Thread: D3 18" off road tyres?

I have a $420 question. I've decided on buying 4 of the Goodyear Wrangler Silent Armours (265 X 60 x 18 - best quote I have is around $420 each), and have been told by two tyre places that I dont need to change my spare (factory goodyear 255/60/18) as its within the 15mm tolerance (so long as I dont keep it on for more than a few months), BUT 2 other tyre places have said my disco will fall apart immediately if I use the spare with the 255 on. If I do get a flat I would obviously change ASAP (granted that it may be a few hundred k's), but what do you think - is there a risk or are these tyre places really full of crap?

Mate all I know is at one stage as I only had 4 of the 18's and the 19 was a spare until I could get the other 18. Was told same diameter yada yada, should be okay...NOT. Of course I ripped one of the 18's and had to put on the 19, TC kept kicking in on way home when I went around bends. As soon as I was able to put the 18 back on, prob went away.

Regards

Stevo

The load rating's more important than the speed rating.

WA law allows you to use a lower speed rating provided the tyres are used well within the applicable rating.

I'm in this same position with new tyre choice. I'm going away for three weeks this Saturday so the new tyres will be fitted this week but I've been told by my tyre bloke to wait untill Tuesday as his reps are getting back to him about more brand choices.
These are what I've found to fit so far,
255/60/18 GGabbers AT2 passenger
265/60/18 Yokohama G012 ATS passenger. I had the G011 A/T on a Pajero a few years back and think that they are one of the best alround tyres I've had but they have a poor wear rate.
265/60/18 Goodyear Silent Armour passenger (they claim they are the strongest A/T on the market) I have these on my work Hilux and are impressed but only done a few thousand on them.
265/60/18LT BFG A/T not listed anywhere but I'm told they exist and are available.
265/60/18LT Cooper ATR again not listed anywhere but are available. I had these tyres on my last car a Landcruiser 100 V8 and the rear tyres got tore to shreads, whole lugs missing and was told by the Coopers rep when I wanted them replaced that I should have fitted ST's because of the weight of the car, and with Vic High Country terrain the ATR can't handle it. They where 265/70/17LT so I bought some 265/75/16LT STC's and rims and never had a problem again. The D3 weighs more than a Sahara V8 so ATRs will be destroyed even quicker. I would never buy them again for offroad but they where good road tyres.

The 265/60/18 tyre size only increases the speedo reading by 1.3klms. I'll let you all know what I find out and finally which one I choose.

Been told the Goodyear Silent Armour have the wrong load rating so cant be used on a disco- have been told that the Cooper HT Plus are the go and are one of the longest lasting tyres on the market. Anyone else used cooper HT plus?

Originally Posted by Disco3

have been told by two tyre places that I dont need to change my spare (factory goodyear 255/60/18) as its within the 15mm tolerance (so long as I dont keep it on for more than a few months), BUT 2 other tyre places have said my disco will fall apart immediately if I use the spare with the 255 on. If I do get a flat I would obviously change ASAP (granted that it may be a few hundred k's), but what do you think - is there a risk or are these tyre places really full of crap?

Originally Posted by stevo68

Was told same diameter yada yada, should be okay...NOT. Of course I ripped one of the 18's and had to put on the 19, TC kept kicking in on way home when I went around bends. As soon as I was able to put the 18 back on, prob went away.

Running one odd size tyre can cause all sorts of dramas on the D3. We chased strange wheel speed faults for ages on one then realised one of the tyres was a different profile to the other 3.

Originally Posted by Scouse

Running one odd size tyre can cause all sorts of dramas on the D3. We chased strange wheel speed faults for ages on one then realised one of the tyres was a different profile to the other 3.

You can have all sorts of dramas with the air suspension too, when you try to reset it... ask how I know .

You can have all sorts of dramas with the air suspension too, when you try to reset it... ask how I know .

I'm asking ,

Regards

Stevo

If your looking for a road biased tyre for your D3 (not quite what this thread is about, but hey...) then check out my post regarding the new Conti's available in 255/60 R18 : http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-zone/53...tml#post708825

Jon