Wheels and Tyres

Well after much debate i went the basic option of a sunraysia rim and some Cooper ST 60/40 tyres. The look is growing on me, bit industrial. Centrecaps have been ordered.
Only have bar, winch, side steps, snorkel,trans bash plate,long range tank, chip & exhaust to go.




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I dont mind the black on black look those coopers LT series? we had trouble with non LT rocks going straight thru treads

looks nice, i wanna get the ST tyres in 285/75/16 as soon as i can afford the rims and lift kit

Gotta love the black Sunnies, I have a set waiting for me to pick them up, can't wait. Yours looks mean as.

tkingcab said:

I dont mind the black on black look those coopers LT series? we had trouble with non LT rocks going straight thru treads

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LT's, Nope definately ST's

Peter70 said:

Only have bar, winch, side steps, snorkel,trans bash plate,long range tank, chip & exhaust to go.

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I am right there with you. If only money grew on trees!!

Bosshog

sorry i meant are they example LT255/70/r16 or are they straight 255/ 70/ r16 tyres
both are ST coopers but the LT tyres are heavier

tkingcab said:

sorry i meant are they example LT255/70/r16 or are they straight 255/ 70/ r16 tyres
both are ST coopers but the LT tyres are heavier

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Unsure mate never realised there were two types. Mine are 245/75/R16. If by LT you mean light truck then yes i believe they are.

Yeah LT is light truck thats good coopers replaced bout 4 tyres in couple of months then gave us light truck tyres no problems since

Peter70 said:

Unsure mate never realised there were two types. Mine are 245/75/R16. If by LT you mean light truck then yes i believe they are.

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I do like the look of black on black but I do have a question.
Why did you put smaller tyres on that standard.
Stock is 255/70/R16 on the ST-X
just curious why you went to a smaller dia tyre

Looks good.

Good tyres those ST's.

Dave.

Aussie Frontier said:

I do like the look of black on black but I do have a question.
Why did you put smaller tyres on that standard.
Stock is 255/70/R16 on the ST-X
just curious why you went to a smaller dia tyre

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I actually went up on the diameter and in on the width. I have always found wider tyres tend to track on the road and given that this spends a large part of its life driven by my wife it seemed a smarter choice than going up to 265.

ok does that mean yours was fitted with 235 as stockers?
Mine as an ST-X came factory with 255 and I ditched those before delivery and went to 265. I found its the shape of shoulder of the tyre that makes them track.BFG have a very square edge .

Aussie Frontier said:

ok does that mean yours was fitted with 235 as stockers?
Mine as an ST-X came factory with 255 and I ditched those before delivery and went to 265. I found its the shape of shoulder of the tyre that makes them track.BFG have a very square edge .

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I was informed that with this tyre i would have a diameter increase of 11mm of that above the standard which was 255/70/16

ok this is weird but here goes
255/70/R16 Overall Dia =763.27 mm
245/75/R16 Overall Dia =773.68 mm
265/75/R16 Overall Dia =803.65 mm
285/75/R16 Overall Dia =833.88 mm
265/70/R17 Overall Dia =802.64 mm

I never woulda thunk it but there ya go
info from Tire Size Calculator - tire & wheel plus sizing

black rims look great, not sure about the cheese cutter tyres though.