265 or 285 ?

I have now finally decided on the 265/75/16 KM2's.:D

Walked into one of the larger tyre supply chains at lunch today and they had 20 in stock (note where I live...). I asked about both 255's and 285's and they had 2 in 255 and 1 in 285 and I'll have to wait at the very least 2 weeks for more. Travelling around where we live that sort of wait in the bigger towns is just not an option and a complete no go in the smaller ones.

Therefore availability and LRA's warranty policies has turned the tide on the decision between 255, 265 and 285's. Wheels are scheduled to arrive either Friday or Monday and the tyres have been reserved!

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Originally Posted by Loubrey

I have now finally decided on the 265/75/16 KM2's.:D

Walked into one of the larger tyre supply chains at lunch today and they had 20 in stock (note where I live...). I asked about both 255's and 285's and they had 2 in 255 and 1 in 285 and I'll have to wait at the very least 2 weeks for more. Travelling around where we live that sort of wait in the bigger towns is just not an option and a complete no go in the smaller ones.

Therefore availability and LRA's warranty policies has turned the tide on the decision between 255, 265 and 285's. Wheels are scheduled to arrive either Friday or Monday and the tyres have been reserved!

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Sounds like a wise decision mate, seeing as the availabiltity in your town.

I ended up with 285/75/16's mickey thompsons ATR's and I am happy with tha choose, as I have 3inch lift I need to fill the guards as well. But so far they are quiet and handle well. I extended the flares on the front and added flares to the rear to cover the tyres.

Wow it looks huge with that lift and tyre combo Lambrover! very cool.

The 265 is a very common size, i noticed that most places stock that size and almost all patterns are available in it, unlike the 255s, 285s are also alot more common then 255s part of the reason i am running them over the 255s.

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Originally Posted by lambrover

Sounds like a wise decision mate, seeing as the availabiltity in your town.

I ended up with 285/75/16's mickey thompsons ATR's and I am happy with tha choose, as I have 3inch lift I need to fill the guards as well. But so far they are quiet and handle well. I extended the flares on the front and added flares to the rear to cover the tyres.

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Looks tough.

Allan

thanks for the positive comments guys. Well I had it out on the highway today and the road noise from the tyres is very low.

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Originally Posted by cal415

The 265 is a very common size, i noticed that most places stock that size and almost all patterns are available in it, unlike the 255s, 285s

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Yep, i noticed that as well while annoying the Retailers too.

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Originally Posted by lambrover

I ended up with 285/75/16's mickey thompsons ATR's

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are they 4 rib ATZ? ;)

BTW looks tough as 10 men :twisted:

As posted earlier, I ended up deciding on the 265/75/16’s based on all the factors discussed at length.

The wheels are ZU’s in satin black. I do enough “blacktop only” driving to have kept the 235/85/16 General Grabber’s on the OEM alloys and store them in the shed to wear on those long blacktop (850km Broome and 1450km Perth) trips.

I’ve posted a few pictures of "before, after and close up" shots in keeping with the rules...

How do you feel it handles on the 265s? much of an improvement from the 235s?

I've only been on the shell beach at Hearson Cove and its gravel access road, but I must say I’m loving it. On the road they have a lot of grip around the roundabouts and with 20mm extra offset per wheel and 30mm extra width per tyre, the 90 feels very sure footed.

I’m running them at 30Psi and while there’s a bit more noise of the tyres, I’m getting a lot less racket from stones in the wheel arches. Must be the bigger gaps in the tread pattern.

I’ve run KM’s before, but this is my first ever set of KM2’s and after the first weekend I must say I'm happy with spending the money.