Mud Tyres 18"

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Originally Posted by Geedublya

How hard is it to move the A/C lines? I'm thinking of going up to a similar diameter.

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It's only if you have rear A/C but it's not for the faint hearted moving those coolant lines like this:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...015/02/650.jpg

Trimming or bending over of the seam is not hard, it's the extra trimming out the very bottom of that seam for the pipework and then bending them around or using heater hose and keeping it tight which is the challenge. The original pipes are alloy with a rubber lagging over.

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Originally Posted by ADMIRAL

Bet they howl like a banshee

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I won't be fitting them until the end of the month as I am doing quite a few kms for work & play on the tarmac, once fitted I'll let you know how they are.

Still waiting for the photo of them fitted :D

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Originally Posted by gossamer

Still waiting for the photo of them fitted :D

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Not on just yet, I have another work trip on before I swap them over.
It's a job for the long weekend. ;)

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Originally Posted by ~Rich~

It's only if you have rear A/C but it's not for the faint hearted moving those coolant lines like this:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...015/02/650.jpg

Trimming or bending over of the seam is not hard, it's the extra trimming out the very bottom of that seam for the pipework and then bending them around or using heater hose and keeping it tight which is the challenge. The original pipes are alloy with a rubber lagging over.

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Are the pipes coolant for heating,or refrigerant for the A/C.If they are coolant,and you don't mind having no heating in the rear,you could probably loop them together under the vehicle and do without them if you wanted?

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Originally Posted by gghaggis

Legal for a D4, but not an RRS. I've been trying the Achilles Desert Hawk Extreme MT in 265/60R18 (112Q) - used them for our Simpson/Birdsville trek. So far I've done around 9,000 km on them. A little noisy, but not overly noticeable, and fairly good road manners up to around 145kph (unlike my Maxxis Bighorns, that wander all over the road). They're wearing quickly, as you'd expect from a mud tyre used daily.

Curiously, for a mud tyre, they're not rated LT - 7 belt tread and 3 belt sidewall - but have certainly copped a beating without any cuts or punctures.

Even in Perth, they're pretty cheap - under $280 each.

Cheers,

Gordon

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...015/08/765.jpg

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Hi Gordon have you experienced them on the Tarmac in the wet? If so how did they go? That's my main worry about MTs for everyday use

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Originally Posted by AnD3rew

Hi Gordon have you experienced them on the Tarmac in the wet? If so how did they go? That's my main worry about MTs for everyday use

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They're siped, and so far handle wet bitumen reasonably well for an MT - better than the Goodyear MTR's I used to run.

Cheers,

Gordon

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Originally Posted by scarry

Are the pipes coolant for heating,or refrigerant for the A/C.If they are coolant,and you don't mind having no heating in the rear,you could probably loop them together under the vehicle and do without them if you wanted?

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Yes they are for rear heating. So yes you could just loop them to each other at both ends of the cuts. But why would you do that rather than keep it working?

ON!

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/05/291.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...14/10/1266.jpg

With tyres this size you need to remould the rear inner wheel arch linings as well as those seams, many of the existing bumps need to be remodelled flat!
Go for a drive over bad / large speed bumps, it will rub and show you where to adjust the liner.

This can easily be done with a hot air gun, heating the plastic until it becomes soft and pushing it as required. It can even be folded over itself and melted to join back together. Be careful not to overdo it and make a hole though.

Are they noisy - well compared to any street tyre yes they are.
Do they howl - yes, turn the stereo up!
Can I still talk to the passenger at highway speeds - yes.
Do they handle well? - in the dry yes - wet still waiting.

Well 2 trips under their belt and I'm loving the offroad grip and height I get from these approx 50mm diameter larger tyres. Gearing change is unnoticeable too.
On rocky terrain they work a treat, gravel excellent and yet to test them in the mud.
On the freeway I'm not finding extra noise uncomfortable and was still able to talk without raising my voice to my passengers.
There is a bit of understeer on winding roads but as my passenger mentioned that this can disappear after the tyres had worn in a bit.
I have driven in wet road conditions and found them to be fine.
I've swapped back to my road tyres now and they look so small!

Oh yes I've found a couple more spots to modify in the inner guards, one at 10 o'clock on the passenger front, and another at about 9.30 o'clock on the drivers rear.