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Very nice of you @Sam K! Let me figure out the next step and I might take you up on your offer very shortly. Thanks again! Seems like you’re a good man and a great father @Thomas Varghese. God bless!

Noted. It’s not all for off-roading purposes and performance of course but for personal taste and preference as well. How many more years before retirement @Thomas Varghese?

Totally right @Tom B, you wouldn’t upgrade without research and the fun journey to get there. Then to enjoy the fruit of all the effort and time you put to get there!

Thanks @Tom B, my solution will probably be a combination of putting the suspensions on stiffer setting and finding a way of pushing back the front side of the liners a bit. You are right it seems mods are an interesting point of debate and everyone is right from his own standpoint as it is true that car companies spend a lot of R&D to design and eventually release cars. The way I see it also has to do with target clients and price points appealing to those target clients. Car manufacturers have to keep the design within a certain price range in mind. Same like when ur buying a villa let’s say, the contractor will design it to keep the price at X to appeal for the intended target clientele. Some customers would be interested in that villa for location or any other reason but would like to upgrade the kitchen or the flooring for example. Say a new pajero with some upgrades costs 200k which is 50 more than a new FJ or the price of a new wrangler, how many would be interested still in buying that Pajero? At the end of the day, it will boil down to taste, preference and choice. Still a very interesting point of debate

@Rizwanm2 I still have to buy the heat gun in this case

yes agreed bigger tyres are heavier, as you both rightly said so, everything has its pros and cons but other than the rubbing issue which is really minor, the traction on the car now is at a completely different level. In the last drive with Ale, I was mostly on 3rd gear and very rarely on second when not in “D”. With those new A/T the car feels like a tractor now compared to the skating ballerina feeling with the H/T Thanks Thomas for looking out. I can sense ur protective nature in your message. Will keep your message in mind at all times. I’m not doing any crazy mods and not planning to. The White Rhino has a reputation to keep

Thanks for the input @Thomas Varghese. don’t look at it as a setback. It’s still the same White Rhino, still very capable I have an image of a rig in mind which I’m executing and I’m almost there. Trust me it’s even more capable now. Hope to see u on the sand soon and Ull see for yourself.

@Gaurav there is no rubbing in normal steering even at full angles. I’m guessing that’s marginal. I’ll try to find a way to push away the fenders as the rubbing is only happening sometimes when steering almost full and suspensions are compressed at the same time. Thanks for trying to help though!

@Thomas Varghesemade me laugh! Fully agree brother. Funny enough 2 months ago I didn’t even know how to read tyre information but turns out off roading is in my blood as I am addicted and cannot stop. I’ll use @Brette to vouch for that as he has been trying to slow me down for some time now it has been a great learning curve and a genuine fun journey with @Carnity. Also it helped discover my new addiction.

@Srikumar the tyre width is the same as I upgraded from 265/60/18 to 265/70/17. The original rims however were 7.5” wide and offset +46. The new rims are 9” wide and offset zero

hi gents, some pieces of information i forgot to mention is the following: - Original tyre width is 7.5 inches, the new sets have a 9" width which i believe is causing the rubbing on full turns on climbs and descends. - The offset of the R18 of the Pajero is at +46 and the offset of the new set of tyres installed are 0 @Gaurav, i am following up this message with some pictures as I am not sure which rubbing is marginal and which is not as this is my first rubbing If you mean by marginal that it is not hitting all the time then yes I can confirm that especially when I hardened the suspensions a bit during the drive to lessen the impact, a point that @Thomas Varghese mentioned. The final verdict i guess is due to the wider rims and the full turn. Pictures to follow now.... Is the above considered as marginal rubbing ? or should i be worried from your experience guys?

Hi all, I recently switched from OEM wheels and H/T tyres that usually come on the Pajero 265/60/R18 to 265/70/17. I have a 2 inch lift kit. In my first drive after the upgrade, I noticed that there is rubbing especially when I am steering left and right and descending. I can see parts of the fender liner that rubbed off. What can i do in order to get some more space between the fender and the tyres? I am adding here the Pajero experts for advice as well. @Gaurav @Frederic@GauravSoni. Thanks everyone for the help in advance.

Congrats Stan! Glad that you made the move Now my ego can take a break knowing that we will cross paths again! Well deserved classmate!