anyway. Then cut the front bumper end caps level with the front bumper with the saw. That is all there is to it to run 235/85 R 16 tyres (what I run, roughly equivalent to a 7.50x16) or 265/75 R 16 (my mate has these on his Disco). Both of us run standard wheels (steel 7x16's on mine and alloy 7x16's on my mates).
Any larger tyres will require a suspension and/or bodylift as well as some beefing up of the drive train as the stock diffs/axles/cv's will not cope very well with the combination of enthusiastic drivers like myself and larger tyres.

Dace · Post by **Dace** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:38 pm

awesome, thanks Cloggy, will tell m8 that he needs to invest in tinsnips and a saw and we will cut his baby up in the name of 4x4 conquest :twisted:

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:42 pm

you will probably find the disco was made with tinsnips, and saws anyway :lol:

Red90 · Post by **Red90** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:50 pm

Angle grinder with a thin cut-off blade makes the job way easy.