Tyre Comparison

[Newtothefourbeworld]

I thought i should post up something so i could test if i have got the whole photo thing going or not.

so here is the old vs the new tyres and wheels



i like the new ones!!!

[Newtothefourbeworld]

they are just a biut wider too....



vs




he he my baby is in the background too....

[HOOD]

Looks much better now I must say.

What size are teh rims and tyers?

I'm taking delivery of my Feroza tomorrow night

[Goatse.AJ]

Lookin' good

You'll find they make a HUGE difference in the bush.

Where is the track in the top pic?

[ferozamaniac]

Damn widetruck Ferozas are the best by far. How much bodylift have done to fit these tyres? They look like 31x10.5x15

[Buggerific]

He's done a 2" body lift so far... But he still needs to raise the bumper to be able to turn and he's going to do a 2" suspension lift as soon as the parts come in...

Yeah, the widetrack is awesome hey... makes my rocky look very tall and narrow.

The track is nothing special at all, just up the road from my place (in sydney)

[ferozamaniac]

One question how much wider is the widetruck compared to a normal Feroza? I you can measure from hub to hub and tell me the distance?

[Buggerific]

I couldn't really compare the 2 roza's but at some point we could compare between wide track roza and my rocky... Would be interesting for me to know as well.

But you should be able to find that info out somewhere if you google for the specs of both of them, I'll take a quick look to see if I can't find something!

[meece4x4]

From my F300 Feroza's Booklet (NEW ZEALAND NEW SPECS)

Overall Width 1580mm (62.2 inches) (f300 without overfenders)
1635mm (64.4 inches) (f300 with overfenders (flares)

Overall Hieght 1720mm (mines now 1830mm)
wheel base 2175mm (85.6 inches)

(track width) Tread front 1335mm (52.6 inches)
(track width) tread rear 1335mm (52.6 inches)

my wheeltrack with the offset rims is 1620mm measured from outside tyre to outside tyre

I have Zook alloys with a different offset effectivaly widening my wheelbase and am running bigger tyres than standard

standard 195x15 w/out flares (27 inch dia)
205x15 with flares

mines running 235x75x15's (close enough to 30 inch dia)

wieght (gross) 1630kg

I had mine weighed on a truck weighbridge Mines now 1147kg with 1/2 tank gas!!!! (almost as light as a Zook 410)

Maximum permissible axle wieght 750kg front, 1100kg rear

[Newtothefourbeworld]

yeh as 4runner said i have done a 50mm BL and just had to put the tyres on to see how they look.

atm im wating on suspension parts and finding someone to weld me some new brackets to lift at least the front bumper so i can actually turn those wheels. Yes they are 31x10.5x15 on some nicely offset rims......

when it stops raining i will measure from hub to hub and let you know but it is looking much much wider wiht the new rims on it......

as a consequence of this i am in the process of adding an extra flare to the already flared gaurds just to cover them up a bit and keep the plod happy.

i will take some photos of what im talking about once its done

[meece4x4]

attack the bumper overriders with the grinder ... that will help with the rubbing, takes a few secs and it easy to do ... have a look at one of my pic and you can see what ive done, by roulding off the bottom i stopped my old 31x10.5x15's from rubbing

btw I found with 31's on mine it was gutless as hell and very very VERY skittery on loose metal roads,

[Newtothefourbeworld]

yeh there are a few small tracks around here which are really tame and i was just trying out the new car the second day i had it....

once the sus lift is done i will be trying the bigger stuff around here and then heading somewhere like wattagans forest (or however u spell it)

just a pick of all the tyres on:



and this shows how the tyres now jut out from the already wide flares:




im not supprised its gutless but since it is only going to be used for some 4x4 fun im not too worried

[MightyMouse]

Damn widetruck Ferozas are the best by far.

Have to disagree a bit there - the suspensions basically the same, all that changed is the chassis got spread out at the front. Unfortunately when they get into a decent front impact or worked really hard the point where the chassis spreads is also the point where they bend. Narrows don't do this.

Its a bugger - if Daihatsu had have done it properly they could have put longer front wishbones etc in and got much more front suspension travel.

So If your serious - start with a narrow track and widen it, you get the little bit of extra stability of the wide track but more importantly you get more suspension travel which really matters.

If you start with a widetrack there's no obvious answer to the suspension issue without very significant surgery.

[Newtothefourbeworld]

just in case you did want to know i measured from the outside of each tyre and it came to 72"