Thread: Quietest 18” all terrain tyres?

I'll throw my 20c in the mix with this take - totally different from most offered.

The title of this thread is quietest AT tyre and I would nominate the Yokohama Geolandar AT/S. No, it doesn't have the huge load rating of others mentioned - but it is still rated higher than the wheels!

I had a couple of sets on my D3 and they were great. Went everywhere others with LT tyres did - without the noise and extra kg weight.

Originally Posted by jonesy63

I'll throw my 20c in the mix with this take - totally different from most offered.

The title of this thread is quietest AT tyre and I would nominate the Yokohama Geolandar AT/S. No, it doesn't have the huge load rating of others mentioned - but it is still rated higher than the wheels!

I had a couple of sets on my D3 and they were great. Went everywhere others with LT tyres did - without the noise and extra kg weight.

Just about to go on to my third set after I ditched the factory tyres on MY2005 D3 very early in their life , although the Nittos look tempting, thing is I now have enough average Geolandar AT/S tyres on rims, I can easily make up six good matching wheels to take away on trips.

Best local price I can find on the Geolandar AT/S. is around $275 each

Originally Posted by TuffRR

Just to provide a different perspective to everyone else's glowing praise of the D697's, I've had a shocking run with mine.
Consider them a highway tyre and you will be happy - as soon as they see rocks they disintegrate. My sidewalls are shot, I've had numerous punctures but at least they are quiet on road. The sidewalls do seem to bag out a lot more than other tyres i've seen for any given air pressure - this may be adding to the problems. By less than 20,000kms i had replaced two of them and have serious cut on the sidewalls of the remaining.

Yep, love my D697's....

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A mere flesh wound!

Originally Posted by rdenyer

Just about to go on to my third set after I ditched the factory tyres on MY2005 D3 very early in their life , although the Nittos look tempting, thing is I now have enough average Geolandar AT/S tyres on rims, I can easily make up six good matching wheels to take away on trips.

Best local price I can find on the Geolandar AT/S. is around $275 each

I've had a set of Geolandars on my L322, won't get them again as I do take the vehicle off-road. They're excellent on road, ok off-road but sadly not up to the rigours of Vic high country tracks. I've cut 2 and completely destroyed a third. Very soft sidewalls, which contributes to their comfort but not their longevity. I'm now down to 2 and have put a set of chinese Roadclaws on the front, they're not LT construction either but have a more aggressive pattern. No noticeable increase in road noise, definitely better off-road traction than the Geolandars. I'm on 265/60/18. They'll do for the meantime and seem ok so far.
Next set will be LT construction and probably a bit taller. I'll be looking for a second set of rims to put them on too, not keen on driving around the suburbs with a harder and heavier tyre.

Time for new tyres. Sick of replacing these D697's. Pretty much could be on a whole new set of others given how many of these I've had to replace over the last little while. I think this will be the fourth one needing to be replaced in the last 2 years / 20,000kms.

Now to decide between KO2's or STMaxx. The resonance issues others have with the BFG's are putting me off a bit. I know some others aren't fans of the Coopers, but i had a pretty good run out of the STMaxx on previous cars.

I ran Yokohama AT's for about 15 years untill I tried a set of Mickey Thompson ATZ P3's.
The P3's are a bit noisy compaird to the Yoko's But they are a far better tyre off and on the road in my experience.

Getting a little OT I know, but....

The problem is the limited range of LT tyres in 265/60R18.
BFG, Mickey T and Cooper?

A number are available in XL construction, which is a big step up from passenger car tyres, e.g. Falken, Toyo and Nitto, but that still isn't LT.
My old girl spent most of her life operating from Alice Springs on HT tyres with the worst that happened being a set of Toyo's going eggy. The current GT Radials have survived the East and West McConnell's, the Entire Valley, Painted Desert, Flinders Ranges and some pretty average roads at warp speed between Menindee and Wilcannia without issue.
Just pot luck on the PO and my part.

Heavily leaning toward Falken's atm purely because of the construction.
I'd love to try the Pirelli ATR Plus, the local the blood really rates them so far but they are only available in a 110H load rating in 265/60-18.
Go up to the 265/65R18 and they jump up to a 114T load/speed rating but I think I'll have clearance/rubbing issues.