Recomendations for 4x4 tyres

[lighthammer]

^^ yeah that tyre would do pretty well in the wet. Those two center channels would channel water away and give u better contact with the road with less hydroplaning. The arrow-shaped center treads would give u a little bit of traction on a trail in the dry season, but it doesn't look beefy enough for mud.

And the spaces between the shoulder lugs look wide enough for water on a highway but not really wide enough for a trail. I'm guessing they'd get filled with mud pretty quickly and wouldn't self clean all that well.

What tyres u planning to buy online?

[badart]

^ yea tht makes sense, most likely i would go with the michelin ltx a/t2 from tirerack

[venum]

please do not buy those roadstones

they are essentially the same crappy compound as the HT with a different tread pattern

if you look around you will find the Terra trac A/T

what say you guys to a group buy for some BFG A/T

[Dunman]

please do not buy those roadstones

they are essentially the same crappy compound as the HT with a different tread pattern

if you look around you will find the Terra trac A/T

what say you guys to a group buy for some BFG A/T

I'll be interested.

[MrCuddles]

^^^ price wood ultimately be the deciding factor for me but am interested as well....

[droppa]

^ those looking good

anways the closet looking tire to an all terrain tire i can get for my 17's is Roadstone Rodian
It's an SUV tire getting it $1000 for one







what u guys think? any1 had any experiences with this tire?

i doubt i cud do any serious off roading with this tire, its more suited for highway driving..still looking most likely i would have to buy A/T tires online

i have those tires in 285 at rear of my van, on the blanci run they were one week ol, still had picka on it, lol......

they work well i find, sum are saying that they wear poorly, but for 18s the choices are very limited, was either nankang for 1400, nexen for 1500 or sumitomo for 1800, i would not try any kinda hard offroading with them , farless give them a rating, they are HP tires.......after i get the front set i will be buying a set of 15s for offroad and mudding uses.....have my eyes set on some maxxis mudzillas or bighorns.......

[venum]

so for the group buy we have the following:

Venum - 265\70\16
Dunman
Mr. Cudles
Lighthammer

fill in your size

[badart]

^ choices real limited for anythin 17" and over, i seeing real men running roadstone prob because of the price...

if i cant get a good A/T tire then i mite settle for the michelin cross terrain suv

[lighthammer]

so for the group buy we have the following:

Venum - 265\70\16
Dunman
Mr. Cudles
Lighthammer

fill in your size

Me has no munny right now
Ah brokes for Christmas dey...
Maybe into middle of next year....


But what about the General Grabber AT/2 ?
I'm hearing great things about these tyres, and they seem to have almost the same treadwear life as the BFG's, with just as an aggressive tread. Also they're a lot cheaper too, from what I heard from a guy who had them on an old hilux up in the East.



Or what about Cooper Discoverer's like these?




Most of my driving, up to 98% of it will be on-road, but I'd still like a tyre that can give me both long tread-life as well as good off-road performance for the DB runs....


So it's either BFG's, General Grabbers or Kumho Roadventure KL78's.....
I think the Kumho is the cheapest out of them though...

[Jeremy Mohd]

That Cooper Tyre is sexxyyyyyy... Jeezzz.

[3stagevtec]

I just went by the Quick Service branch in Marabella and was quoted over $1100 for the BFG AT 225/70R16! and that's with discount.. without was $1600+ each!! not worth it..

[lighthammer]

^ I got a quote back in august, $1800 per tyre for 265/70R16 BFG's.


Did they have any 265/70R16's ?

[bleedingfreak]

Some comments and corrections.

Nothing wrong with using highway tyres. We all drive on paved surfaces most of the time. Highway tyres can perform moderately in off road conditions with the proper technique or skill or experience.

That said, mud tyres doesn't make you know what ur doing in off road applications. Mud tyres don't cure stupid.

Tyre performance cannot be determined by how the tyre looks. Based on some statements made, AT tyres would perform horribly in the wet pavement based on looks...

The runs organized by the Diesel Boyz are not geared toward offloading and using ur 4 wheel drive.

As you were.....

[bleedingfreak]

And finally, you get what you pay for, within reason...

[venum]

^ ^ ^ steups

This thread is about tyres not driver skill/stupidity - we discussing tyres

Go back to planning our runs for next year nah, so we cud get to use our tyres in moderate off-road applications

But the old grump has a point - the aggressiveness of the tyre looks don't say much

Where you guys getting the General Grabbers amd Cooper locally

$1100 for a BFG isn't bad, considering that they usually retail @ $1500+

[Rutless Tiida]

so for the group buy we have the following:

Venum - 265\70\16
Dunman
Mr. Cudles
Lighthammer

fill in your size

Interesting.....He sold Elle so what is he putting it on......

[venum]

[3stagevtec]

Elle 2.0...

[venum]

Elle 2.0...

no such thing ever

[lighthammer]

Elle may very well be the first in a long line of Mitsu diesels...

Maybe the second one might be called "Terry" (as in "sport-tero")

[3stagevtec]

That said, mud tyres doesn't make you know what ur doing in off road applications. Mud tyres don't cure stupid.

Tyre performance cannot be determined by how the tyre looks. Based on some statements made, AT tyres would perform horribly in the wet pavement based on looks...

I have to disagree, give a noob a vehicle equipped with MT tyres and he can look like a hero on trails! I have personally seen experienced off roaders making rookie mistakes when they are given stock vehicles to drive on trails.. From what I saw, MT tyres does cure stupid..

Tyre performance can be determined by how the thread pattern looks.. It just depends on if you know what you are looking for.. lol

[venum]

Elle may very well be the first in a long line of Mitsu diesels...

Maybe the second one might be called "Terry" (as in "sport-tero")

right concept - spot on

wrong spelling though

[Dunman]

so for the group buy we have the following:

Venum - 265\70\16
Dunman - 265\70\16
Mr. Cudles
Lighthammer

fill in your size

I'm assuming that 265\70\16 should fit on the nav without any issues.

[venum]

isn't 265\70\16 standard fit on the Navara

LH I was thinking about doing the group buy next year

prob around April-May - would that be a good timing for your funds

I may be consolidating some shipments and would have liked to add these to it.

if you all interested, then I will facilitate

the $ would have to work out cheaper than local dealers

[Dunman]

It came with 255\70\16 "skid-on-meh- lawn" Dunlops, so I'm assuming 265 isn't too wide.

[badart]

venum if u can get 265/65/17 i may be interested

[venum]

currently tire rack only has some at US$720 for the set of 4

When u work out the maths, it isn't cheaper than Quickserve

[lighthammer]

It came with 255\70\16 "skid-on-meh- lawn" Dunlops, so I'm assuming 265 isn't too wide.

^^ hee hee, jhonnieblue can attest to that - after tearing up the poor lady's lawn on the last run .

[lighthammer]

The Kumho KL78's on tirerack are cheaper than LDG's - although if you factor in Tax and shipping it comes out almost the same....

[bleedingfreak]

^ ^ ^ steups

This thread is about tyres not driver skill/stupidity - we discussing tyres

Go back to planning our runs for next year nah, so we cud get to use our tyres in moderate off-road applications

But the old grump has a point - the aggressiveness of the tyre looks don't say much

Where you guys getting the General Grabbers amd Cooper locally

$1100 for a BFG isn't bad, considering that they usually retail @ $1500+

Awrite Mr. No truck...

I will shut up... Just dont be driving in front of me when you stick...