You will generally find that on rough gibber type surfaces American made tyres always suffer more chipping and damage than Japanese made tyres..
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You will generally find that on rough gibber type surfaces American made tyres always suffer more chipping and damage than Japanese made tyres..
The issue of availability and choice around 18" tyres for us is well and truly over in my view. The new utes coming on to the market all have that size as an option or standard depending on level of car. So that means the tyre makers will and already have started getting stock designed and/or available in Australia and plenty of choice all the way to the General Grabbers etc.
As our GOE rims arrived yesterday we will be fitting Bridgestone 697's as I can't get a better tyre for the price and having uses their tyres for the last 15 years on various 4WD have no issue with their performance. What I found interesting is when I spoke to my supplier about availability he said "not a problem we get a lot of utes coming in for a plus one rim and tyre upgrade and the 697 is all they use
Rob
Absolutely Rob.
My local store keeps 3 complete sets of D697s in stock now.
I've got 2 complete sets - one on the factory alloys and one on the new set...
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Mine too and if they'd been available 5+ years ago I wouldn't have gone to 17".Quote:
Originally Posted by RobA
OK - what rims are they ???? :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Tombie
My thoughts as well,particularly with other brands (in LT) appearing in the near future as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Graeme
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x2 .... not seen them before.
Rims are currently being trialled as a fit for those with bigger brakes....
Hopefully have something for market in the coming months.
I think you need to consider what you want to do during your travels and how you are travelling...
We spend three months on the road last year, probably 80% on bitumen, the remainder on dirt roads and tracks, from rocky to sandy...
I wanted to keep the original tyre size and was therefore somewhat limited with my options. I ended up with General Grabbers in 18. They are not LT, but did not miss a beat on our tour (with a camper trailer).
I don't quite see the point of spending the money on the 17 rims for my requirements.
Cheers