110 tyre choice!

[tyne]

im not long in my (new) 94 defender and am looking at a new set of tyres probably a 50/50. i'd like to hear a few tips and recommendations.

[bcj]

what size?
myself I only use 7.50r16,
Michelin xzl's work best for me - not best choice for 'round town but

Brett

110 300tdi

[I Love My Landy!]

G'day Tyne,

I have been very happy with the 'Maxxis 751 Bravo Radial' tyres that I am using on my 110 V8. They have done almost 60,000km and have 7mm of tread left (started with 12 or 13mm from memory). The best bit is they only cost $152 fitted and balanced (in 31 x 10.5 R15 size). My father also uses them on his old Land Cruiser Troop Carrier, and they took him up to Cape York and back with no punctures or problems with lack of traction.

Edward

[flagg]

I can see in to the future.

There will be lost of conflicting views, an argument about fat Vs skinny, someone will say that non-standard sizes will void the warrantee of a PUMA - someone else will remind them that you don't have one so it doesn't matter. Someone will say that they have Coppers and think they are good, 10 000 other people will step in with horror stories. BFG's will get a good wrap. You will complain that you want AT's in 255/85.

tl'dr - Get BFG MT KM/2 in 255/85 if you like off road. Get some of the old OEM General Grabbers in 235/85 if you don't.

[cewilson]

I personally stick with the standard size - either a 7.50R16 or 235/85R16.


My suggestions are:


Normal AT - Bridgeston 604V in 7.50R16
Aggressive AT - Goodyear Wrangler DuraTrac
MT - BFG KM2

They go up in price respectively, but all of them are bloody good tyres for what they are designed to do.


Cheers
Chris

[Sue]

I've got Good Year Wrangler Muddy's on mine.. and have found them great.. road noise is a tiny bit high but not enough to bug me..

I have been stopped a couple of times by other Defender drivers asking what tyres they are as they liked the look..

[Xtreme]

I've got Good Year Wrangler Muddy's on mine.. and have found them great.. road noise is a tiny bit high but not enough to bug me..

I have been stopped a couple of times by other Defender drivers asking what tyres they are as they liked the look..

Not just the tyres ............................I really like the look of the whole car. Without a doubt, the best looking Landy I've seen...........and that's in over fifty years of being associated with Landys

[Sue]

Not just the tyres ............................I really like the look of the whole car. Without a doubt, the best looking Landy I've seen...........and that's in over fifty years of being associated with Landys

Wow.. thank you!

[ugu80]

Nice Sue. Very nice.

Back to tyres, the only problem with 255/85s' is general availability e.g. from what I can find on websites, the BFG KM2 is the only 10 ply available in that size and the only other easily available tyre are Maxxis in 8 ply. However, if your planning a lot of touring it would be very difficult to source a 255/85 outside of capital cities should you need a replacement. Just something else to consider.

[weeds]

i will always stick with 235/85/16's

first set were BFG AT's
current set is BFG MT's

next set probably AT's

i have had a reasonable run out of the BFG's, will probably order the next set from the states