land rover defender

7.50/16 215/65R16 sounds a bit hairdressy IMO. Apart from which, and without checking the dimensions properly, they sound as if they are not tall enough. To check for compatibility just type 'tyre calculator' or 'tire calculator' into a search engine.

Huw

...and jock spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...

Standard tyres on a 110 are 750R16 (metric equivalent 235/85R16).

The tyre you mention would be almost five inches less in diameter (27" against 31.75"). If you kept the standard tyres on the front, you would wreck the transmission in no time at all, and look very weird into the bargain. If you fitted the 215s all round, it would still look odd, have less ground clearance, accelerate like mad and have a lower top speed.

Don't do it.

It takes more than small tyres to make a 110 accelerate like mad....

Alex

I would imagine that small tyres would do wonders for the 0-30mph time.

Huw

...and Alex spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...

Everything is relative...

On or around Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:07:41 GMT, "jock" enlightened us thusly:

they'd be undersized.

235/85R16 is the equivalent metric size.