All,

I need a little help working out what size offroad tyres would fit nicely to the FRONT of a manx with a ball joint disc front end ?

The back tyres are 31 x 10.5 x R16 !

These are what im thinking !

LT215/70R16
LT225/70R16
LT235/70R16
LT225/75R16

Any other tyres ???

I would like them to be close to the back tyres in height and i dont want them to affect my turning circle too much or rub on my body !
Fender to tyre is NOT an issue with my buggy !

With this in mind what offsets / backspacing would you recommend ???

Any help from all manx guys would be greatly appreciated !

Thanks James - manxdune

If you are doing a lot of really heavy off road driving over great big gnarly rocks and other horrible things, I would recommend that you fit LT tyres to your buggy as only they are tough enough to handle the wear and tear.

If you are doing mainly road and soft sand driving then the last thing you need on your buggy is LT tyres. They are too hard and unyeilding on the road and don't pouch down when let down on sand to give a bigger footprint.

A buggy weighs about 700kg and if you check you will see that any one of your 4 LT tyres is strong enough to carry the whole vehicle.

You don't need LT tyres on a buggy. They make it feel as if you are driving on bricks.

What you need for highway and sand use is passenger type tyres and low pressures such as 13 psi front and 20 psi rear on the road and about 8 psi all round on sand.

As for sizes. Fit what fits.

i run 195/80 r15 on stock 4.5 inch rims the tyres are federals.

As for offsets there is a legal maximum of only 1 inch wider track front and rear.

Experience has shown many people that if the front track of a buggy is too wide, it can become a bit twitchy on the highway at high speeds.

There being a much greater leverage on the steering, if the front track is very wide, it can cause the drag link to bend easily if a wheel is given a big enough bump when off road.

Around a 195 section tyre is a good compromise with about 1 inch maximum offset on each side. Any bigger and wider and the above problems can occur.

As for the rear, big, tall, fat and wide is OK.