tires

twilightprotege · Post by **twilightprotege** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 6:57 pm

has anyone used 235/75/15 tyres on their L? (basically a 29" tire)

just curious as to the width if it'd cause any problems? any experiences on the sand with them?

GOD · Post by **GOD** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:58 pm

The biggest tyred Ls I can think of:

showthread.php?t=11670

showthread.php?t=11179

http://ausubaru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13992&page=6

And AndrewT and Fatz, but they've done stacks of custom work to make things fit.

Dane.

red_rocket · Post by **red_rocket** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:34 pm

since the 29"tyres look like a bit of a struggle with 15" rims, is it a much more comfrotable fit to have 29" tyres on a 14" rims-a also have a 4"lift kit going on soon.
cheers.
(didnt get a tone about 14" rims on those threads above)

Wilbur · Post by **Wilbur** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:50 pm

Any reason for 29's over the traditional 27 ? Along with the problem of them actually fitting, what about the gearing??

twilightprotege · Post by **twilightprotege** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:56 pm

there's 2 reasons i'm going with 15" wheels - 1 because i already have a set, and 2 because they are far more common than 14" wheels and thus give me more choice for less $$$

and yeah, will be doing some "body" work to make sure they fit w/o rubbing.

was more looking for a "this is how they go on the beach" type replies. i dont know if it's just me, but i think 215 is on the touch thin side for really soft sand - or am i wrong?

twilightprotege · Post by **twilightprotege** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:57 pm

and gearing - going with 4.11 gears in the very near future

GOD · Post by **GOD** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 11:24 pm

You don't need wide tyres for the beach. Tyre contact area is a function of inflation pressure and vehicle mass, so a skinny tyre at 15psi will float above the sand just as well as a wide tyre at 15psi (all other things being equal), but without pushing as large a frontal area.

BTW, 215mm is 8.5", which about a million Ls are using.

Dane.

twilightprotege · Post by **twilightprotege** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:32 am

that's what i have now - 27x8.5/14, but since i'm changing to 15" wheels, i'm looking at every single option

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:50 am

you can fit the 29s on an L with 3" lift but you have to cut a fair bit out of the guards and have really good suspension. Alex managed this with his old WankyWagon. It did look a tad unbalanced, wheels too big for car. But it certainly worked really well offroad.

twilightprotege · Post by **twilightprotege** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:29 pm

yeah pretty much solely concerned with offroad ability. i've got no prob with working the car to make it work. also, 235/75/15 looks like a very common size - was standard on the pajero's with 15" steelies

red_rocket · Post by **red_rocket** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:04 pm

AndrewT wrote:you can fit the 29s on an L with 3" lift but you have to cut a fair bit out of the guards and have really good suspension. Alex managed this with his old WankyWagon. It did look a tad unbalanced, wheels too big for car. But it certainly worked really well offroad.

Andrew,
was that on a 15" rim?
and if so would 29's fit nicely on a 14" rim with a 4"lift(with minor, if any body work?)
otherwise i would just stick to 27's also

cheers

twilightprotege · Post by **twilightprotege** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:50 pm

what 29" tyres are there for 14's???? are there even any?

red_rocket · Post by **red_rocket** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:06 pm

not sure, im trying to find that out now by picking these guys brains.
tried googling everything but nothing is coming up.
I know 27" is the safe bet though

Mr Top Hat · Post by **Mr Top Hat** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:55 pm

im actually selling a 5 stud conversion kit
in really good cond

and 4x 15" chrome wheels with 29" tyres

if your interested

pm me

phillatdarwin · Post by **phillatdarwin** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:57 pm

red rocket
have a look at this site very good to find a tire size some one posted it up some time back .
http://www.exploroz.com/Vehicle/Tyres/SizeCalc.aspx
it will convert all tire sizes

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:06 pm

no can't get 29's on 14s. wouldnt make any difference anyway, the tyres are still 29" outer diameter regardless of the wheel diameter.

If you want to see Mr Top Hat's ones search for pics of Wanky Wagon (alex's old car). towards it's end it had those ones on it.

red_rocket · Post by **red_rocket** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:06 am

thanks phillatdarwin, cleared it up for me, think i will just stick with 27" on 14's.
and thanks andrew for the clarification, i can start looking.
ta