There's a couple of pics of my 17" tyres with chains on that show the clearance on this thread...

https://www.freel2.com/forum/topic21928-15.html

Spagley wrote:

Ooo, interesting that a 'stop' will change how the TR assists on the slope.


Chains grabbed from Shamus (many thanks!) have been duly thrown on, and there seems to be just enough room.



Measured the gap at 21mm from tyre to strut, so all looks good

awesome, is that with standard 16mm chains? Or did you get some slimline ones to fit?

16mm chains.

Green Valley No 420.

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Thanks for this info mate, been trawling all over to find someone on a forum getting chains with the same sized tyres as me.

Out of curiosity how's the clearance with them on? I've had a look at the manual which says chains are a no go for 17" wheels but there seems to be pretty decent clearance behind the tyres. The Konig site indicates 12mm chains are the go, but 16mm ones are much cheaper to find and buy so if they fit alright I would probably grab them for myself this coming winter here. (not that we get any snow in cities , just for heading up to ski slopes)

You must be the second person to practice putting chains on! I had to use them a couple of times decades ago.

If you have the time it's not far to get up to the mountains from Melbourne. Mount Buffalo is not for skiing but it is close & worth the drive up. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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Posting incase anyone might be looking for this info in the future

Ended up grabbing a 2nd hand pair of Thule XG-12 (Size 247) chains i found on eBay. Only had to use them once so far this season for a few mins but worked well. Fits the 235/65/r17 tires well.

Chains. Just throw another log on the fire. FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
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