Wide Wheel Pack - How to Identify?

[Dingo55]

040FF has summed it up well, Dingo. The only thing I can add is that the bullbars for both models are also different, the wide wheel one of course being a little wider. I looked into it myself at one stage but came to the conclusion that the only real advantage was in re-sale and on- road driving. In the latter I think there is a significant advantage, but I regard my wagon mainly as an off- road tourer. In this capacity I'm yet to be convinced that wide wheels offer an advantage despite the assumption of most that they "must". Meanwhile the 235x85 x16 that I use are lighter and cheaper, so I'm unlikely to change.

Thanks GRA.GU, good info. I've seen the different widths in the genuine Nissan bullbars for DX & ST, but not in the ARB bullbar which is what I have on my DX. It's made for ST so it hangs out either side & would accomodate flares. I hear what you're saying about your 235x85R16s. Drove in snow in Wainwright with the Canadian army on tyres that were about 6" wide. In fresh snow, not much different to deep sand, the narrow tyres were gold. Bit of a different story on hard packed snow where the tyre couldn't pentrate to get a grip & a bit scary driving on the black top covered in slushy snow/light ice back to Edmonton, only about 200 clicks but it took us nearly 5 hrs - a very slow cautious trip. A wider tyre would have improved road holding/handling & reduced the number of piss stops. Split rims & narrow tyres were the ducks guts on some serious offroad trecks west of Katherine, north of Timber Creek, Flinders Ranges. Driving skill has much to do with success but there's a continuing place in off roading for narrow tyres, for a lot of good reasons - horses for courses.
Interesting observations & comments on 4WD tyre options at this link:

http://www.outbackcrossing.com.au/Fo...WD_Tyres.shtml

Cheers