Offroad look?
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Spaceman
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Offroad look?
Got to get new tyres soon and I am currently running 16 inch stock steel wheels. I am thinking as a winter thing I may get some oem 16 inch alloys and fit some allterrain type tyres. Anybody know what size I could fit . The van is stock height and is a caddymaxi life. Cheers!
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Robin UK
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Re: Offroad look?
I had a look into this for my 4motion maxi, but couldn't find anything which seemed useful AT-wise, so I think i'm going to get a set of these for my 16" alloys and leave them on all year:
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M8thieu
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Re: Offroad look?
I'm thinking about putting General Grabber AT2 205 75 r15 on the stock rims. still trying to figure out if they will fit.
What did you end up doing?
What did you end up doing?
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anoneamus
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Re: Offroad look?
I went for Goodyear Wrangler AT/SA+ 205/70R15. I don't think there are any R16 AT tyres that will work (I looked hard and didn't find any), as R16 is a fairly uncommon rim size. Also 205/75R15 will be too big, there is about 10mm clearance between the tyre and the rear inner wheel arch with the 205/70R15.
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Caddyluv
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Re: Offroad look?
With the way UK roads are going think there will be a gap in the market for military grade caddy lift parts and 4x4 capability’s. Good luck look forward to seeing it.
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Klein
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Re: Offroad look?
How do the tyres feel on the road?anoneamus wrote: ↑Fri Mar 23, 2018 6:03 am I went for Goodyear Wrangler AT/SA+ 205/70R15. I don't think there are any R16 AT tyres that will work (I looked hard and didn't find any), as R16 is a fairly uncommon rim size. Also 205/75R15 will be too big, there is about 10mm clearance between the tyre and the rear inner wheel arch with the 205/70R15.
I am thinking going down your route, as go air softing every other weekend and their is a bit of off roading involved
Also I do not use the van during the week
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anoneamus
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Re: Offroad look?
They *feel* fine on the road. A little bit more body roll around fast corners, but no major difference from "normal" tyres. They are quite a bit more noisey though. So I switch back and forth between the offroad set and the 17' road set. They're great for mounting curbs, feels like you're driving a 4x4! They are *much* better on dirt than normal tyres, and so whenever I have a trip involving dirt coming up I put them on (and then they stay on for some weeks until I get tired of the noise).