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I spent ages trawling forums when trying to figure out what my options were for the standard tubed rim and (from memory) did not find anyone who had any issues with running a tubeless tyre on the tube type rim. Plenty here do it, myself included, and I too have had no problems so far, including Simpson crossing and down to 12psi.
I am running Michelin 7.50 x 16 XZL on the 5.5 inch 272309 rims and Michelin 900 x 16 on Defender 6.5 inch rims all tubeless no problems.
I enquired at Bob Jane and two inependents today, Michelin LTX AT2 235/&5R16 are no longer available.
Im looking for the best AT / LT Tyre. I dont want mud tyres.
Have been running Bridgestone D661’s for 20 years, which have been brilliant really. But was interested in the Michelin’s for toughness on gravel and perhaps extra wet road grip...only to find no longer available....doesn’t look like a lot of choice for 10 ply / 3 ply sidewall AT’s.
...any thoughts?
I just checked the Michelin website (au) to see what they had, and they still list the LTX AT2. It might be worth giving Michelin a call, they might know who has stock.
Having said that, I tried to buy Michelins for my D4 a couple of months ago and all 19" tyres were out of stock in the whole country. I ended up with Pirellis, which actually have an accidental damage lifetime warranty (pro rata).
All the dealers rang Michelin direct. No longer available apparently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Michael2
...is getting decent 16” tyres going to become an issue for us Defender owners?
the tyre debate goes on forever, but what is a decent tyre for you?
I can't believe for one second that Bridgestone/ Khumo/Toyo cannot supply you with a decent tyre.
Bridgestone can as I’ve said. The Toyo’s look ok. But there’s not a huge amount of choice in a heavy duty AT that’s not a mud tyre (ie good wet bitumen grip) in a 235/85R16.Quote:
Originally Posted by ramblingboy42
Hankook?
I'm in the middle of buying new wheels and tyres and was really surprised how many options there are in 235/85/R16
I was so over researching the wheels, that when it came to tyres I was happy to take my tyre mob's recommendations and said yes to the Kumho MT51
I didn't want to pay for top shelf tyres as I haven't proven I'll clock up the klms on them.
Fingers crossed.
We're going to try on 235 and 265 and then choose, and was booked in yesterday
Wheel nuts didn't fit - looks like all new wheels from Oz have 60 degree taper holes (stock landrover is 45 degrees)
and Infinity and King wheels also have the 10mm oversize hole, so need to get Nugget's inner rings.
Cheers
Mark