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If you have a set of tyres for normal road use, why not buy slightly larger 215/15 tyres for off road use?
You will find that your vehicle will still travel at a respectable speed - mine still does 70 mph and gets tere with no issues what so ever. The advantage is not getting stuck so often when your radius arms touch down in the middle of ruts, both on green lanes and on pay and play sites.
Insa Turbo do the Sahara in a 215/80/15 which is a bit more of an aggressive tread without getting silly - I mean I'd quite like some Insa Turbo Special Tracks as the grip they seem to be giving our friend's SJ compares to their old Recip Trials is out of this world - but are better of on an off road site really, although they use their on the road with no drama.
Otherwise - Recip Trials are a good choice but hey are getting a little more expensive now they've established themselves.
Decisions decisins...
Kirkynut
The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win - Edgar Watson Howe.
The new Jimny has 205 road tyres on alloy wheels fitted, but in the past we found that the old collways in 195/15 with the 2" lift and 30mm Scorpian spacers gave it all we needed and wouldnt foul the inner arches.
Do you know if a 215 will fit the standard Jimny steel wheels ? How about on full lock or fully compressed suspension .. ie the extremes ?
Former owner of Little "Ooky", who has now started a new life in Shetland
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Martin
Martin
2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses
Yes, a 215 will fit standard Jimny wheels and they are ideal for it if they are steel as they are less likely to get damaged beyond repair with a big hammer.
My spare is on a standard steel wheel and in some ways I wish all my wheels were steel, I have 4 alloys and a steel spare. Perhaps when these tyres wear out I'll consider selling the alloys and buying a second hand set of steels as I'm not worried about the showy side of the alloys too much. They do look nice though.
You'll not have any clearance troubles with 215/80/15's at all on a lifted Jimny. Mine is lifted 3 inches and I still have the plastic mud guards in place which I wanted to prevent mud getting in the hole inside the front wings. I don't see why I would be any different with a 2 inch lift and I believe from this forum that there are many people with 2 inch lifts successfully running this size tyres and possibly bigger!
Again though, if you are yet to buy the lifting bits, why not go to 3 inches? Getting in is not difficult, even for the shorter people I give lifts to and my KAP kit is great on and off road and I've now removed my anti roll bar.
As I say ... decisions, decisions ...
Kirkynut
The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win - Edgar Watson Howe.
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