Thread: Rim Size

Okay you caught me out I was just going to be a bit naughty and buy 4 because I've never used a spare tyre on any car I've ever driven. I suppose I should buy a spare and not push my luck.

I remember my dad getting stuck without a spare coming back from the royal show on Great Eastern Hwy at 2am with the horse on board lucky the old Kingswood fit the horse float spare.

Those Mega tyres on the back and the spare Pirelli were on there since we bought the discovery maybe 9 years the Uniroyal are 7 at least. The ones on my hilux are even worse then the ones you've seen.

If I said to them $800 would that be too low? I wonder if they will give me a better deal if I buy 5 for the hilux too? They are 31x10.5R15 $850 to $900 for those seem right?

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

you've got 15's on there...

when you go and get tyre quotes tell the shop you want something 235/75 R15 ish and name the dollars you want to pay for a set of 5 (or 6 if you have 2 spares, remember Ive seen your tyres)

par for the course would be the BFG AT but if you tell the tyre shop exactly what you do with it (mainly on road with towing a 3t horse float) they should recommend something with a less aggressive tread pattern but with a slightly stiffer side wall construction.

Get a written quote from a couple of places and then take it to a 3rd and see what they can do. Once youve got all that done scan the 3 quotes post them up here to make sure that you havent been duped by all 3 places (I have seen it happen) then go with what works for you.

I totally agree I'm lost without you guys

Originally Posted by PAT303

You should have joined this forum along time ago!!. Pat

Originally Posted by p38arover

What? Diesel tyres, now?

You know what i meant .

Okay been to a few places and here are the prices

Ian Diffen:
Sumitomo tyres 5 X 235/75R15 $1000 5X 31X10.5R15 $1050

Kmart:
Bridgestone 108S 5 X 235/75R15 $845 or Bridgestone 694 5 X 235/75R15 $1110 Goodyear Wrangler 5X 31X10.5R15 $1415

Bob Jane: Maxxis 5 X 235/75R15 $875 Pirelli 5 X 235/75R15 $1230
Maxxis 5X 31X10.5R15 $945 Pirelli 5X 31X10.5R15 $1400

Tyre Plus: He only wrote TRI? 5 X 235/75R15 $775 TRI AT? 5X 31X10.5R15 $900

I still have to check with Tyre Power anywhere else I should check the prices?

Are any of these LT (Light Truck) tyres?

No they are all 4wd tyres.
Light truck tires should be a lot cheaper I don't know the size off hand other than R15LT but the horse float has bob jane allrounder light truck tyres and I only paid $600 for 5 including new rims. So far they have been fine done maybe 2K on them no problems but it spends a lot of time in the shed. Had the same tyre on the back wheels of my old datsun out lasted the BF goodrich which wore down very quickly . But they where I think a dud pair I got normally BFG is very good.

Originally Posted by slug_burner

Are any of these LT (Light Truck) tyres?

Tyre power should be able to do the maxxis cheaper . I got 32x11.5x15 for $220 each fitted .

Edit: reread it it's for 5 tyres not 4 Ooops

Originally Posted by Disco2tow

Okay you caught me out I was just going to be a bit naughty and buy 4 because I've never used a spare tyre on any car I've ever driven. I suppose I should buy a spare and not push my luck.

I remember my dad getting stuck without a spare coming back from the royal show on Great Eastern Hwy at 2am with the horse on board lucky the old Kingswood fit the horse float spare.

Those Mega tyres on the back and the spare Pirelli were on there since we bought the discovery maybe 9 years the Uniroyal are 7 at least. The ones on my hilux are even worse then the ones you've seen.

If I said to them $800 would that be too low? I wonder if they will give me a better deal if I buy 5 for the hilux too? They are 31x10.5R15 $850 to $900 for those seem right?

try it on for $800 for each vehicle if you take both in at once. You should get a better deal if buying bulk tyres and usually better again if all are exactly the same type of tyre. money can also be saved by taking your dead carcasses with you..(you ride horses dont they make jumps and stuff out of them?)

Tyres age, 5 years is the nominal limit for most tyres but they survive well beyond this which is why you should be changing your spare. I dont want to be there the day that, after having replaced a flat on the passangers side rear with a (possabley as old as the vehicle) spare that the rubbers gone hard on you start braking into a right hand off camber turn with a full load of horses on the float when theres been a touch or rain.

Originally Posted by Disco2tow

Okay been to a few places and here are the prices

Ian Diffen:
Sumitomo tyres 5 X 235/75R15 $1000 5X 31X10.5R15 $1050

Kmart:
Bridgestone 108S 5 X 235/75R15 $845 or Bridgestone 694 5 X 235/75R15 $1110 Goodyear Wrangler 5X 31X10.5R15 $1415

Bob Jane: Maxxis 5 X 235/75R15 $875 Pirelli 5 X 235/75R15 $1230
Maxxis 5X 31X10.5R15 $945 Pirelli 5X 31X10.5R15 $1400

Tyre Plus: He only wrote TRI? 5 X 235/75R15 $775 TRI AT? 5X 31X10.5R15 $900

I still have to check with Tyre Power anywhere else I should check the prices?

the bridgestones look like they will be the part for what you want to do with the vehicle being what I'd call a 70/30 on/off road profile.

If you want to save some more money you could (as suggested) look into the LT profiles.