Who has upgraded their Tyres on a VX or Kakadu?

[Trott]

I have just had 285/60/18 BFG KO2 on my 2014 Kakadu , no problems and looks the goods. No lift yet

[tommack84]

Hi all. Picking up a 2018 VX in a couple of weeks and would like to replace the stock tyres with BFG AT KO2s. Has anyone tried fitting 265/65R18s to the new model, without a lift?

The 65s are $50 cheaper than the 60s on Tyresales at the moment, and extra bit of loft they'll give will be welcome.

[Cuts101]

Hi all, currently running 275/65/18 on my 2011 VX with out any issues, Was looking at upgrading to a set of MT. Looking at a set of Federal Tyre's.

Is any one running these or anyone know if l will have issues with fitting these. ( cant afford tyre's and rims to drop down to 17)

Thanks

[Phs]

Just had a day out on the tracks and they tick all the boxs. no rubbing no traction lights, Handled it all extremely well. Sort of like the look of the ZR wheels too

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4369/...a429b30d_z.jpg

[Phs]

Popped my brothers ZR wheels with 265/65r18 KO1s on, 99% sure there the same offset as the Std kak and on full lock the upper arms are extreamly close

Drivers side


Passanger side

[hillysam]

So after a lot of reading I thought I'd just try fitting some 265/70 coopers AT3 on 17" GXL rims to my 2016 kakadu.
The outcome no rubbing, plenty of clearance under full lock and compression and this is without any lift mod.
Am I missing something here????

[JF150]

Hi Amts,

They are just the gxl rims

Interested to see a photo of the rims.

[JF150]

Update:
Completed upgrade from oem 18" rims to 17" and went upto 265/70 bfg ko2.
No rubbing at full lock.

[JF150]

Hi everyone, I have a 2012 150 VX with 2" lift and was looking at going down the 17" option.... after reading this and other threads I was concerned to hear the gxl rims could not be used and would faul. So I tried anyway and did not have any fauling on the kdss or other components spoken about.
Can anyone eleborate as to what is touching? I have been full lock both directions and still have clearance around components. Went for drive and did not notice anything either.

The only item I have a concern with is the upper control arm if wheels are upgraded to 265/70 (which I was intending on doing)?
Am I missing something?

[Phs]

Any one got a photo of there prado with the older 2013 fJ rims ?

[starbuck76]

And now your odometer is incorrect......

[WellStyledVX]

The on-board fuel consumption calculations show an approx fuel usage increase of about 5% but due to the tyre circumference being 5% longer I'm actually traveling 5% more that the computer thinks. So end story is no discernible difference in fuel consumption.
Note that the speedo now read 100km\h when doing 100km\h when just about all oem speedos read 4-5 km\h less. i.e 100km\h when you are actually travelling at 95km\h. This can be verified by using s GPS that shows the correct speed as it continuously calculates distance over time and is generally more accurate.

[Phs]

Very nice,

TheFJ rims look great
Has your fuel economy suffered a lot ? I am looking at the same equivalent in an 18

[Orrsom]

Looks Great Wellstyled.