6.5" rim would be much better then the 8" if you want to run the tire with a low pressure. This rims are not so expensive here (they are 73 EUR and the 8" are 105 EUR - seams like everyone likes wide tires
). I'll check if they have them in stock.
And if all the guys arround here run these tires on their Defenders and don't break anything...
Btw.: I was driving Bfg M/T on my Suzuki Jimny - it was my only set of tyres and they were not bad. As Bfg doesn't make A/T tires in this size, I would rather use M/T even for the sand then go somewhere far from home with the tires I wouldn't trust (I won't repeat the same mistake twice
).
I guess no lift would be required for these tires, right?
Regards
Samo