All Terrain tyres on my transit!

[ophirmadar]

Hi,

I need to buy some new tyres as my old ones are wornout/wearing out. would like to beef them up abit. For next winter.. and would just like bigger tyres TBH,

will I have any clearance issues with these on a mk7 DRW,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GOODYEAR-WRAN ... 51bb7df992

These ones are 205/80R16C So they're commercially rated & theyre 8 ply. According to the EU specs theyre also quiet and Catagory C fuel efficiency too!

Its currently got a mixed set of 195/75R16C tyres fitted. But ive been told my wheels can probobally take upto 215/75R16C

Standard on my van is 185/75R16C...

Any helpful advise would be appreciated... So non of the:

You don't need them.
YOU HAVE TO RUN STANDARD TYRES OR YOU WILL DIE!


So I don't want advise on whether I need them or not. I just want advise whether they will fit.. and potentially how quick they may wear out/fuel economy

Thanks!

[Wadey]

One of the sevice company's gas board I think run kumuho kl71s on there transits without any issues I couldn't tell you what size but its doable there's no reason why whatever size your running now couldn't be swapped or slightly bigger with the equivilant off road tyres if you can't get the ones in the link just stick to good makes some of the cheap ones are remoulds there ok off road but no good to be running all day and check the ply rating if yours is anything bigger than a swb

[ophirmadar]

Thanks,

From the fact everyone has told me to stay away from remoulds i will. As long as clearance is good. Ill be happy. Im just fed up of running on a mix of tyres. and want them to match. The tyres
I listed are 8 ply, which is the same as what I currently have.

Those kumho tyres you mentioned are beasts! Do they drive across the moorland in those transits ?

[binge]

Been running my van on AT tyres since the day I bought it. I rolled my 4x4 and had no use for the spare rims which were at the time, wrapped in brand new Hankook AT rubber.
So stuffed them on the Transit as there were a couple of baldies on there.

195R15 (195/80-15 basically). No issues with clearance, and almost certain I could go way bigger.

Long and short of them, they're alright. Don't as good as they could though because the transit has such an open diff, if one wheel is on a soggy grass verge, it just spins that wheel up and directs zero power to the other wheel on tarmac.






Ben

[Wadey]

Thanks,

From the fact everyone has told me to stay away from remoulds i will. As long as clearance is good. Ill be happy. Im just fed up of running on a mix of tyres. and want them to match. The tyres
I listed are 8 ply, which is the same as what I currently have.

Those kumho tyres you mentioned are beasts! Do they drive across the moorland in those transits ?

Iv not seen then drive across the moors to be honest I think they stick the kumuho on the rears as they have to drive across the grass verges and the odd fields they are normally towing a mini digger im guessing its cheaper to buy mud tyres than keep paying for the vans to be towed out and repairing the grass they have chewed up iv got the kl71s on my 4x4 there awsome

[loot]

Aren't the rac rwd swb vans 215 75 16c?
I have 255 60 18 on my 350 lwb rwd without issue, although i do slow down for speed bumps lol.
Sport vans have 245 on so 215 shouldn't hit at all on full lock tbh.

[ophirmadar]

Well i decided to go into a national tyres today. They were really helpful and put a set of 205 80 r16c tyres next to mine.. As far as clearance on the front. everything seems fine. My only real issue is the back tyres. If my back twin tyres touch each other... when heavily loaded. Then ill have problems.

the 205 80r16c tyres are considerably bigger also! So There is a chance they might touch when bouncing down the street....

So its a difficult one. I wont know whether there is clearance issues unless I load my vehicle up to the rafters and then put 4 brand new tyres on the back!! by that point if there is any problems. Ill be seriously out of pocket...

Any advice??

[urbtree]

While I'm fully aware this is an old post I'm about to do this very thing with a customer tomorrow so will post up some picks when I'm done as this came up in my google search for info on it.

I'm off to test fit a set of 205/80/16 kumho kl71 tomorrow

[Retired John]

I find this site handy for tyre and rim size comparisons it is dead easy to use

https://www.exploroz.com/vehicle/tyres/sizecalc.aspx

[Dodgey99]

I did this myself recently:

General GRABBER AT3 225/75 R16 115/112S 10PR , OWL (AS)

[Chrismawa]

I did this myself recently:

General GRABBER AT3 225/75 R16 115/112S 10PR , OWL (AS)

They look good. What size are they?

[Dodgey99]

Size is in the bit you quoted from me above )

225/75 R16

Performing excellently. Getting me through grassy and muddy fields where I'd have zero chance. Dropped to 20psi tonight to get up a grassy hill.

[DaveG 29]

Just been having a look on here for tyre sizes for my tipper. I’m wanting to put a mud Tyre on but what ones? that’s what I’m stuck on. It has 195/75/16 at the moment but I can’t find a tyre that size any help please. I just want to go over more than a blade of grass with out getting stuck.

[Fedro66]

Hi all.
I just installed bigger wheels on my MK7,I found 4 ex Land Rover modular wheels 7” wide,which I have to redrill as well welding a new spigot flange to make them fit on transit hubs.
The tyres I have are Cooper all terrain 255x7.5x16”.
To install them I have to add a 35 mm struts on front shocks and changing the rear leafs springs with heavy duty ones,once I have done that it wasn’t enough,rear arches with reinforced leafs springs wouldn’t have any problem but the front body arches and bumper would hit the tyres so I handed with an angle grinder and reciprocating saw to wide them up,I was happy with results but then by testing the steering I have noticed that on the left side only the tyre hit the windshield washers bottles protection.Tomorrow I am going to install universal plastic wheels arches and I will study how to relocate the washers bottle.
I can say so far it hasn’t been an easy tasks putting on my van the bigger tyres but when I look at it I forget all the effort,once done it properly it will be awesome.

[ned]

Hi all.
I just installed bigger wheels on my MK7,I found 4 ex Land Rover modular wheels 7” wide,which I have to redrill as well welding a new spigot flange to make them fit on transit hubs.
The tyres I have are Cooper all terrain 255x7.5x16”.
To install them I have to add a 35 mm struts on front shocks and changing the rear leafs springs with heavy duty ones,once I have done that it wasn’t enough,rear arches with reinforced leafs springs wouldn’t have any problem but the front body arches and bumper would hit the tyres so I handed with an angle grinder and reciprocating saw to wide them up,I was happy with results but then by testing the steering I have noticed that on the left side only the tyre hit the windshield washers bottles protection.Tomorrow I am going to install universal plastic wheels arches and I will study how to relocate the washers bottle.
I can say so far it hasn’t been an easy tasks putting on my van the bigger tyres but when I look at it I forget all the effort,once done it properly it will be awesome.

Sounds interesting A bit like this then,

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