Disco 2 Tire decision Help
Overlanding
Joined: Aug 2016
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Treadwright is ok for price and to get by for a while. But they are heavy and harder to balance.
Recovery Vehicle
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Do you have problems tucking those on the trail?
Rock Crawling
Joined: Dec 2009
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From: Long Beach, CA
What kind of trails are you going to use it on? If it's fireroad type stuff 18's are fine but if it's going to be rocky trails where you are going to drop air pressure when you get to the trail I recommend selling the 18's and getting 16's. The tires will be cheaper in 16" and with more sidewall to flex they will ride better off road. I just scored a set of 5 265/75/16 BFG KO's for only $450, 4 of them have about 85% tread left and one is brand new.
Pro Wrench
Joined: May 2016
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From: Lake Tahoe
Just for the sake of variety I thought I'd throw in another option for you.
I just bought a set of 16x7 aluminum bmw wheels for $120, and a set of treadwright warden 235/85r16's for $444
Will get pics of everything mounted up, should all be ready by the end of the week. I'm also running ome 2" springs
I have the factory 18" hurricanes and had, for lack of cheap 16" rims, decided to get the Falken's like others have suggested. I really don't think you can go wrong with that route. They have pretty much universally positive reviews both practically and technically. However, I really really like the skinny/tall tire that is synonymous with land rover, and treadwrights have a phenomenal reputation in recent years, super tough tires.
I just bought a set of 16x7 aluminum bmw wheels for $120, and a set of treadwright warden 235/85r16's for $444
Will get pics of everything mounted up, should all be ready by the end of the week. I'm also running ome 2" springs
I have the factory 18" hurricanes and had, for lack of cheap 16" rims, decided to get the Falken's like others have suggested. I really don't think you can go wrong with that route. They have pretty much universally positive reviews both practically and technically. However, I really really like the skinny/tall tire that is synonymous with land rover, and treadwrights have a phenomenal reputation in recent years, super tough tires.
Recovery Vehicle
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Will do, should have it all together by the end of the week. I had a hard time finding factory Land Rover wheels in 16x7 at a decent price so I just started googling, ebay'ing, and craigslisting everything in a 16x7 and / or a 5x120 bolt pattern
Pro Wrench
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From: Lake Tahoe
Aren't there are a few other factors that need to be matched up... iirc backspacing, inner diameter, and something else I think.
Recovery Vehicle
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Factory offset on on all the disco 2 wheels is +57. The bmw wheels I got are a +34. So these wheels will stick outward 10mm more than a land rover 18x8 wheel. This should be nearly unnoticeable.
Don't think you need to worry about inner diameter.
Hub diameter on pretty much every wheel I found in a 5x120 bolt pattern is larger than the disco 2 70.1mm so no worries there. I bought hub centric rings for $11 but I think they are unnecessary.
Last thing that will change is the lug nuts. Had to buy some traditional conical lug nuts, the wonky deep shank monstrosities on the factory wheels are land rover specific.
Pro Wrench
Joined: Nov 2016
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From: Bham, Alabama
Factory offset on on all the disco 2 wheels is +57. The bmw wheels I got are a +34. So these wheels will stick outward 10mm more than a land rover 18x8 wheel. This should be nearly unnoticeable.
Don't think you need to worry about inner diameter.
Hub diameter on pretty much every wheel I found in a 5x120 bolt pattern is larger than the disco 2 70.1mm so no worries there. I bought hub centric rings for $11 but I think they are unnecessary.
Last thing that will change is the lug nuts. Had to buy some traditional conical lug nuts, the wonky deep shank monstrosities on the factory wheels are land rover specific.
Don't think you need to worry about inner diameter.
Hub diameter on pretty much every wheel I found in a 5x120 bolt pattern is larger than the disco 2 70.1mm so no worries there. I bought hub centric rings for $11 but I think they are unnecessary.
Last thing that will change is the lug nuts. Had to buy some traditional conical lug nuts, the wonky deep shank monstrosities on the factory wheels are land rover specific.
Overlanding
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