Isuzu Trooper Owners Club UK™

[Philp]

Good chance to get some longer mounts made up to give you some extra lift though!
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Phil

96 or is it a 98 Isuzu Bighorn Lotus

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[rangerider]

Well I cant really take it back as its the 1/2 way round the M25 & other end of the M1 from its current resting place, and the "repair" was an emergency get it mobile for beer money job, so complaining is kinda not practical or decent.

As for getting longer shackles made up, when its wearing 7.50x16s ground clearance is not much of a problem being a SWB
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Yes its for wheel drive, yes it goes where a vectra fears to roll

[:::Matski:::]

What does that equate to in the standard sizes?
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[rangerider]

Not completely certain as being an "agricultural" tyre my usual calculator wont play ball, but I would guess something like 32" or 235/85 (Diameter only, the SAT tyres are very narrow for digging in deep).

Its the real tall skinny ones with almost a tractor tread pattern you often see on farmers old Landrovers. When I put them on a range rover that had acres of space in the arches for 205/80R16 the 7.50s caught badly on both the outer arches and the chassis/inner arches when sat on the workshop floor. However they nicely filled the arches on my troop without fouling anywhere even when trying to break the rear axle crossing a concrete culvert
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Yes its for wheel drive, yes it goes where a vectra fears to roll

[rangerider]

Not completely certain as being an "agricultural" tyre my usual calculator wont play ball, but I would guess something like 32" or 235/85 (Diameter only, the SAT tyres are very narrow for digging in deep).

Its the real tall skinny ones with almost a tractor tread pattern you often see on farmers old Landrovers. When I put them on a range rover that had acres of space in the arches for 205/80R16 the 7.50s caught badly on both the outer arches and the chassis/inner arches when sat on the workshop floor. However they nicely filled the arches on my troop without fouling anywhere even when trying to break the rear axle crossing a concrete culvert
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Yes its for wheel drive, yes it goes where a vectra fears to roll

[markymoan]

Did you get the measurments i posted for you
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[rangerider]

I did thanks marky,

OK thats a lie, I just had to go back and look for them. Only 1/2 awake and missed it 1st time around.

Much Appreciated
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Yes its for wheel drive, yes it goes where a vectra fears to roll

[jonkem]

7.50s are roughly the diameter of 235/85/16s but nearly 50mm narrower. The tread pattern usually doesn't extend right to the shoulder either! Very skinny for the weight & speed of the Trooper if you were driving on a hard surface, but excellent to cut through a loose surface to look for something hard underneath.
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1994 KZJ70 Cruiser (currently filling the garage and causing some head scratching)
1988 MKI 3.1td Hybrid Van (Ex Bobtail)
1991 SWB Fronty 2.8td Hybrid
2000 Astra Estate (work)
2006 VXR Astra
MK1 SR Nova

[rangerider]

These were Deestone SATs, copies of the old Firestones with full width tread. The dogs gonads on anything wet or muddy, but tall skinny crossply tires make drivind a light, short truck with no rear suspension to talk of an "interesting" experience to say the least Luckily the massive overgearing, and a tired 2.3 motor meant high speed was never really much of a problem
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Yes its for wheel drive, yes it goes where a vectra fears to roll