Thread: Disco 3 Factory Tyres

Gday,

I just replaced my goodyears with another set I bought from a D4 owner off this forum..the original set did 71000kms and I could have gotten maybe another 5000kms out of them but was doing a long road trip so replaced them.

No noise and no drama's with the goodyears.

Cheers Ean

I did ~50k on the factory wranglers on the d3 and found them useless for anything non Tarmac. Now on my second set of Pirelli scorpion atr. They're a great tyre, quiet and wear well. Good off road too. Key to longevity for any tyre on a d3/4 is to rotate them and get a wheel alignment every service, and make sure you're running the correct pressures.

Thanks Whitey. Scorpion ATR are at the top of my list (but only due to the 2 recommendations to date). Can you recall, how quiet are they on tarmac compared to the Wranglers?

Am I right in thinking that doing a wheel alignment with the air spension is not a simple process that not any tyre place can do?? I don't really want to give the Adelaide dealer any more of my money than need be (very poor value for money in my opinion!!!).

Originally Posted by Mk1_Oz

Thanks Whitey. Scorpion ATR are at the top of my list (but only due to the 2 recommendations to date). Can you recall, how quiet are they on tarmac compared to the Wranglers?

They're as quiet I think. I spend 95% of the time in Brisbane CPD or on the freeway between the sunshine and gold coasts; I like a quiet car.

Originally Posted by Mk1_Oz

Am I right in thinking that doing a wheel alignment with the air suspension is not a simple process that not any tyre place can do?? I don't really want to give the Adelaide dealer any more of my money than need be (very poor value for money in my opinion!!!).

I'm a mechanical nitwit but my understanding is it's easy enough, they just need to know what to do. Something to do with putting the air suspension into a certain mode (height) and aligning all 4 wheels. I've had it done by the dealer (who subs it out) and by the some of the larger tyres shops.