Picked up some Evoque 18” wheels yesterday. Now to decide which tyres to fit
Going to be mainly around town. With some caravan towing and a trip into the Kimberly later this year (no snow 😂)
If we can find somewhere to stay. Most of WA us up there Atm

Or these 😂

You wish.

I want to see the photos.



People in the past have bought the rim then look for the tyrs.

There are more options available from tyre manufactures if you look at the 17" steel wheel.

Too much tyre noise!


255/60R18 are the go. Any wider & the spare will be too high in the boot. With 255 you will need 6mm of packing in the boot. Your fuel consumption will increase about 4%. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18

these are 235 65 17 on a LR steel rim, although Ford steel rims are similar, they have an extra hole punched in them (note 'missing' punch in LR rim - don't know why ?)

Lightwater wrote:

Too much tyre noise!


255/60R18 are the go. Any wider & the spare will be too high in the boot. With 255 you will need 6mm of packing in the boot. Your fuel consumption will increase about 4%.

Would love to go for the 255/60/18 but I'd have to get 2 more rims and 6 new tyres

We went around Australia with the original tyres. Destroyed a tyre on the Gibb River Road, the east end is rough. We had intended to get TPMS but were busy & didn't get around to it. It would have saved us from a slow leak.

Because the tyres were road tyres we took it very carefully on the corrugations & stone strewn roads. You will be ok but you need to be extra careful. There are so many dead tyres out there.

Get TPMS, set pressure for the road surface & get tyre repair kit & compressor (with 6 wheels get a twin compessor like the ARB with a tank, you will appreciate the the extra speed), I started with 1 compessor & it was too slow for my liking, & 2 gauges.

If you can pump up the tyres quickly, you well actually do it. It is quicker to run around take off all the sensors, then air up or down, then all sensors back on. If you do this as a team it is really quick.

Put an Anderson plug in the engine bay to speed things up further. https://www.freel2.com/forum/topic34015.html Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18

Awesome thread link above Lightwater, thanks.