Thread: Michelin 4X4 O/R - 7.5 16C 116/114N

Originally Posted by Col.Coleman

Getting a tyre fitter to actually fit them wll be the hard bit. It is their resposibility to ensure the tyres are fitted correctly for road use, and they are liable if they are not.

You would have to take them in as loose rims, and state you are not using them for road use, or fit them yourself.

CC

It was a professional tyre fitter/retailer that suggested to me to run tubeless on the tubed rims after rolling a front tyre off the rim at 100km/h with tubes.

As he said at the time, I wouldn't have had the catastrophic deflation running tubeless (screw through the tyre) and I was welding tubes to tyres anyway.
He reckoned the bead is so wide on the 6.5" rim it'd be hard to push off anyway, and so it's been in practice.

Every set of tyres I've had since (four sets) have been mounted tubeless, and the fitters don't mind.

Natt
my 110's xzl's got 45k on em reckon I'll get to 55k on this set of 4 with 80% on road. Have been surpisingly good on road (wet & dry) & great off-road ( grass / mud/ hills) But I have noticed gravel road's do chop them up a bit- specially at higher speeds ( funny my dirt bike has same problem with it's aggresive tyre's on gravel )
Have noticed small amount of splitting between some blocks as k's past 35k which I think is due to high on-road use
IMHO perfect tyre for off-road (unformed/ paddock) use, pricey but I will be replacing with same as am unable to find a better replacement, not ideal for high k's on gravel but

Brett
110 300tdi

I inquired about Michellin tyres in 7.50R16 or 235/85 16 about 4-5 months ago.

All that was available in Australia were the LTX AT2's in 235/85. Most tyres have 2 ply steel sidewalls, but these have 3 ply, and the Michellins are known for longer wear. The Maxxis tyres I had were still good (@ 50% wear), but I was about to do a long trip, including some extended off road (Tanami) with the whole family in the car, and wanted to reduce the risk of punctures.

I got the tyres fitted for $300ea.

Thy've done 16,000km so far and have been quit, grippy, and flexible (ie air down well).

Michael

Originally Posted by Michael2

I inquired about Michellin tyres in 7.50R16 or 235/85 16 about 4-5 months ago.

All that was available in Australia were the LTX AT2's in 235/85. Most tyres have 2 ply steel sidewalls, but these have 3 ply, and the Michellins are known for longer wear. The Maxxis tyres I had were still good (@ 50% wear), but I was about to do a long trip, including some extended off road (Tanami) with the whole family in the car, and wanted to reduce the risk of punctures.

I got the tyres fitted for $300ea.

Thy've done 16,000km so far and have been quit, grippy, and flexible (ie air down well).

Michael

The 7.50 XZL only have polyester belts in the sidewall, juts like any other LT tyre, albeit only BFG and some Cooper, Maxxis and Toyo also have three plies there.

The big military 255/100's have steel belts in the sidewalls though

I have XZLs. On a Defender they are fine, I reach the cornering and braking limits of the rest of the vehicle before any deficiencies of the tyres come into play.

Only issue I've had is on rock the will cut when you spin wheels, all depends on your use I guess.

Don't mount tyres on tubed rims without tubes, there is NO safety bead so in the case of a deflation, the tyre will come off the bead, the rim will dig into the road and worse case serious accident, even at relatively low speeds. I have used tubeless wolf rims to avoid this aver being possible.

JC