Thread: L322 Tyres

Continentals are popular for a good reason. Pat

should have asked before but the present tyres - originals are quite noisy is that true of any tyre on these trucks?

Mine were too,cony's are the go. Pat

Hi, ive had my 03 TD6 for a couple of weeks now and am looking at tyres. It has 255/60/18 goodyear wranglers on which are very noisey (makes it sound like a bearing) and nearly worn out. its a mine field this tyre caper but the continentals do get some good feedback about road noise. from what ive found out so far these great cars really suffer from tyre noise with some brands. just wish i could get the cooper LTZ on my rims but they start at 285.please keep us updated with your search.

cheers

neil

I have the highway tread ATM but next will go the AT ones,I've done 50K on them so far and they still have alot of meat on them.I rotate them including the spare every 10K. Pat

You can get the cooper LTZ's on your rims.
Some are fitting these to D3's & D4's.
They may be oversize dependent on where you live.
Cooper make a bit of a deal in there publicity about how good these are on the Landrover Family ie RRS, RR & D3/4.

Regards

Chuck

OEm Bridgestones are nice and quiet as are Pirrelli's. Cooper STT are great on dirt (and give you an extra inch in height, but scrape the guards for a little while - only when parking), are noisy on the blacktop and cost you in fuel consumption. I have a set of rims for off-road with STT's and a set for on-road. The on-road tyres are the OEMs which came with the rims and will be replaced by a set of Cooper Xeons.

I'm on my 5th set of tyres now - 18" on my L322 td6 HSE.
My current tyres are are Falken and have been the best thus far with no punctures and 30k with about 10k left.
They are one size wider than standard but almost the same rolling diameter.
The Coopers were a waste of money and gave me the worst service - 20k with plenty of punctures after 10k.
None of the 5 sets have ever made any noise that I've heard.
Tread is largely irrelevant as the ETC make sup for lack of tyre grip and therefore the most important is high speed bitumen grip as ETC can't help you there anyway.
It is critical to get the correct 4 wheel alignment - the rear wheels must be properly aligned!