Road Tyres

[chev28]

At the moment, I am running Dunlop Adventurers (235/70 16) on my S1 Discovery.

On a wet road, they are crap. To make things worse, I dont have ABS so skidding on these things is so easy. They have heaps of tread but I think the compound is quite hard.

Can anyone tell me what the best wet road tyre is for a Discovery? Assuming nearly all on road use.

Thanks for any advice.

[procrastination inc]

I'm using Maxxis 751's cheap and no dramas for me, but I drive like an old man.

Maybe you need to too, at least whist you have tyres you don't trust

[abaddonxi]

What tyre pressure are you running at?

Cheers
Simon

[amtravic1]

I had Dunlop Adventurers more than 10 years ago and also found them rubbish in the wet. Lately I have been using Toyo Opats as road tyres and I can honestly say they are probably the only tyre I would thnk about buying again. They are well priced, wear well (look like getting 90-100,000 kms from them) and are excellent on the road especially in the wet.
The place I bought them from guaranteed I would think they were better than the Michelin Synchrones I had before but at more than $100 a tyre cheaper I did not believe them. I was wrong.
I know of 4 other people who are now using Opats and all are very happy.

Ian

[chev28]

Toyo have just released an Open Country H/T as a predominantly road tyre. Would this be better again than the OPAT for wet roads?

[procrastination inc]

I had 2 sets of toyo open country's on an 85 jackaroo. Put over 200,000 km on it in that time.

When I was looking for tyres for the disco, I wanted those but had too much trouble tracking them down locally

[amtravic1]

Toyo have just released an Open Country H/T as a predominantly road tyre. Would this be better again than the OPAT for wet roads?

I have not seen or heard any reports about the H/T tyre. What I have found that is the wetter the roads, the better tyres with more open treads work compared to H/T tyres. It depends on how wet the roads are that you consider to be the average you will be driving on.
I had a friend with a Porche who could not keep up with my Rangie with mud tyres in torrential rain as the closed pattern of the road tyres caused much more aquaplaning.
I also know that on average damp to wet roads that my Goodyear MTR tyres are dangerous at speeds well below what is safe with the Opats.

Ian

[Discostewpot]

At the moment, I am running Dunlop Adventurers (235/70 16) on my S1 Discovery.

On a wet road, they are crap. To make things worse, I dont have ABS so skidding on these things is so easy. They have heaps of tread but I think the compound is quite hard.

Can anyone tell me what the best wet road tyre is for a Discovery? Assuming nearly all on road use.

Thanks for any advice.

Hey Chev PM sent

[RonMcGr]

At the moment, I am running Dunlop Adventurers (235/70 16) on my S1 Discovery.

On a wet road, they are crap. To make things worse, I dont have ABS so skidding on these things is so easy. They have heaps of tread but I think the compound is quite hard.

Can anyone tell me what the best wet road tyre is for a Discovery? Assuming nearly all on road use.

Thanks for any advice.

On my D1 are Yokohama Geolandar tyres.
They grip like "sh*t to a blanket" :)
However, I do think the ride is a little harsh...
YOKOHAMA / OUR TYRES / Geolandar A/T G012 (http://www.yokohama.com.au/ourtyres/tyre.aspx'tyreid=204)

Maybe I have too much air in them.

Cheers,
Ron M

[chev28]

What tyre pressure are you running at?

Cheers
Simon

about 34

[njz]

I'm thinking of getting the MICHELIN Latitude Tour HP (http://www.michelin.com.au/tyres/4x4_latitudetourhp.asp) as my next 'road' tyre when my current XPC's wear out.

[chev28]

Has anyone tried Maxxis MA761 on wet roads?

[procrastination inc]

Maxxis.com (http://www.maxxis.com/products/automotive/product_detail.asp?id=5473)

they talk them up here

[WildOne]

I've also got Dunlop Adventurers as my road tyres, when i got the BFG Muds on second set of rims i left them on as they are far better on the wet and dry bitumen than the Dunlops, hav'nt slipped once with the BFG's. Are noisier on road though:cool:

[sclarke]

Best tyre for road use on a Disco is the Michelin that it came out with.... dear as poison to buy, but a great tyre..

[chev28]

Best tyre for road use on a Disco is the Michelin that it came out with.... dear as poison to buy, but a great tyre..

Yeah I know but I would hate to stake a $300 tyre