Thread: New Tyres for RRC with working EAS

Hi guys. The tyres on Bessie are well past their use by date, and the old girl doesn't get used for any heavy off road work these days.

What have you found to be the best compromise between urban/highway and a smaller proportion of sand and gravel/corrugations please?

With lesser mileage, wear longevity is also no longer so important.

Cheers Gavin

Hi Gavin, I had coopers atz p3 originally in a 225/75R16 and later swapped to Mickey T baja stz for the road, in 245/70R16 If you want the original size, a 205/80R16 Pirelli scorpion ATR would work perfectly for the OE spec ride.I preferred the bigger footprint of the mickey t and it is still on the old girl in farm hack duty, despite front left sidewall being sliced by a rock and one rear copping a stick to the sidewall on the inside... touch wood they last a bit longerThe LSE is running 235/85r16 BFG MT KM2's as I have done hardly any miles on them and they are on the procomp wheels with neg offset, so not suitable for a standard application.It did have federal couragia 33's on it when i bought it home and I didn't like the 8 hours I spent on them.I do have another set of cooper discoverer st maxx and those are also 33's and on standard 5 spoke rims, not happy with those, but only because the size is not suited to / for the track and rim width - they were the "towing set" i got with the car at the timeIf money were no object i'd shell for cooper discoverer at p3's or pirelli scorpions for the roadholding and quietand the little size difference between a 225/75r16 and a 245/70r16 over the original 205R16 (205/83/r16) is negligible on standard RRC alloy rims.hope that's not as confusing as it sounds.obviously steering clear of anything larger to avoid issues with clearance and lock to lock issues etc. - that is why I have the procomp american eagles. neg offset and 8" rim width for a better square fitment and no steering issues (the LSE has a 50mm body lift)