Stock Tyres

**patclan** · 9th October 2009, 11:35 AM

Hey sorry if this has been discussed before, I searched but never found a clear answer.

I am sitting at my desk at work and the guys are all talking about different tyres they are putting on their 4x4's.

I had not given it much thought as I assumed the tyres that will be on my defender when it arrives in November would do for a while, I cant see me getting into anything too risky for a while until I have more experience so probably just some sand work on Frazer Island and maybe some hinterland driving.

Will the stock tyres on a new defender be ok for this? When should I consider putting other ones on and is there any particular type?

Thanks
Patrick

**spudboy** · 9th October 2009, 11:42 AM

What are you getting? A 130 or a 110?

**patclan** · 9th October 2009, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by spudboy

What are you getting? A 130 or a 110?

A 110

**spudboy** · 9th October 2009, 11:52 AM

That will come with General Grabbers. They are pretty good for factory fit tyres. Huge mileage.

I have done a lot of sand driving in my 110 with General Grabbers and they go well. Let them down to 16 -18 PSI. You won't need to replace them for Fraser.

I am a big fan of "skinny" tyres for 4WDing. I've not seen anyone get much further especially in sand with big fat tyres, but that's a whole other debate

**Scouse** · 9th October 2009, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by spudboy

That will come with General Grabbers.

Just clarifying a small point: The 110 wagon comes with the Grabbers. The base spec 110 utes come with the Michelin tyres (2 types).

But I agree, the Grabbers seem to be a great all round tyre.

**numpty** · 9th October 2009, 01:10 PM

The Grabbers will be fine for sand. Our Defender (2006 110) has just clicked over 100,000 k's and there is still heaps of tread left. I have a second set of rims and will be probably putting some kind of mud terrain tyre on those.

**patclan** · 9th October 2009, 02:42 PM

Excellent, thanks for that.

**Blknight.aus** · 9th October 2009, 03:01 PM

the stock GG's will only let you down in sticky clay and dont give a lot of warning on loose gravel.

I got 100K Km out of mine and swapped them off because of age they still had about 20% usable tread left and got rotated onto a mates trailer.

**Benny_IIA** · 9th October 2009, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by spudboy

I've not seen anyone get much further especially in sand with big fat tyres, but that's a whole other debate

? The idea of letting your tyres down is to increase the surface area. So wider the tyre bigger the foot print.

**spudboy** · 10th October 2009, 09:48 AM

Originally Posted by Benny_IIA

? The idea of letting your tyres down is to increase the surface area. So wider the tyre bigger the foot print.

I think it is the "length" of the footprint when you air down that gives you the traction. I am not convinced that a (say) 295 tyre in sand is any better than a 215 (or 7.50 R16).

The GGs aired down bag out nicely, and on the bitumen the narrower tyres drive and feel better than the wide tyres.

I've just taken some wide Goodyear MTRs off of my 90 and gone back to stock tyres, and the improvement in the ride and steering is fantastic.

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