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The ST had issue delaminating. The STT has had no real issues apart from some minor chipping and cracking of thr lugs. I am running STTs on mine and have not had any problems, noc cracking or chipping either.Quote:
Originally Posted by waynep
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CraigE
I know everyone has different opinions. I fitted some BFG AT's to my TD5 Disco before Xmas and have been totally unhappy with them. They seem to cause the vehicle to wander a lot and the rear end squirms, (airbag model) especially when I hook up my van. I have tried everything to get rid of it and nothing seems to work. My wife is reluctant to drive it now, where as before with the Michelin's she loved it. I have been told that two identical cars can behave differently with the same tyre????? I'm now faced with either keeping these tyres for offroad only and buying another set for road use ( a pain) or trying a different brand.
Batman
I have never liked the BFG tyres but alot of people do
I prefer the Hankook or Kumho and Federal types
Adam
Toyo OPAT in that size are pretty good too. I have them as steer tyres on my 88 Rangie and I think they are vastly superior to the Michelins.
I finally chose General Grabber AT2 255/65/R16 with Black Side Wall (BSW).
I had them fitted today by the excellent guys at "All Ranges" in Bayswater, Vic. At a very, very good price too.
The BFG's would have been my 1st choice due to the amount of support they seem to get, but cannot be bought in this size. As such I was forced to look at the alternatives. To my benefit I reckon.
Thanks to all the advice here, and to "njz" for the PM on the AT2's and the guys at "All Ranges".
Time will tell, so far I'm very smiley :D:);):cool::p
Also, what impressed me with "All Ranges" is they did'nt use a rattle gun, all done by hand. This is a massive bonus, it means no thread stripping, no broken studs and my wife could actually undo the nuts and change a wheel if needed (as was once necessary when collecting me from the airport).
Looking good. Let us know how they go, I have been considering those as my next tyres.
Nice choice and they look abit like the BFG anyway:cool:
Adam
751 is very similar to old cooper at tread pattern from memory.Quote:
Originally Posted by agrojnr
Just wondering how you are feeling about the General Grabber AT2 since you have had them on for a few months now. I am also (like plenty of others) about to put new tyres on my Disco II and am split between the BFG and General Grabber !!
The BFG has great feedback and much more widely used, but my mechanic has recommended the General Grabber and the investigation I have done these tyres look impressive, perhaps marginally better than the BFG.
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Richard
my 2oo1 d2 came with 235/70r16 xpc's did around 90000ks.i found them not to bad but got very noisey at the end of there life
replaced them with 245/70r16 bfg at's
they are now on the 04 d2 i have & have done around 70000ks still heaps of tread left.less noise and much better traction than the xpc's.....and not one puncture although seem badly chipped from gravel roads.i also rotate them every 10000ks.
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paul