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My Grabber AT 255 55 R19 are now well over 60K km and are getting close to needing replacement. At least a couple are.
I could probably buy one and pair it with the spare which has never been on the road, but am not completely happy with the road noise after 40K km.
There seem to be conflicting opinions of the Cooper Zeon or Hankook and lack of availability of the Goodyear dura traks.
Before the price skyrockets with the recent plummeting of the Aussie$ what is the consensus.
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I've said it before but, I had cooper Zeon ltz, (18 inch) on my last disco. i got 110,000km out of them. When the factory fitted set of tyres wear out on my new disco, that's what I'll put on . Previously had cooper st which were absolute rubbish. So I am not a "coopers" all round fan.
For me it would depend on your useage. I have had 4 sidewall punctures with 19inch Zeons at pressures not lower than 24psi. All have been in light rocky situations. Sidewalls are not strong at all and I wouldn't buy again.
Am now trying Pirelli Scorpions at $378 from Tyresales to compare.
People do seem to get good mileage so I guess it horses for courses.
Cheers
Mike
Have to say I haven't done heaps of rocky stuff, mostly tracks and sand. My tyres biggest pounding is the 3 ton caravan being dragged around Australia.
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Originally Posted by hibees1972
Hi Mike,
I'm running 18" (285) LTZs on GOE Rims for camping etc, so they haven't had much use in the Kilometres sense but have been on rocks and lots of sand. Thus far they have been brilliant but I guess the size factors in the sand driving stakes.
I was thinking of getting 19" LTZs to replace the OEM Wranglers once they die but haven't heard much about their wet road performance.
I'm obviously interested in the sidewall punctures you have had ... can you supply more details please? As in what you were doing (don't say driving ... LOL), off-road, rocks, etc.
Thanks,
Kev.
I have the 255 55 19 LTZ's.
Wet road performance has been great - no complaints.
I agree wet road performance is fine with 255 55 19 LTZ. I am definetly not a fan of this tyres strength though. I have had two punctures in the rear tires towing 2.5t van over gravel roads one beyond repair and I have a tpms so I knew immediately. I wont tow on any gravel now until I get a stronger tyre. I believe the disco is under tyred from factory check the rear axle load you will have when touring and you will find that there isnt as much safety margin on the load index of the tyres compared to say an lc200. If you go a non lt tyre get a tpms, carry a tyre repair kit, make sure you have a suitable jack and wrench as you will need them speaking from my experience.
I'm running the new-pattern Hankook ATM RF10's on my 19" rims at the moment. Early days, but good wet road handling and quiet runners. Supposedly now a stronger construction.
Cheers,
Gordon
Hi Kev,Quote:
Originally Posted by Celtoid
First 2 sidewall punctures were at Murchison Offroad Aventure park about 55ks east of Kalbarri in gravel/rock (not hardcore but I guess could be considered sharpish rocks) and second set in the Team W4 Challenge in Toodyay a couple of weeks ago.
The LTZs let me down badly in the Team W4 competition with one sidewall with a 2inch gash, the other sidewall puncture I was able to plug (used in excess of 20 plugs over two stages!) to get me through a couple of stages but obviously kept blowing plugs until gash was too big to plug, so had to retire and bring out the D2 with KM2s. Each time was fairly innocuous with no obvious hideous rocks just light creek beds. I may just have been unlucky but I have no confidence in these tyres so have moved on.
On road tyres were great and in sand excellent, but rocks......not good in my case.
Cheers,
Mike
Hi all
I have just returned from a double Simpson crossing with the Zeon LTZ 19's.
Across the desert at 18-20psi was no problems and the sdv6 was a joy to drive over the dunes.
My problems were all encountered on the gibber country from Dalhousie to Mt Dare at 28-30psi. We weren't going quick however I put a huge bulge in one sidewall and cut another badly. I also somehow managed to flatspot one rim in two places and cant remember bottoming out once.
On the way back from Alice I damaged my brand new spare with another bulge although it is small and has stayed that way all the way home. We did just under 6000km in 17 days across very varied terrain but the LTZ's did not cope with the rocky gibber country at all.
Short story, 3 tyres damaged and at least one rim (haven't had the rest checked yet). I wont be going with LTZ's or 19" rims again.
Cheers
Shane