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[groberts]

For sands, you could try the Coopers Radial LT... I have them on my 70, and work great on road, sand and light off-roading...

Cheers

Guille

 

[Josie'sLandCruiser]

Hi All:

Meredith, sorry, I have little to no idea of the local terrain in the Melbourne area.

What shape are the tires on your son's HJ75? If the tires are alright then don't worry about it (for awhile!)

Seriously, it really depends upon what sort of terrain one drives their truck upon. Here in the Pacific Northwest (aka the Pacific Northwet) one needs to use mud tires when venturing off of "graded" Govt. roads. In other parts of North America conditions are dry enough that an all-terrain tire works just fine.

I have used both the BF Goodrich All-Terrain and Mud-terrain on different trucks, and they are both quality tires. But, in OZ there is likely excellant tires available locally, like Yokohamas, Simex, and so on brand tires.

Best of luck with that!

Alan

 

[roscoFJ73]

For sands, you could try the Coopers Radial LT... I have them on my 70, and work great on road, sand and light off-roading...

Cheers

Guille

They dont have a size the same as my BFG 33x10.5x15. I would have to drop to a smaller diameter or get 16 in rims.
Anyway when your happy with something why change.
By coincidence I did look at some Cooper radial LT the other day and I couldnt see the tread pattern being an improvement.

 

[Mickldo]

I should add the previous 8 inch sunnies and the turbo mags both clear the HZJ calipers fitted on the front of the hj75.

G'day guys, I don't often venture into 70 series tech I mostly hang out in 80 series tech and diesel and 24V tech. A mate just bought a set of 16 x 8 80 series steel GXL rims for his 92 HZJ75. He found they don't clear the front calipers. He asked me to do a search and find out if it is possible to grind the caliper to get it to fit. My search lead me here, so I hope you guys can help me out here.

So is it possible to grind the caliper or can you fit some narrow (5mm or so) wheel spacers?



Thanks Mick.

 

[bigbrowndog]

The 80 and the HZJ75 have different calipers fitted standard.The wheels off my Hj75 fit on the 80 but hang right outside the guards so I expect the 80 wheels have a different off set.As I said my 75 has been fitted with hzj calipers and had no problems with the wheels.
HZJ caliper fitted to HJ75

 

[bigbrowndog]

same wheel on the 80. I understand blokes grind some calipers after this it would hardly be classed as roadworthy for regular use.

 

[bigbrowndog]

8 inch wheel from the 75 compared to the 7 inch that was on from the 80.

 

[stoo]

8 inch wheel from the 75 compared to the 7 inch that was on from the 80.

Why isn't it dark up your way yet?
( or you had the pics handy )

 

[Mickldo]

Mates is a HZJ75 92.

On 80s they had a brake upgrade around 92/93 which required them to change the wheels from 15 x 7 to 16 x 8. To fit 15" rims to later 80s it is necessary to slightly grind the caliper to allow the 15"s to clear but my mate is trying to fit the later 16 x 8 rims which are supposed to clear the bigger brakes without any mods. They seem to hit on the outside of the caliper near the wheel mounting flange which makes me think a thin wheel spacer might do the trick.

I wonder if this problem is a combination of the bigger calipers and maybe different sized hubs? to the 80. This would put the wheel mounting flange in a slightly different spot to the 80.

BTW he is trying to fit a set of rims the same as I have on my 80.

 

[bigbrowndog]

I was aware of the upgrade to the 80 so I thought if the 15s fit the 16 should have more clearence if the offset were the same being the 80 has a bigger caliper (92+).The only difference I remember from the hj and hzj hub was where the pad sits on the hub as I had to modify the hzj pads to fit against the 75 hub.Although the HZJ caliper sits app 1to2 mm further inboard this was nulified by a spacing washer.

 

[Mickldo]

Thanks for the replies I guess he will have to do some measuring to see exactly how far he has to grind/ add spacers.

I just feel bad as I was the one that recommended that he gets the 80 rims for his 75. Oh well if they don't fit maybe I can get a cheap set of spare rims.

 

[bigbrowndog]

Thanks for the replies I guess he will have to do some measuring to see exactly how far he has to grind/ add spacers.

I just feel bad as I was the one that recommended that he gets the 80 rims for his 75. Oh well if they don't fit maybe I can get a cheap set of spare rims.

Might be easy to swap for some sunnies. The turbo mags were cheaper than sunnies but the lug nut with washer is a prick to put on . Looking forward to doing it when its during a tropical downpour.ROTFL

 

[Mickldo]

You still getting rain up there?

It wasn't that bad when I up that way week before last for work. The backpackers were out in force down on the Strand in Townsville. Mmmm backpackers in bikinis...

 

[bigbrowndog]

No, here its fine now but getting cold, days are ok 24c to 27c but nights are down to 14C dam cold. Innisfail is still wet.cheers

 

[speycaster]

geez bigbrowndog,if you think 14c is dam cold how would you rate -46c? At 14c we start wearing sandals,shorts and t shirts.Oh and the girls start with the bikinis.

 

[bigbrowndog]

geez bigbrowndog,if you think 14c is dam cold how would you rate -46c? At 14c we start wearing sandals,shorts and t shirts.Oh and the girls start with the bikinis.

Mate the tiles on my floor are like walking on bloody ice at 4.00 in the morning.
-46 is beyond my comprehension probably like our summer to you when its 95% +humidity and over 35/38C. Difference between the tropics and sub artic

 

[Canuck]

Quick question for those in the know. I'm looking at new tires for my BJ74 which still has the stock suspension. I currently have 31x10.5x15's but like that skinny tire look and am thinking of going with a 33x9.5x15. Would this size present any problems with my current suspension? Or would I be better served going with a 33x10.5x15?

I would like to go to a 16" rim but the money I would spend on those would be better spent elsewhere on the truck and I kinda like the 15's I have right now.

 

[B.D.R]

G'day mate.

I only just found this place , but back to the topic at hand.

I put 33x12.5x15 on my 75 the other month stock suspension and nothing hit's or rub's, i run the Maxxis Bighorns and they are the best value money tyre out ther in my opinion .

Chris

PS: it's a 94 model, from what i've been told and seen it's the later model 80 series that you have to grind the rear caliper's to get 15's on.

 

[Entaran]

I have a new 75 series cab chassis that runs 33x12.5x15 BFG Mud's (which i'm going to get rid of QUICK SMART) and they don't even come close to rubbing.

 

[Radd Cruisers]

To date the Yokahama Geolanders are my most favourtie wet and snow tire, dry roads they stick like glue.

All around they rock, even off road they provide pretty good traction.

Rob