Thread: What size tyres? - 7.50 16 or 235/85?

Originally Posted by Andrea II 88

You are most probably right.. I don't want to interfere too much on how it drives..

I guess I can go with these ones but they are close to $220 each..:
ETyres Townsville's 7.50R16LT, Heavy Duty Drive Tyres | Wheels, Tyres & Rims | Gumtree Australia Townsville City - Garbutt | 1024417089

Who on earth makes Trazano tyres ?
About TRAZANO

OK found on Ebay that they are Korean.


If you're not going secondhand then speak to a 'good' tyre dealer. A good one will listen and look after you in terms of what you want and a good price. Buying local is also important for aftersales support.


Colin

Were these the Chinese tyres you were talking about?

Land Rover Parts - TYRE - 7.50 X 16 (16 PLYS) (CROSS PLY) (Vehicle set) (supplied with tubes and rust belt)

Originally Posted by Seriestwo

Were these the Chinese tyres you were talking about?

Land Rover Parts - TYRE - 7.50 X 16 (16 PLYS) (CROSS PLY) (Vehicle set) (supplied with tubes and rust belt)

There similar to what I was looking for originally but at that price, they can keep them. I can get the Dunlop's for only $50 more for the set.

Originally Posted by Andrea II 88

You are most probably right.. I don't want to interfere too much on how it drives..

I guess I can go with these ones but they are close to $220 each..:
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They look like the MRF Sand Grip that Garrycol has/had on his 101. It would be worth getting an opinion on the pattern.

Originally Posted by Seriestwo

Were these the Chinese tyres you were talking about?

Land Rover Parts - TYRE - 7.50 X 16 (16 PLYS) (CROSS PLY) (Vehicle set) (supplied with tubes and rust belt)

They are 16ply so you might need parabolics.

My Series 3 came with Chinese 16ply tyres, the previous owner commented about the poor ride. He purchased them because they were cheap and regretted the decision.
I have a brand new tyre left (was the spare). Tread pattern looks the business but........


Colin

Didn't noticed they were 16 ply

I'll stick to the Dunlop's - they're an 8 ply and only a few bucks more.

I have the 7.50 16 Dunlop Road Grippers on my Defender 130 and they are a good long lasting tyre, and they are very cheap if you can catch a Tojo Canned Loser owner just as he is going to the tyre dealer for his mandatory fats and alloys- I got 5 off a ute with 400km on the clock with the rims for $300. They are a little puncture prone in the rough with rocks or stick stakes from the soft side walls but I have gotten 80000kms out of them on other leafs sprung Landrovers. I also run Trazano (CR581's I think they are called from memory) which are a little noisy but a lot more bush friendly on my Isuzu Landrover- they howl a little but who could tell with an Isuzuu anyway? They are very good so far having done 25000km with very little marking. I paid $170 each for them. If you can't find Trazano, ask for Westlake- same tyre, different brand. They are 10 ply and don't have the soft sidewall like the Dunlops. I also had a fabulous run from a set of GT Adventuro II's 10 ply using them on a coal mine and for long distance and got 80000km out of them- they are at home and still roadworthy on my Series 1. Make sure they are 10 ply though as the lesser lighter ones don't like dirt roads at all- the treads almost disappear from chewing. The GT's and the Trazanos were both 235 85 and are too wide for leaf sprung but they lasted longer than a very expensive set of Cooper STs (only 50000km) and were almost half the price of them. I hope this helps

Hello from Brisbane.

I picked up 5 brand new Roadgrippers ex-eBay for $125 a piece from a private seller late last year in Sydney. Nil use apart from the distance from the assembly line in Japan to the ship and from the local dealer to the tyre depot.

As for quality - OK. My brother-in-law runs ~five Landcruisers with his earthmoving business and has never had any great trouble with the standard tyres (or the Landcruisers for that matter I must confess).

Cheers