FITTING LARGER WHEELS TO RODEO

G'day Flaps - I have an 04 rodeo LT with a 2 inch lift and run 265/75/16 's !
I bought new rims at the same time I bought the tyres and from memory they were the same size as the standard rims - tyre bloke said he's legally not allowed to fit those tyres to the rims - but did it anyway ! There is a very light scrape on the plastic mudflap when on full lock but I just cut 5 mm of the flap off ! It only scraped on the passenger side ! Also scrapes a bit when 4wdriving but not too often and has presented no problems ! They threw the speedo out exactly 10 % - when your speedo shows 100 you are actually doing 110 ! With the bigger tyres and the 2 ich lift I'm sitting 75 mm higher than I was standard !

Cheers

Gazz

I have just had fitted 265/75R16's to the standard 16 x 7 alloy rims of my 09 DMAX (same as your Rodeo). I had a 2 inch suspension lift done so the tyres actually fit nicely with no rubbing evident although have yet to take them seriously offroading.

I had Bridgestone Dueler 694LT's fitted and i have found so far that ride comfort has actually improved slightly on the road, i have better ground clearance and the speedo, which originally ran 5% fast (100 on the dial was actually 95) now runs accurate according to GPS.

The downside is i have lost about 1/2 a litre per 100 Km in fuel efficiency. To and from work i averaged 8Lt per 100Km now averaging 8.5 Lt per 100Km. I presume this is because of a combination of the added weight and more tyre surface causing friction maybe. I suppose my only concern is what is components obviously working slihtly harder now to turn wheels, will this result in shorter lifespan of some mechanical components. Only time will tell i guess.