tyres

Blimey, I've not seen such emotion since a Defender forum bust up over which is the best engine. :S

www.4x4tyres.co.uk/shopping_cart.php
i found this place had good prices for tyres and speedy delivery and if i remember right it was free to

UKDAN wrote: Looking again at the original post, he says he wants something a bit chunky that looks good & maybe for offroading, which would suggest most of the driving would be on road so ATs would be great, also the "Fedima Extreme Evolution" are a remould which allegedly are a lot better than they used to be & probably great if you spend all your spare time putting your truck into big muddy holes & have a second car as a daily driver, but if most of their life is going to on road I prefer having new radials.


Dan

This is the way I see things too.

My experience i have with some offroad tyres on my Jimny :

- Bridgestones Dueller AT 205/70/R15 :
Good tyre for normal road use, when wet you have to take care.
Off-road capacity's are limited to "soft greenlaning" and drivers capability.
I'm using them only to go to the MOT because they are the original tyres (a 10 km drive a year).

- Maxxis Trepador M8060 205/70/R15 :
Good tyre for on- and off-road, also on wet roads.
Excellent grip in rotation direction only... lateral grip could be better.
The reason i did sold them was that i wanted to have some bigger (higher) tyres, these were only 66,9 cm high.

- BF Goodrich Mud Terrain T/A KM2 215/75/R15 :
Very good tyre for on- and offroad, also on wet.
They can be fixed on a standard Jimny, i do have a 2" Trailmaster Sport suspension set.
Works fine with it but from time to time i have not enough "ground-clearence" but i'm going sometimes trough extreme trail...
The BF's are a little bit more expensive but they last very long.
Personnally i think this is a good tyre for Greenlaning... to... some "better" offroad.

If i had to buy new one's... maybe the Trepadors Maxxis M8060 30 x 9.50R15 74,4 cm height.
For the "ground-clearence" reason.


If you want to go to "extreme" then you should be looking to other brand's and then also you have to pay lot's for it, but then it's not only the tyre that should be adapted.
Good luck with your choice !

Here in Spain , when you use a different size to the stock 205/70/15 you need to spend money in a certificate from an engineer to road legal on street, because of this is very popular to use stock size 205/70/15.
I don´t like retread tires because they are more taller and heavier than a brand new one.
Here are very popular Maxxis Trepador and Insa Turbo Super SP Track in 205/70/15. The Super SP Track from Insa Turbo is the only model that they have 100% brand new (this model comes from China)

Paul4x4 wrote:
And I don't know everything about everything, and I mostly keep my mouth shut, but when I say something, it's always based on my own experience, and not some BS I've read online. I only reply to threads where I clearly see peoples "facts" might not really be facts at all... Like back in the day when everyone told me that there simply was NO WAY to make 33's fit on a mere 3" suspension lift, and I would need AT LEAST 4.5" suspension and 2" body lift and all, yeah right... :whistle:

You see that is the problem you dont keep your mouth shut you blurt your verbal diarrhea like it is the law ,
Fyi im not "one of those AT guys" i run mt treads ( if you had bothered to read what it says in my sig )
33" on a 3" lift christ are you still milking that one ??? Still not convinced as i KNOW that 32's on 4" lift requires a lot of modding and still doesnt give full articulation . . . .but hey you keep on banging that drum maybe you will convince yourself one day