Continental Crosscontact AT tyre dead

**karlz** · 12th April 2018, 05:10 PM

My continental crosscontact AT 235/85r16 has a sidewall hole and cant be repaired.
The defender has only done 30,000kms and I want to replace the tyre with the same type.

A quick search on google leads me to believe that the Crosscontact is not available in Aus anymore!

1. Anyone know if they are still available?
2. Whats my best alternative if its indeed not available?
3. Does anyone (in Melb) have some they want to sell?

**AK83** · 12th April 2018, 06:05 PM

Have you tried contacting ContiTrade up in Bundoora?

Conti website

**Zeros** · 12th April 2018, 06:55 PM

I’ve been looking for a good 235/85R16 AT. ...it seems the euro tyre makers are all ditching that size. I’m looking at Kumho AT51’s ROAD VENTURE AT51

**LR V8** · 12th April 2018, 07:12 PM

I got junk mail from LR the other day talking about a tyre sale, including continentals. Perhaps they're off-loading stock ?

Might be worth a call.

Cheers.

**Larry** · 12th April 2018, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by Zeros

I’ve been looking for a good 235/85R16 AT. ...it seems the euro tyre makers are all ditching that size. I’m looking at Kumho AT51’s ROAD VENTURE AT51

I've got a set of the AT51s, very happy with them- -good tyre for the $$$.

**Zeros** · 12th April 2018, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by Larry

I've got a set of the AT51s, very happy with them- -good tyre for the $$$.

Thanks Larry, good to hear. How many kms have you done on them?

...what do you mean 'for the $$$'? A more expensive tyre would be better? or just that it's really good value?

Cheers

**Larry** · 13th April 2018, 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by Zeros

Thanks Larry, good to hear. How many kms have you done on them?

...what do you mean 'for the $$$'? A more expensive tyre would be better? or just that it's really good value?

Cheers

I've had them on for 11 months, done 14k kms & still very happy with their performance & wear.
They felt a little bit different to the old Contis at first, but didn't take long to get used to them.
At $210/tyre fitted, I think they're good value, as I was left with quite a bit in my bank account compared to other brands.
Are there better tyres around? Sure, but this is on a Defender, not a high performance sports car.

**DazzaTD5** · 13th April 2018, 02:40 PM

I believe that when the Defender stopped production Conti dropped the 235/85R16, pity as its a great tyre.

I have been fitting to customers Defenders, the Yokohama Geolander

**bln** · 13th April 2018, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by Zeros

I’ve been looking for a good 235/85R16 AT. ...it seems the euro tyre makers are all ditching that size. I’m looking at Kumho AT51’s ROAD VENTURE AT51

Ive just bought a set of these except they were the MT's. 5 for the price of 4 - seem OK so far but I haven't done many k's. Time will tell if they are any good but they look good. I paid $1,240 for 5 tyres ($248 ea)

**skidrov** · 13th April 2018, 09:03 PM

I note in all this no one has mentioned the Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac tyres - these look like a mid point between ATs and MTs. Has anyone tried them?

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