Hello everyone. I wrote in another thread about looking for a FL2 in Iceland, and I am currently in the process of trying to find a good one. One of the FL2's that I am looking at has 18" wheels, and I am curious how these fare off road. I don't really care one way or the other about how they look or how they ride on the road (I have a feeling the difference will not be large), but I am concerned that they will make off road driving more difficult. I am sure they will be fine on regular gravel roads and easy dirt paths, but for the more challenging terrain, how will they compare to the 17 or 16 inch tires? 17 seems to be the standard size here....

Hi

All I can tell you is mine has 17" - Continental tyres and ok off road. I have also driven the Land Rover Experience car which has the 18" wheels - no noted difference.




Grumpy Grumpy

If you plan on taking it off road even a little bit look for 17s. The more sidewall you have the better and the difference on road will be minimal. You will also have a better choice of off road or all terrain tyre if you wish to do more.

Thank you both -- we'll see whether I wind up with a FL2 that has 18" wheels. I may be able to get a smaller size here in Iceland and sell the 18's, but there are not that many FL2's here, so I am not sure there would be much of a market...all things being equal, 16 inchers would be even better right? Or is there more tire selection with 17 inchers?

I got 19's and they aren't very good offroad. So I bought a set of 17's and they awesome offroad, heaps more sag when you let them down for soft sand etc.

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I would think the smaller the rims are, the better for off-road.
I use 18-rims in the summer, but dont go really off-road. I only drive a lot on bumpy, curvy, steep mountain-roads, but that doesn't count as off-road, does it?

In the winter I use 16-rims, and so should you. Even in the city. I dont know how familiar you are with snow, but I do believe there is snow on Iceland in the winter.
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VIKING wrote:

I would think the smaller the rims are, the better for off-road.
I use 18-rims in the summer, but dont go really off-road. I only drive a lot on bumpy, curvy, steep mountain-roads, but that doesn't count as off-road, does it?

In the winter I use 16-rims, and so should you. Even in the city. I dont know how familiar you are with snow, but I do believe there is snow on Iceland in the winter.

Snow?? What is that? I live in West Texas, what is this snow you speak of??? Is there a big cocaine problem in Norway or something?  I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.
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As Viking, I also use 18-rims in the summer, and I go really off-road.
In the winter I use 17-rims and go off-road with them too.
In Denmark there is ZERO snow most of the time, but I use Winter-tires because of frequent stay in Norway.
I can not notice any difference between 17 and 18 ----- and I have traveled the same places with both sizes. LR Freelander2 2,2 Td4 HSE manuel Stornaway Grey (Metallic) & Ebony Black Leather & Sun/Moon-roof & Bi-Xenon & Roof Rails & Tow bar & Body side rubbing strips & Cold climate pack & Privacy glass & NavTeq . Production Date: 11/5-2007 in Halewood.

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TexFreelander wrote:

Snow?? What is that? I live in West Texas, what is this snow you speak of??? Is there a big cocaine problem in Norway or something?

THIS is snow:

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VIKING wrote:

TexFreelander wrote:

Snow?? What is that? I live in West Texas, what is this snow you speak of??? Is there a big cocaine problem in Norway or something?

THIS is snow:

Call that snow

This is SNOW

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AndyC wrote:

VIKING wrote:

TexFreelander wrote:

Snow?? What is that? I live in West Texas, what is this snow you speak of??? Is there a big cocaine problem in Norway or something?

THIS is snow:

Call that snow

This is SNOW

Is your Freelander 2 somewhere in the photo under the snow? Looks like the road is ready plowed and no problem to drive there. Like this:

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