[Chairman]

Hi has any one got pic's of there zuk on 245/75/16???
Im keen ta take a gezz at what it looks like on these smallish truck..
I'm wanting to get this size tire and considering what type of mods will be needed before throwing these suckers on...
Any pic's and help would be greatly needed
Cheers,

[DarkHorse]

245/75/16 is 30.5", so you're probably up for 2" suspension + 2" body lift + a bit of guard massaging to make them fit (or a buttload of guard massaging without the lift.) You'll also need to adjust your steering stops so the tyres don't foul on the chassis.

[Built4thrashing]

If i can fit them on a GV without a body lift you should have no hassle getting them to fit a Vit. Gearing will be your majour issue.

[Chairman]

DarkHorse wrote:

245/75/16 is 30.5", so you're probably up for 2" suspension + 2" body lift + a bit of guard massaging to make them fit (or a buttload of guard massaging without the lift.) You'll also need to adjust your steering stops so the tyres don't foul on the chassis.

Cheers DarkHourse,
I'v got a LWB V6 Escudo 2" lift kit to chuck in to my SWB V6, But thats all im hopen it'll be enough to fit tire's???

[Chairman]

Built4thrashing wrote:

If i can fit them on a GV without a body lift you should have no hassle getting them to fit a Vit. Gearing will be your majour issue.

Oh yeah, I'v got the GV 16" rim's on my truck lol, But yeah the gearing is a little conserning for me lucky i'v got a auto tran's so will adventurlly swap to 5.12 ratio diffs once i blow these one's i got atm i gess.
Apparently swiching to 5.12 diff's bring the ratio to only like 4% from standard with the bigger wheels on.....

[DarkHorse]

I was running 31s for ages with the 1.6 and manual, but got a bit of help from the 5.12 diffs.

2L auto pushing 30.5" will be OK - not great, but OK. Transfer gears would help a lot.

With no body lift you're going to need to do a bit of panel beating, or massive bump-stop extensions

[Chairman]

Haha massive bump stop ya rekon....
What about the Calmini pinion and ring gears thay make for the diff's???
Would this be a good option for me to consider to keep my gearing near to standard. I realy dont want to throw my gearing out to high with these 30.5 tire's as i realy like the way the truck respond's on standard size tire's

[tombutt]

I have 245/75/16 on a lwb v6 vit with no body lift I've hammered and trimmed gaurds only rubbing I get is when i hit a massive bump at high speed but a very small bump stop spacer would fix that and 5.12 diff gears from a 1.6 vit will give you a nice reduction

[got_bar_work]

I have 31 and the fit with a bit of trimming and some bump stop spacing
Wat offset r ur rims
My 10p fit nice as the tire is in the guard
Neg rims will make the tire hit the guards

[Chairman]

Cheers guy's,

Me rim is a neg offset i'm sure, unsure by how much tho i'm running the 16x7 GV rim on me 2L Escudo.
I'm told with these GV rim i shouldn't have any problem's with rubbing on inner wall/chassie at full lock?
I have had the rim with tire (245/75/16) on in me garage for a bit now,
And what im thinking is ill put the 2 rear's on today and take it for a spin to see how the gearing is effected, then switch back over to standards.
Then wait till i'v put suspension 2.5" lift in then get all for on permanently.
By altering the bump stop's dose that effect how high up the wheel can go in the wheel arch???

[Chairman]

got_bar_work wrote:

I have 31 and the fit with a bit of trimming and some bump stop spacing
Wat offset r ur rims
My 10p fit nice as the tire is in the guard
Neg rims will make the tire hit the guards

Cheers
I'm not to keen with trimming or chopping back the guards at this stage as the car look's imaculite, and i like the plastic flearing over the wheel arch's on the V6 model so would like to keep them on for now.
I guess i have no other choice but to do some sort of body lift as well as the 2.5" suspension lift???

[Chairman]

tombutt wrote:

I have 245/75/16 on a lwb v6 vit with no body lift I've hammered and trimmed gaurds only rubbing I get is when i hit a massive bump at high speed but a very small bump stop spacer would fix that and 5.12 diff gears from a 1.6 vit will give you a nice reduction

With no body lift you say, Did you do any suspension lift at all???

[zukmeista]

Chairman wrote:

Cheers guy's,

Me rim is a neg offset i'm sure, unsure by how much tho i'm running the 16x7 GV rim on me 2L Escudo.
I'm told with these GV rim i shouldn't have any problem's with rubbing on inner wall/chassie at full lock?
I have had the rim with tire (245/75/16) on in me garage for a bit now,
And what im thinking is ill put the 2 rear's on today and take it for a spin to see how the gearing is effected, then switch back over to standards.
Then wait till i'v put suspension 2.5" lift in then get all for on permanently.
By altering the bump stop's dose that effect how high up the wheel can go in the wheel arch???

GV rims are a +5 offset, yes bumpstop extensions will limit uptravel and stop tyre hitting guards.

[zukmeista]

Chairman wrote:

Cheers guy's,

Me rim is a neg offset i'm sure, unsure by how much tho i'm running the 16x7 GV rim on me 2L Escudo.
I'm told with these GV rim i shouldn't have any problem's with rubbing on inner wall/chassie at full lock?
I have had the rim with tire (245/75/16) on in me garage for a bit now,
And what im thinking is ill put the 2 rear's on today and take it for a spin to see how the gearing is effected, then switch back over to standards.
Then wait till i'v put suspension 2.5" lift in then get all for on permanently.
By altering the bump stop's dose that effect how high up the wheel can go in the wheel arch???

GV rims are a +5 offset, yes bumpstops will limit uptravel and stop tyre hitting guard.

[Chairman]

Hi zukmeista,
Cheers ill have a play with the bump stop's next time i'm under the truck

[zukmeista]

This may be useful for bumpstops:
http://www.auszookers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=8087

[tombutt]

mate i have between 2 and 3 inch lift depends on which spacers im runing at the time

the only cutting i have done is the rear door there is a little plastic overlapping piece that needed cutting and on the front the lower inner part of the plastic flare needed a chop

the actual wheel arch shape didnt change at all with a 10mm bump stop spacer in the front i wouldnt have a problem at all as i only get very slight rubbing if im really motoring along and hit a big bump

id do the diff gears out of a 1.6 vit of 5.12 i have them in mine however i think you are already 4.8 diff gears and i was 4.6 but the auto should also help with the tiny difference

[dezook]

I am running kumho kl71's on my 95 sv620 and they are 245/75r16's and the only problem I have had is they rub the chassis on full lock. Add some 5.12 diff gears with them and the speedo is only out by 4km an hour. So no serious problems getting them to fit. And I only have 2" coil spacers at the moment.