Best mud tyres for Defender

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Originally Posted by chops110

Well after much research and a whole lot of umming and ahhing, I eventually went for a set of 265/75/16 BFG MT KM2's. They are a good fit on the factory "boost" alloy wheel and they look great too :D.

I also use the 'Fender as a kid transporter and on Tassie's west coast we have lots of wet and slippery bitumen as well as plenty of mud and clay. So far the BFG's have been great on and off road, although they are new and they may not be so good once they've worn in a bit.

My only problem is that the Financial Controller has instructed me to sell the near-new General Grabbers (4 have done 5,000kms, 1 never used) to offset the cost of the new BFG's.....

Cheers

Chops

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Pity you're across the moat, as I'd be interested in those.:(

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Originally Posted by disco-dave

Got to test the new Bighorns (255/85 16) this weekend both on road and off and I was pretty impressed. On the total 6 hour round trip on tarmac, some in the wet, they were fine. I didnt notice any difference to the AT they replaced apart from a slight hum at higher speeds. Certainly nothing too loud.

On rock and in mud they were great. I got myself bogged once and discovered that these tyres can dig! A good thing when there is hard stuff to dig down to but not so great when it is soft all the way down! Pretty quickly they had nearly burried themselves (still running 32psi at this point!:(). Nothing a my friend with a winch couldnt solve though!

All in all impressed with the performance and they do make the car look a lot meaner too!

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Hi, Is your Defender on standard suspension ? If so do your 255's foul the guards on full articulatuon ?

After much a-do I decided to celebrate 300,000 with some Toyo's aggressive enough for this country I reckon (sand and shail) time will tell.
All I know is for a real apprasail of a tyre ask a plumber! obviously tyre fitters are just flogging the product they run, I went for the touch scenario they felt firm yay!!

Dunlop produce a similarly aggresive tyre to the khumo, very similar sidewall with kevlar in it ....maybe incase stones start shooting at you

hey what does every 1 think would be the best rock tyre but still good enough on raod?

in what size ? 35" ?

yeah

If running road compounds

1. BFG Krawlers - if you can get them
2. Maxxis Trepador radials

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Originally Posted by NOZ

Hi, Is your Defender on standard suspension ? If so do your 255's foul the guards on full articulatuon ?

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Depending on your offset, 255's will fit well. I'm running them on a standard height county with disco 1 rims. I modded the rims to have a 20mm offset and the 255's fit under the original flares, don't rub on max articulation or full lock.

IMHO the 255/85 Km/2 is the perfect mud tire for a defender ( / county)

I had 255 km2s on my last defender on 16x8 rims with -25 offset.

and they rubbed on the rear spring perch on full flex