Thread: D4 19" wheel & tyre offroad suitability

Originally Posted by LukeO

Cheers again everyone.

In the interest of closing out a thread

....as if, this is a tyre thread...

I'm on my second set of Maxxis 980 255/55 19. The first set did 60,000 km including Cape York, Cameron's corner, and plenty of rough roads towing a 2.5 T off-road van. No trouble at all other than moderate noise on highways. I run 50psi rear 45psi front (at 20C) and have only dropped pressures by about 10 psi when needed, because of sidewall anxiety. The first set seemed to wear fairly evenly and resisted some pretty sharp rocks. When you're on a good thing...

And a TPMS is a great comfort. Well worth the investment.

Originally Posted by LukeO

Cheers again everyone.

In the interest of closing out a thread it looks like I'll stick with the standard 19" wheels and secure myself a set of Maxxis AT980's.

I'd seriously suggest doing some off-roading in the Scorpion AT+ before spending money on more rubber. They'll get you there for sure and are awesome in the wet

Originally Posted by Birdboy

I'd seriously suggest doing some off-roading in the Scorpion AT+ before spending money on more rubber. They'll get you there for sure and are awesome in the wet

As previously advised, I've been a long term fan of Pirelli.

Any idea of how well they wear and their latter part performance as they wear. Given they are good in the wet, I don't expect miracles with these two questions, but?

Originally Posted by StewG

I'm on my second set of Maxxis 980 255/55 19. The first set did 60,000 km including Cape York, Cameron's corner, and plenty of rough roads towing a 2.5 T off-road van. No trouble at all other than moderate noise on highways. I run 50psi rear 45psi front (at 20C) and have only dropped pressures by about 10 psi when needed, because of sidewall anxiety. The first set seemed to wear fairly evenly and resisted some pretty sharp rocks. When you're on a good thing...

And a TPMS is a great comfort. Well worth the investment.

+1 for the maxxis, about 50% through the first set now, no complaints

Originally Posted by gavinwibrow

As previously advised, I've been a long term fan of Pirelli.

Any idea of how well they wear and their latter part performance as they wear. Given they are good in the wet, I don't expect miracles with these two questions, but?

Hey Gavin,
My current set on my Prado are over 2 years old (close to 50,000km) and still going strong. Haven't noticed any degradation in terms of noise or wet weather handling and they've done some rough trips on fast/slow rocky dirt/gibber out in western QLD. I had Cooper AT3 on the Prado before that and I think the Pirellis are perhaps a bit better in the wet but nothing too noticeable - I was happy with the Coopers too. They were also significantly better in the wet than the old BFG AT. I'll be selling it probably soon so won't be able to comment on performance when they wear down to the latter part of their life. I'm never one for letting tyres get too far down in the tread anyway - not worth it in my opinion. Literally too much riding on it
Full disclosure - they are a 17" LT however I really don't think that would affect overall performance in terms of grip in the wet or dry. I'm also not interested in getting millions of km from a set of tyres as that typically trades off as terrible wet performance in my experience.

Originally Posted by Birdboy

Hey Gavin,
My current set on my Prado are over 2 years old (close to 50,000km) and still going strong. Haven't noticed any degradation in terms of noise or wet weather handling and they've done some rough trips on fast/slow rocky dirt/gibber out in western QLD. I had Cooper AT3 on the Prado before that and I think the Pirellis are perhaps a bit better in the wet but nothing too noticeable - I was happy with the Coopers too. They were also significantly better in the wet than the old BFG AT. I'll be selling it probably soon so won't be able to comment on performance when they wear down to the latter part of their life. I'm never one for letting tyres get too far down in the tread anyway - not worth it in my opinion. Literally too much riding on it
Full disclosure - they are a 17" LT however I really don't think that would affect overall performance in terms of grip in the wet or dry. I'm also not interested in getting millions of km from a set of tyres as that typically trades off as terrible wet performance in my experience.

Excellent - thank you for the reply - just what I was hoping to hear as I'll be up for trying 19" Pirellis in about 20K km or less

Originally Posted by Micha

Sorry, cannot stand him.. I'll take your word for it.

Is he aware of something the 95% of the 4WD Community isn't?