The Jimny of the Yakuza

Never got around to post pictures from the Danish meet in may but,
my very good friend Kay made this video wich sums it up pretty good.



Also up now is a video from Victor Bart. Check it out!

I need help, can't decide on tyres.

Now running 215's on stock gears. works great for driving and overlanding.
 

Been running 235/75/15 for years on trailgear lower gears, works great but a bit high revs on the highway.

Was considering even taller tyres but then I will need flares and cutting to clear them. My gearing in the worn out transfer case can take it but sooner or later I will need either new trailgear set or a new 5 speed gearbox and new diffs to accommodate a SJ transfer case.
But then again i need the time and effort to complete my SJ lwb project so I am not planning on doing more to the Jimny and it works fine as it is.

I use the car alot for overlanding pulling my trailer. 235's without low gears is not an option for me.
And for offroading too with 235's there must be lower gears in my opinion.

I will not buy cheap MT's. I've done it before, will not happen again. Loved my BFG MT's they really made me accomplish great things offroad and get so much easier around than many other Jimnys. Doing offroading with 0.4 bar tyre pressure made sure i could get through easy where others could not. (no I will not use psi that is for LRs and heeps )

I would like to stretch the season for my summer tyres so thinking of BFG AT's, haven't found tests that can really say other AT's can match them or be much better on snow.

I have been running my 235's on stock alloys and they have cleared just fine for me. 2" lift and small spring spacers in addition in the rear to compensate for weight and to lift the awning just the bit I need to clear my head under it.

I have a set of 7" white spoke steel wheels with more or less stock offset so the new 235's just might clear with those wheels too as the stock alloys did.
they might get black powder coat though, local company can do them for me.

Writing this it seems like I made up mind actually, doing 235 BFG AT's on the black white spokes.

Still I would appreciate some input here

My only reservations about bfg is that they last a really long time, that's fine if you are either absolutely certain they're what you want or are doing some huge miles. If however you get them and then a year later decide you want something different you are either going to have to live with them until they wear or take a heavy loss selling them second hand.

Lambert wrote:

My only reservations about bfg is that they last a really long time, that's fine if you are either absolutely certain they're what you want or are doing some huge miles. If however you get them and then a year later decide you want something different you are either going to have to live with them until they wear or take a heavy loss selling them second hand.

True!
Also a problem is that they turn hard after 3-5 years and they still have alot of treadlife in them so you end up driving them on wet pavement and skid around for 2-3 years more. wich is a problem with most brands, but maybe bigger with the BFG's.
If my BFG MT's were softer now they are old I might have not deemed them "worn out" as easy as there still is 3-4mm of thread depth in them.
And after 3 years they are not a winter tyre anymore either. All this from experience with both MT's and AT's.
My bad experience with cheap Nexen MT's was much worse though, they were awful on wet pavement from day one or two.

I am amazed on how easy it is to sell used tyres here in Norway tough. At least half price is obtainable but that still is a heavy loss.
And I guess BFG's as they are a well known brand, sell easier than linglongs.