Thread: What Tyres A/T for Defender 90

if the BFG T is a little over your lking for cost then the maxxis 980 is a drp in replacement

Been quoted $1200 for 5 bfg which is good I think? Also where is the jack tool and lock nut device kept as I can't find it? Can the tyre people still get wheel off? As I'm desperate to change these bloody Tyres!

I drove a Defender on the BFG's... as noisy as the Wranglers!

If you want quiet as I recall you asked in your initial post, the Conti's would deffo be the way to go IMHO! Good reports off road too from what I have gathered.

Cheers,

Pete :>)

Its all about what you want to use the car for and I won't contest that the BFG's are possibly half a decibel louder than the Conti's or the General Grabbers, but then it is a true 50/50 All-Terrain which the others certainly are not.

The Contis and General Grabbers are at best a 60/40 or even possibly a 70/30 road biased All Terrain. The are very quiet on the black top and perform adequately on dirt road, so I imagine they would be fine on most people's cars. I do however expect my tyres to perform all the way to at least 80,000km and for that you can't beat the BFG.

$1500 for 5 BFG's in 265/75/16 is a very good price as with club discount the best I could do was $309 fitted and balanced per tyre, which would obviously be $1545.00

The jack lives under the passenger seat on new cars, but if a second battery is fitted your guess would be as good as mine. The lock nut key is usually in the cubby box inside a little fake leather tube which contains the plastic widget for pulling the lock nut cap off as well as the actual lock nut key.

Cheers,

Lou

Originally Posted by Loubrey

Its all about what you want to use the car for and I won't contest that the BFG's are possibly half a decibel louder than the Conti's or the General Grabbers, but then it is a true 50/50 All-Terrain which the others certainly are not.

The Contis and General Grabbers are at best a 60/40 or even possibly a 70/30 road biased All Terrain. The are very quiet on the black top and perform adequately on dirt road, so I imagine they would be fine on most people's cars. I do however expect my tyres to perform all the way to at least 80,000km and for that you can't beat the BFG.

$1500 for 5 BFG's in 265/75/16 is a very good price as with club discount the best I could do was $309 fitted and balanced per tyre, which would obviously be $1545.00

The jack lives under the passenger seat on new cars, but if a second battery is fitted your guess would be as good as mine. The lock nut key is usually in the cubby box inside a little fake leather tube which contains the plastic widget for pulling the lock nut cap off as well as the actual lock nut key.

Cheers,

Lou

Hi Lou when you say cubby box where do you mean and it was 1200 for the bfgs so I guess a bargain. Maybe I will go the contis though if everyone are saying they are quieter.

The box between the two front seats, or possibly under the front passenger seat.

They can't undo them without the key, so hopefully it's not missing as you would have to get a genuine replacement one from Land Rover...

Cheers,

Lou

Not good then as I can't find it anywhere! cant find the tyre wrench either which is frustrating!

Have a look under the passenger seat with the jack - it may be hiding on top of the battery out of sight.