8.25r16

[Carchania]

Gday all

In my search to find skinny 33's, i found that the truck tyre size 8.25r16 is equivalent to 255/85/16 which is what im putting on next. the truck tyres are about 10-14ply and i can get them in assorted tread from road-a/t-mud. they r even priced cheaper than the 4wd tyres. my question thusly is there any draw back to putting these tyres on instead of the 'light truck' rated 4wd ones?

 

[happy john]

What do you hope to achieve by doing this??.

 

[MANNING]

When i came up for tyres, i looked at a similar size ->255/80/17
My theory was if i put factory width on but taller tyres id run into less drama but still achieve a higher stance
Cant say yay or nay as i wasnt able to find anyone that supplied them locally

 

[happy john]

Landrover fit 235/85r16to their Defender model that's about a 32, I have heard of some folk waiting days in the scrub for replacments to be trucked in being an odd size.

 

[abouttogobush]

What do you hope to achieve by doing this??.

hey man just whack some 305"s on tha old bitch and have some width and height!

 

[happy john]

He wouldn't get big boots on like that without scrubbing bushman, and would lose a fair bit of poke too.

 

[Carchania]

Yeah mate. The idea of the skinnys is to not overly affect the boogie ability but gain the advantage in height for the car.