Any one running 33x12.5 r15's ?

yes have had bfgs and KL71, have recently purchased another set of kl71 for my nissan, good value but quite wide, seem much wider than the equivalent bfgs for some reason.

Hi, W4hsa

Sent you a PM.

Regards,

Mike

Hi,

Yeah 33" high tyres will fit a 280 no problem at all. 10.5" wide will just be right for 7" wide rims (just)!

This setup you could happily live with on the road too as its "just" about right and would look well on a G and give you the clearance you mention.

12.5" wide tyres will fit a 7" rim, modern tyre machines will fit anything nowadays. BUT, keep them strictly for off road use or get the misses to increase your life insurance cover first.

Also consider turning circle in tight spots off road (rub a dub dub) inner arches and all that.

At the end of the day its down to "Horses for courses" and all that, depends what you are doing with it and how much mods you want to do i.e. wheel spacers etc..

33/10.50x15 BFG Mud T/A now where did I hear that size mentioned before?...........

Regards,

Mike

Hi Andy,

Excuse my ignorance but what are RTV's. Green lanes are OK, that I understand.

1000 mls a year fine but you have to get to the green lane to do it, thats the problem. Speeds on the lane are not an issue, handling on the lane is not an issue, popping the tyre off the rim may not even be a issue. On road use is an issue.

Think of it like a triangle with one pointy bit having the end cut off. Thats the bit that fits to the rim. So the other two pointy bits are the areas where the tyre meets the road (contact patch)approx 12.5"wide.

I would be concerned for the safety element of driving on road with a 12.5" tyre mounted on a 7.0" rim. Especially as these tyres have a high aspect ratio (height of the tyre sidewall from the rim to the road)
There would be massive amounts of tyre roll when cornoring even at modest speeds that could result in an accident as on road speeds are naturally higher than green lane speeds or even doing play days at a centre. Remember you still have to get there and home again.

The above forgets about any down side using such a wide tyre on the G wagen off road as mentioned previously.

Go to an off road day find a few G wagens that aren't trailered there and back and ask them what have they tried and got away with. Don't go with the first suggestion either as choice is good.

Hope this has been of some help.

Regards,

Mike