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  • BigAndy
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19 Nov 2014 19:10 - 19 Nov 2014 19:11 #130054 by BigAndy
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Tommo wrote: Bfgoodrich AT's any day,
For road, off road, snow, ice, and looks, with white writing, it looks good

And they are superb for wear, after 3 years of use, every single day, I've still got 8mm backs and 10mm
On the front tyres
Which is probably more than a road tyre from new


Do you run 205s? How much did a set of them set you back?
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19 Nov 2014 21:15 - 19 Nov 2014 21:18 #130086 by Mescort
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AT tires are useless in ice and snow!
Nokian Suv 8 or suv 7 is the best winter tire :)

Greetings from northern Norway

G16B, Doug Thorley Header, Trail-Gear 6,5:1 Transfer, Front 28 Degree CV propShaft, Rockwatt crawler box kit, Zanfi 2" springs, Zanfi 10° + 10mm Front Radius arm, Caster Correction Bushes rear, Adjustable Panhard, Bilstein 5100 Shocks, Dotz dakar 15x7, goodyear duratrac 235x75x15, warn M6000
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19 Nov 2014 21:20 #130087 by supergaz
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Mescort wrote: AT tires are useless in ice and snow!
Nokian Suv 8 or suv 7 is the best winter tire :)

Greetings from northern Norway


We cannot use studded tyres in the UK, just winter tyres without studs fitted.

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19 Nov 2014 23:47 #130118 by facade
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Mitchelin Latitude alpin get good reviews for road use.

I have a set on mine, no idea if they do anything as Global Warming means we didn't have a flake of snow last winter.

If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there :)

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20 Nov 2014 07:04 #130123 by robs5230
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i run hankook dynapro atm rf10. these do have good user reviews in snow. i read hundreds of tyre reviews before settling on these.
www.camskill.co.uk/m26b0s243p115385/Hank...s%3A_3_Noise%3A_73dB

standard jimny - for now

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20 Nov 2014 14:19 #130144 by rayz_x
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How much time are you likely to be driving on snow? The Grandtrek and Hankook tyres are both rated F for wet grip. If you expect to drive a lot more in rain they may not brake as well as you hope and roundabouts could be interesting. I went for Yokohama Geolandar AT as they are rated 'C' for wet grip.

National tyres website says...

"Tyres are rated A – G; A being the shortest braking distances in the wet, G being the longest braking distance in the wet.
The difference in each category can mean an extra one to two car lengths (3-6 metres) on the stopping distance.
Please note: categories D and G are not used."

From that I guess the options are A, B, C, E, F. If F is the lowest legal rating a tyre can be sold at I am not sure I would be confident that would stop me in the frequent wet weather. My last two cars were front wheel drive and I got both of them home in snow, but only just, and on summer tyres. I bought a Jimny and put on ATs because I wanted to be more confident in bad weather. When I first got it the tyres were original Bridgestones and they were breaking away at the back on roundabouts in a bit of rain. The Geolandars are a lot better so far but I am hoping for some snow to try them out.


Ray

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