Hi there,

I recently bought a 2004 LR DII S. It came with the 16" wheels, actually 2 sets of them, and with old Michelin LTX 255/65R16 tires.
I wanted to get winter tires for it, and went on to tirerack, but it seems there are no winter tires made in that size. As anybody else run into this problem?

The User Manual suggest 225/75R16 as alternative, but to be mounted on 7" rims, instead of the 8" I have.
After doing a little math I found that 235/70R16 would be close in diameter/circumference to the original 255/65R16, although a tiny bit smaller (91" circumference vs. 91.3"), but these are still ~3/4" narrower than the original, so I am wondering if they would be good on 8" rims.
I then checked what the dimensions are for the SE standard equipment (265/55R18) and found that the circumference on those is a bit bigger at 92.6", so that got me thinking that maybe 245/70R16, which have a circumference of 92.7" would be better.

any thoughts or suggestions?

PS: I also read about people going to bigger tires (265/[70-75]R16) and getting much better gas mileage with no downsides. Anybody can confirm that?

Thanks