Thread: Tyres.....again

Originally Posted by weeds

a mate of mine has six and on his outback trip he destroyed two 'delaminated' (these were replaced under warranty, helps when you have contacts with the ex state sales manager), two others are in poor shape.

funny thing is the two that were replaced under warrently have just been subjected to a call back, they got replaced the other week

That problem is with the STT only AFAIK.

You should consider the Cooper ATR tyre - I had these fitted by Widetread and are quite happy with them so far. Nice ride and very quiet.

Originally Posted by Feral

BFG AT - 80,000 k's plus, $245

He didn't even want to know about Bridgestone Duellers 694....too skatey in the wet when half worn.

My question is...can anyone back these claims up?

I agree completely on the 694s - when they get half worn they no longer have side water channelling, so the water stays in the tread - they are scary.

A mate with an f-truck used to get 70-80k km from a set of BFG ATs, but he rotated his tyres meticulously.

I have Cooper ht's 235/70/16 on my disco, not my choice but they were almost new when i got the disco 4 months ago. I find them great on road, very quiet and have good grip time will tell how long they last, 245/75/16's would be my size choice if buying now.

Originally Posted by isuzurover

I agree completely on the 694s - when they get half worn they no longer have side water channelling, so the water stays in the tread - they are scary.

A mate with an f-truck used to get 70-80k km from a set of BFG ATs, but he rotated his tyres meticulously.

OK I have A/T 694's on my D2 and with 40,000K you could say they look to be half worn. I have to say in the wet they are fineand have found they hang on well. However maybe this will change in another 10,000K I will keep all posted what this tyre is like coming into the later part of it's life. That said no complaints about it yet.

Originally Posted by waynep

Also consider the Cooper ATR - I had these fitted by Widetread and are very happy with them so far.
Consider going for a slightly bigger size - IMHO the 235/70 is too small for a Disco. ( even though that's the OE spec ). 245/75 suits better and gives a bit more clearance.

Can someone please educate me a bit won't a 245/75 tyre on a 16" rim as apposed to the standard 245/70 put the speedo out wack.

Originally Posted by ak

Can someone please educate me a bit won't a 245/75 tyre on a 16" rim as apposed to the standard 245/70 put the speedo out wack.

Not by much. Only a 3.2% increase in circumference, which if anything will only make the speedo read more accurately. (in case you didn't know - the difference in profile is 5% of 245mm, or 12.25mm)

I went from 32" diameter tyres to 33" on my 110, and the speedo went from under-reading to being almost spot on.

And AK, he was talking about 235/70 as opposed to 245/75 - different width's. If i put 245/75's on then the speedo should read corret as i am about 5-6k's out at a 100kph - speedo says 100 but gps says 94-95.

Originally Posted by waynep

That problem is with the STT only AFAIK.

You should consider the Cooper ATR tyre - I had these fitted by Widetread and are quite happy with them so far. Nice ride and very quiet.

I agree. I've had Cooper S/T 4 times now and got over 80000 each time, with lots of off-road. Very happy with them.