200 Series Tyres

hi peter coopers have a stt for about 400 dollars les trade for yours the only drawback they are taller tyre than the standard tyre bill

If you want the same outside diameter as the 285/65R17's then you will probably have to go wtih a 265/70R17 ( 20mm narrower) . Otherwise I have seen a post where 285/70R17's fitted ok They are about 838mm instead of about 810mm. Cooopers do both in a STT and I think BFG do the latter.

Watch the width on the fronts where the top suspension arm is.

I am thinking of getting 17' rims with a different offset. I *think* the 200 is the same as the 100 and it is +60mm. I would be interested to know what the offset in a IFS 100 is. If this is right then an offest of +45mm or so would be perfect to go to slightly wider 33's.

There is a tool on ExplorOz which allows you to compare different tyre sizes to see what effect it will have on your speedo.

Good day Peter,
There are a lot of experts on 200 series out there as there was when the 100 series IFS TD came out Most of the comments I have read are total rubbish and are obviously written by people who have never even sat in a 200 series.
My 200 series TD Sahara was the first delivered on the east coast of Australia back in November. I currently own or have owned just about every 4x4 made and all I can say is that my 200 series is by far the best all round 4x4 (Drives better on the black top than my BMW X5)
Last week I fitted Cooper STT 285 70 17 tyres which have caused no problems at all, except for just a little more road noise. All this talk about gear changing is total crap written by people that think they know everything about 4 wheel drives though never driven a 200 series.
For your information the fuel economy claimed by Toyota of 10.3 Lt/100 is pretty hard to achieve, but can be done at 100 KPH on the highway but in reality round town 14-15 Lt/100 which is about 20% better than my previous 100 series TD.

You will enjoy your new Cruiser,

Big John.