Thread: New Boots for the D3

Thanks DiscoWeb, (& Thank you!)

Interesting to see the variability in quotes - for example, after doing sonme research I was quoted $379 per tyre for the Pirelli Scorpion ATR 255/60/R18 (fitted), $338 per tyre for the Cooper HT Plus 265/60/R18 (fitted) and about $420-odd for the General Grabber AT's 255/60/R18.

The Conti's are serious contenders at that price.

Cheers!

I'm not too fussed with my 19" Pirelli ATRs due to the number of times they have aquaplaned yet I don't recall ever having such problems in all my years of driving. The Conti ATs I saw in 15" were very open compared with the Pirellis so are unlikely to suffer from the same problem.

Originally Posted by tunnelthug

Thanks DiscoWeb, (& Thank you!)

$420-odd for the General Grabber AT's 255/60/R18.

The Conti's are serious contenders at that price.

Cheers!

Hi,

I got GG AT2's for $340 each fitted in Melbourne. They had to come down from Brisbane so I would assume you should be able to get them for at least that in Brisbane also? Jax Quikfit tyres is where i got them.

Cheers, Neil.

Thanks for this thread. It's very useful. So would you say these tyres would be just as suitable for a Disco that does primarily road driving? It sounds like you were quite happy with their performance on the road.

We had our D3 serviced last week and were told we really needed to replace the tyres as they were "lumpy". My husband is skeptical and feels it is premature, although I am starting to turn my head to the available options just in case. It worries me that the point where the rubber hits the road might not be performing at it's optimal level...

I asked the techi what caused the "lumpiness" and he said Disco's more than most cars are very sensitive to their wheel alignment and that you needed to get it checked regularly - at least every 6 months. Does this sound right to you guys?

(sorry to hijack thread)

Fifi,

To be honest, like most I suspect my D3 spends most of it time on the road, and increasingly more time in the hands of my wife as the school shuttle etc, I am relegated to the Mini which is not all bad.

Road performance so far has been good but I have really only had them on for a coupe of weeks so a little early to make a call and whilst I have done one weekend road trip they have not done many Km's just yet.

DiscoSaffa also runs the AT's and has done for a few more months than me so maybe he can chip in as well.

I find them only a little noiser than the Continental UHP's I had before, not enough to be a bother in any way.

I do try and use the car as intended off road which is why I went the AT's as they appear to offer a more aggressive tread pattern than most AT tyres I looked at.

Hope this helps,

George

Fifi

More than happy with these as an on road tyre. Audrey spends most of her time on the road, 15 to 20% of her time on gravel roads around the construction site on which I work, and some time off road.

George has given his reasons for choosing the tyre earlier in this thread, but mine are as follows:

• Wanted an AT, and one that would do some fairly serious off road work, I don’t do lots, but when I do I didn’t want to be doing it on road tyres. As George points out this is probably the most aggressive AT available for the D3, so it fits the bill here.
• I wanted a tyre that would cope better with the work I do than a standard tyre.
• I wanted a tyre that I could live with on the road as I do a fair bit of long distance on road travel.

The Conti ticks all these boxes, handles very well on road and off, wet and dry. As George points out they are slightly noisier than road tyres but with the radio set at normal volume you wouldn’t notice. Safari Barbie didn’t even notice the difference.

My only bug bear with them (and I have mentioned this on numerous occasions elsewhere) is with regular travel on gravel they pick up, and hang onto, small pebbles…….

If it helps at all, I would fit these tyres to my car even if you took my work out of the equation, just for the ability to go off road as and when, and for the mileage they reckon you should get out of them…… oh, and they look GREAT!

As an additional endorsement, Jamo fitted them to his Porsche Cayenne…. If they can handle the on road performance of that we should all be okay in our mere D3s…….

Yes, they really do look great! I was admiring those pictures of Discoweb's car before.

We are currently running Good Year Wrangler's (255/60R18 in case that means anything significant) on our car. They were on it when we purchased it second hand. But they look very different to those pictures of Discoweb's where the tread is so pronounced.

What does it mean when you call a tyre "aggressive"?

What kind of tread is more likely to aquaplane? Presumably a flatter tread? We have a road near us that is notorious for this. I don't know what it is...the camber perhaps. But I was caught once in my old RAV4 and never want to go through that again!

Sorry, probably stupid questions for you guys, but they're helping me get my head around this as I didn't understand a lot of the stuff the service technician was trying to tell me.

255/60R18 means the tyre is 255 mm wide, 60% is aspect ratio meaning 605 of the tyre width is the height of the tyre and 18 is the size of rim it will fir in inches. You have 18 inch wheels. R is the speed rating.
Strange to quote mm and inches in same sentence but that is how they do it.

Aquaplaning has a lot to do with th espeed you are carrying when approaching water.
Some tyres are better at displacing it than others.
Very aggressive(chunky, knobly etc) tyres can do it earlier than road biased tyres as the off road (aggressive) tyres are designed to go off road more and hence not as good as say a Highway tread tyre. (less aggressive)

Hope that helps.

Remember, if you intend to not use the D3 or any Landy off-road you are much better to get a high tyre.
Better performance, quiter, better wear usually, less chance of aquaplaning etc.