Quick question. Looking at a set of tires and need to decide ASAP (within 18 hours of this being posted but feel free to post after).

I currently have 33" KM3's which I've had great experiences with so far, but the tires are 5 years old and showing some signs of dry rot. They should be replaced within the next 100 miles. I currently have steel 16" rims and a 3" suspension lift and 1 inch body lift. A guy offered me his old set of (5) 35" 12.5x18 Toyo MT with factory 18 inch rims for $800.

Q's
Are they likely to fit? at full flex, my rears rub against the fender as of now, before trimming. I'm willing to trim if needed
How are they off road vs on road? I daily mine when it works and put about 40 miles a week on them plus 1 off-road trip a month on average.
How are they for snow wheeling? I mostly do medium trails and snow with occasional rock crawling trips.

 

Significant trimming required for 35s, including cutting into the rear doors. You'll lose turning radius due to how much they will rub the radius arms, unless you have wider offset wheels in which case you will need even more extreme body trimming.

IMO for a daily driven rig off roading once a month, I'd spend the $800 on a set of off shore mud tires or all terrains. I'd lean towards and aggressive AT since you do more snow than mud/rocks. Lots of plenty decent tires in that price range, off brand tires are a lot better than they used to be. Double that recommendation when you'd be forced to move up to an 18" wheel.

 

Apologies, I meant I'm trying to get into more snow wheeling. I wheel a lot in Eastern California in the mountains, so rocky terrain during the summer and snow in the winter.

If I pass on the tires, my plan was just to get 32/32" KM3s or KO2s on my current 16" steel rims. I've used them and they have worked well.

 

35s on a disco plus rocks....are how many upgrades have you put into your axles? If the answer is none my next question is how much are you willing to put into them?

 

The toyo's are going to perform better than the BF for sure in both rocks and snow. If you stick with 33s I would not run KO2s as you will be very underwhelmed in both snow or rocks imo. The body lift will help reduce the body trimming however the rear doors as Alex mentioned will be problematic. Jumping to 35s on a D2 is far less appealing with not having full floated rear axles (I love how easy it is to swap rear axles on a d1/classic/defender, clean break is like a 5 min job), upgraded shafts and lockers (or upgraded carriers of some sort, lsd or detroits though if going in there can't beat selectables imo). I've never had shaft issues with 33s on a heavily loaded d2 that has been abused and wheeled all over CO and Moab, I do have a rear locker though.

That said, go for it haha 35s do look real good on a D2!