I ended up getting 315/75r16s with 30mm spacers on the Disco. For anyone interested, I had to:

• fit wide arches (a ton of cutting including a HUGE amount of the rear door. you can panel beat them together and seam seal), I fit them high as I could and a few inches apart in the rear
• greg davis rear and rewire turn signals to upper lights
• 4" lift
• 4.37 gears/ashcroft half shafts & cvs, drives well on the highway
• beat in the flange in the front wheel well
• trim the ARB (getting removed soon anyway since bent under winching and bad approach angle)
• remove TF sliders (also getting removed after bending) or trim/cap them

The front flares still rub badly on a flex ramp but will probably bend them out using a heat gun. All together, took a few years but super happy with the result.

 

nice looking Rover.

do you have a photo of the rear bumper?

 

photos of rear door cutting and sealing?

 

Here's a random photo dump, I could maybe make something more organized when not on my phone. We used loctite foam for a backing then seam sealed the rear doors with 3M seam sealer after beating the panels together with a body hammer. You're really cutting triple metal because the metal that shows when the rear door is open. I ended up beating the innermost metal & fender liner behind the rear quarter up flush. Bumper is also welded to the frame since we had to make custom spacers and the instructions call for it anyway. Like I said, it still rubs in the front. Once that's fixed could probably stuff 37s.

Second pic is with my D1 on a 5" lift and 34s flexed on a stump.

 

May as well share this too, some photos of other stuff I've done. The Pendleton headliner is probably my favorite. She's loaded up to go to WV for a few days this week.

 

I bought some 315/75/16 and assumed they are 35's but they are actually 34.5" not 35's. Doesn't seem like a big difference but if you want true 35" you will have to trim more
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I see people say this all the time but you are running 35s. The truth is no tires are true to size, notice the tires actually labeled 35 only have a true diameter of 34.5". This is true across manufacturers too.

https://m.tirerack.com/tires/Spec.jsp?tireMake=BFGoodrich&tireModel=All-Terrain+T%2FA+KO2&partnum=525QR5KO2RWL

https://m.tirerack.com/tires/Spec.jsp?tireMake=BFGoodrich&tireModel=All-Terrain+T%2FA+KO2&partnum=175R6KO2RWL

 

I understand what you are saying and not trying to knock ya, coopers website lists them as 34.53". I have the same size in KM3's and they are 34.6. My stock wheels are 285/75/18 duratrac manufacture spec is 35.1" diameter. Was just saying these 2 tires fit differently on my disco and had to compromise.

 

I understand, I just see a lot of talk about "true 35s" but most tires labeled 35x12.5... are only 34.5" in diameter. BFG/Cooper are obviously reputable too. I guess they want to label them something nice. Either way, 315/75r16 is pretty much a standard 35 to me. I have a buddy whose 37s actually measure just about 38". I'm sure this varies across manufacturers.

 

I just wish they would make something in a 16" in the 34-35" range a bit more narrow to cut down on weight and mass!