Thread: best "hardcore" mud and rock tire for D2

Trepadores, think Wayne runs them on his.
Although KM2 are pretty good all round.

Maxxis, either Treps or just MT-762's, I am amazed at how much grip mine have, both on road and off, though they're only 32's.

Hi Mate
Caught some video of yourself on the Killy track, good to see. My last vehicle was a D2 had round about 5 inch lift and the guards cut with Les Richmond flares fitted. I could only manage 32 inch simex's under there before they rubbed. These tyres in reality measure closer to 33 though are smaller than the 35's you are looking at. They are a sensational tyre in the extreme trek. I used to run them at around 10 psi which handled most stuff. Very ordinary on the road to get to the track but as a dedicated play tyre are the best I have used by a mile. Currently running the Mickey Thompson MTZ in a 35. they are not a bad tyre and handle most terrain. They are internally beadlocked and have run as low as 5 psi in tough going. I should get close to 100,000kms out of this set.

Maxxis creepy crawler

Originally Posted by brendanm

Hi Mate
Caught some video of yourself on the Killy track, good to see. My last vehicle was a D2 had round about 5 inch lift and the guards cut with Les Richmond flares fitted. I could only manage 32 inch simex's under there before they rubbed. These tyres in reality measure closer to 33 though are smaller than the 35's you are looking at. They are a sensational tyre in the extreme trek. I used to run them at around 10 psi which handled most stuff. Very ordinary on the road to get to the track but as a dedicated play tyre are the best I have used by a mile. Currently running the Mickey Thompson MTZ in a 35. they are not a bad tyre and handle most terrain. They are internally beadlocked and have run as low as 5 psi in tough going. I should get close to 100,000kms out of this set.

Hi,

Thanks for the detailed answer, I have a similar set up but with 100ml track width increase so hope they would not rub? What rims (offset) did you have and where did they rub? I was under the impression I could run the 16/34x11.5

How is the tyre internally bead locked? quite interested in that?

Thanks a lot everyone for the input.

cheers

Steve

Hi Steve
The rims I used were the steel rims off a commodore. Same PCD in 16x7 inch. Wheel places give them away for as they are worth nothing when Holden fans update to mags.
I had the centres cut out and reversed giving making the heavier duty lip on the inside (from memory around $50ea). On the outside I had a steel ring laser cut, then welded in to stiffen the outside (I think around $60ea). Looks similar to an external bead lock. The centre was replaced giving a 50mm track increase per side. The flares I had were the wider variety and these just cover the tread keeping it legal. Cheap way out of a play set

Bead locks on the new vehicle are the internal ones from Staun or Second Air. The wheel needs a second hole drilled for the second valve. One valve controls the tyre inflation, the second inflates an inner tube that presses against the side wall. With the tube inflated to 40psi and the tyre running at 8-10 you can get a fair bit of grip and not break the bead.

If you are wanting to experiment I have some 50mm wheel spacers that I had made in the states. They arrived after I sold the vehicle. D2 is different PCD to the Defender and have never been used. This was the next direction I was looking at as a work in progress to improve capability. Spacer would allow for bigger tyres, improve articulation and stability due to the wider stance and improve turning circle.

Originally Posted by brendanm

Hi Steve
The rims I used were the steel rims off a commodore. Same PCD in 16x7 inch. Wheel places give them away for as they are worth nothing when Holden fans update to mags.
I had the centres cut out and reversed giving making the heavier duty lip on the inside (from memory around $50ea). On the outside I had a steel ring laser cut, then welded in to stiffen the outside (I think around $60ea). Looks similar to an external bead lock. The centre was replaced giving a 50mm track increase per side. The flares I had were the wider variety and these just cover the tread keeping it legal. Cheap way out of a play set

Bead locks on the new vehicle are the internal ones from Staun or Second Air. The wheel needs a second hole drilled for the second valve. One valve controls the tyre inflation, the second inflates an inner tube that presses against the side wall. With the tube inflated to 40psi and the tyre running at 8-10 you can get a fair bit of grip and not break the bead.

If you are wanting to experiment I have some 50mm wheel spacers that I had made in the states. They arrived after I sold the vehicle. D2 is different PCD to the Defender and have never been used. This was the next direction I was looking at as a work in progress to improve capability. Spacer would allow for bigger tyres, improve articulation and stability due to the wider stance and improve turning circle.

Thanks a lot for the inner bead explanation, I will try to keep it legal after I spent all the money for the engineering so spacers etc are probably a no go as well as reversing rims but called second air and I think I will get some internal bead lockers in the new year.

I still have plenty of space in guards and have at least 1 hand space when reaching turning stops so hope i should be fine with the Simex.

technically also not legal but according to Second Air tolerated?

Originally Posted by Vern

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