If you're planning on putting the large tires on a series truck, which, I
believe, was where this thread started, I suggest that you pay heed to your
turning radius.
Depending on the wheels you use, the larger tires will hit the frame much
sooner than the small tires and your Rover will become even more piggish in
its turns than normal.
I have relatively close to stock tires (BFG TrakEdge 750R16) originally
installed on the stock rims on my 1966 88". They rubbed constantly and
caused me to have to shunt on any tight turns. I installed slightly wider
but more importantly, negatively offset wheels from a mid 80s Defender,
which moved the wheels out by about 1.25 inches. Huge difference. No more
rubbing and much tighter turns.
If it made such a difference on my slightly oversize tires (31") it will be
an even bigger factor as you increase tire size, IMHO.
Dave Blair
On 12/17/02 9:15 AM, "Kirk Hillman" <hillman88@telus.net> wrote:
>
> I was just looking up how to properly measure a rim and came up with an
> interesting tidbit. There doesn't seem to have been any mention of it
> previously. When measuring the bolt circle on a 5 lug rim you DON'T measure
> center to center of two non-adjacent holes. You are acually supposed to
> measure center to back of hole! That isn't very clear so have a look:
>
> http://www.rsracing.com/tech-wheel.html
>
> Surely I am not the only one ignorant about this... (I hope).
>
> Kirk
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