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  1. 21st August 2014, 05:50 PM #1
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    Gotta start somewhere

    Hi all. I'm Drew. I'm a new member, looking to learn as I go.
    I have a 2009 Disco 4, 3L TD V6 HSE.
    I'd like to start off with a query about wheels and tyres.
    Maybe a topic that you're all sick of, but I gotta start somewhere.
    Of course the D4 has 19 inch rims and I'll be due for new tyres soon.
    My wife & I are looking to do a lap or 6 of Australia in 2016 towing a caravan, so I'm planning and preparing.
    I'm looking at getting all terrain tyres fitted.
    I'd like to hear opinions from those who have been there and done that.
    My main concern is the gravel and stoney roads expected out back.
    Do I stick with the 19 inch rims or am I better off spending dollars early on Compomotive PD1881 18 inch rims?
    Are LT all terrains better? worse? necessary? than standard all terrains.
    I've had a thousand combinations go through my head and so far I'm stuck on either 19" rims with Cooper Zeon LTZ 255/55/19 or 18"rims with Hankook Dynapro ATM RF10 265/65/18.
    For those of you who can help, thanks in advance.
    For those who are saying "not another one", I'm sorry.
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  2. 21st August 2014, 06:21 PM #2
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    Welcome i can't help to much with the tyres but say welcome to the forum and hope you enjoy your disco as much as we do!!
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  3. 21st August 2014, 06:47 PM #3
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    Welcome Drew ... oh no, not another tyres thread

    Bridgestone D697 LT in an 18" seems a good choice for that kind of trip - good reports all round (not that I've used them, but if I were ever to switch to 18"s that's what I'd put on). Hankooks in a 19" also get a good review from some folk around here.

    The first of many hard decisions, I'm sure
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    Keep an eye on eBay and the Markets section here on this forum, you will often find wheels for sale at reasonable prices.

    Personally I would go with function over form and get 17" steel rims which again you often see for sale new on eBay quite cheaply and some decent LT All Terrain tyres like the. Bridgestones.
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  5. 22nd August 2014, 06:48 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by TerryO View Post
    ......Personally I would go with function over form and get 17" steel rims which again you often see for sale new on eBay quite cheaply and some decent LT All Terrain tyres like the. Bridgestones.
    The 17s don't fit on a 3.0 D4 though Terry.
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  6. 22nd August 2014, 04:42 PM #6
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    Thanks for trying though Terry.
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  7. 22nd August 2014, 08:24 PM #7
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    I just bought a new 3.0D4.
    When I took delivery I was told by the Service manager the only 18" wheels that fit properly are Gordons,google Green Oval Experience.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TerryO View Post
    Keep an eye on eBay and the Markets section here on this forum, you will often find wheels for sale at reasonable prices.

    Personally I would go with function over form and get 17" steel rims which again you often see for sale new on eBay quite cheaply and some decent LT All Terrain tyres like the. Bridgestones.
    The difference in size of the D4 2.7 and 3.0 brakes are huge Terry.I would say we share the same as your massifly over powered beast.Well,mine is over powered compared to my chiped D2
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    Bridgestones Duellers in the 18" have been brilliant, on both D3 and present D4,
    Quiet, grippy and good wear with only two punctures from nails 20 m from home and after travelling length of east coast from Cape to Tas.
    Not a cheap option as the wheels are quite exxy but worth every dollar by the sounds of your trip planned. You can't do any better IMHO.
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    19" Tyres

    I've had my D4 for about 2yrs, which I bought 2nd hand (same everything as yours, except it's an SE). I have had the Cooper Zeon 19" tyres on the car since I replaced the original tyres that came with it.
    I've just got back from a trip to Cape York (and had it over on Fraser Island), and can't speak highly enough of them. They do everything you need them to do, didn't even look like getting a puncture (towing camper trailer) and they get really good life (~40000km and still going strong).

    I appreciate the benefits of the 18" rim/tyre combo you can get, but personally I don't see any reason to change from the 19's, when the 19" Coopers are THAT good!
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