Thread: Continental Cross Contact AT - Any thoughts?

Originally Posted by Forest

well, I was going to wait a bit longer before passing judgement, but, initial thoughts.

1) Noisier than original street tyres, but not an issue, SWMBO did not even notice.
2) Grip, no rain yet, and no off road, but on road, great, no issue at all. The tread looks like it should do the job as well as any AT.
3) Tyre rating on tyre
Traction - A
Tread wear - 660
Temp - B
4) Cost - $465 per tyre. That is for 255/60/18

Very happy so far.

Hope 16's arent that much!!!! Might have to get onto the distributor here and see if they can find them for me and price up.

Originally Posted by Forest

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4) Cost - $465 per tyre. That is for 255/60/18
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I'm glad my Defender is fitted with 235/85/16 tyres.

For the price of each one of your tyres I bought 2.7 good quality A/T tyres.

In case you're wondering, I did pay the extra to get another 1.3 tyres to get a full set of four.

18's are expensive. I had 18's on my previous vehicle as well so I am used to the over the top priceing. Just to put it all in perspective, to replace the original Wrangler all weathers, same kind of money for an inferior tyre, (in my opinion) or could have got the General Grabber AT2's for about $20 less per tyre.

Forest,
Could you post what the max pressure is that's stated on these tyres please?
TIA.

Remind me again; what is the advantage of 18'' rims over 16"?

As far as I can see, all it means is that with the lower profile tyre that tends to be fitted, the rims are more prone to damage and the tyres cost two and a half times as much.

I think I'll stick with the 16" rims that Land Rover saw fit to put on My Defender.

Originally Posted by vnx205

Remind me again; what is the advantage of 18'' rims over 16"?

As far as I can see, all it means is that with the lower profile tyre that tends to be fitted, the rims are more prone to damage and the tyres cost two and a half times as much.

I think I'll stick with the 16" rims that Land Rover saw fit to put on My Defender.

16s wont fit over the brake calipers on a D3, so 17s or 18s unless its a V8 when 18s or bigger.

Yep, first car I had had 13' rims - went great. My friends with 20' rims think I am a woose with 18s. I think they are donkeys for having 20s. Lower profile = better road holding, up to a point of course. Horses for courses, each to there own and all that, plus yep, brake calipers in my particular instance. The V8 comes from factory with 19's, which are also the G4 rims. They cannot go smaller than 19. Go figure.

Maximum pressure acording to the tyre reading is 51 PSI. I assume that is cold tyre pressure.

Originally Posted by Forest

Maximum pressure acording to the tyre reading is 51 PSI. I assume that is cold tyre pressure.

Thanks for the info. I thought that this size with XL spec was probably made with the D3 in mind. There are other brands with similar load ratings but with only a low max pressure thus making them unsuitable for a loaded D3.