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Geoffypie:
Hi  Can anybody help? Ive just bought a 3.9 disovery, and want a new set of tyres for it. At the moment it has a miss match.
I am new to a 4x4, but would like to do a bit of off roading. Most of the time it would be used on the road as this is the only car i have. Can anybody recomend a set of tyres to get, and a rough price?
Kind regards Geoff
Merry Christmas everyone :P  :P  :wink:

AMRDS:
Hi Geoff.

If you get a land rover magazine (Land Rover Owners, Land Rover World, etc) you'll see loads of adverts in there for sets of tyres. What are you going to use the Disco for?

- If it's an off road toy get some muds (BF Goodrich are popular but not cheap, I had colway muds - remoulds but work well!)

- If it's an everyday car don't get muds, they make a lot of noise, reduce road handling, and make you drink more fuel. Go for all-terrains - they'll get you off the road albeit not through the really sticky stuff, (again BFG are good, Colway AT's apparently have the same tread but wear a lot quicker).

Check out eBay, that's where we got our Colways from for the RRC, the only problem is you can't be sure the wheels are straight, etc. We now use Bronco Grip Edge, it's an agressive tyre with a close centre which we find works well on and off road, but it did need 2" lift as it's a 235/85R16.

Happy shopping  :D
 
ROB

Geoffypie:
I would think 80% of the time would be normal driving around town and motorway work.it has 235/70/16s on it at the mo. :roll:

AMRDS:
Sounds like all-terrains are the way to go. Depending on your budget and as a guide www.formula4x4.com have sets of 4 new all-terrains & wheels for about £550, or £240 for remoulds.

205R16's maybe better in some respects as the narrower footprint helps greater weight per inch to get more traction, conversely, the 235/70R16 would work better on some surfaces - welcome to a minefield  :lol:

Personally I've never had AT's only MT's, I'm sure somebody else can offer more advise on which AT's are best. After spending a couple of hours stuck in a wet clay-muddy lane with a couple of mates with MT's laughing at me I can tell you standard road tyres are no good off road  :oops:

ROB

Andy.:

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205R16's maybe better in some respects as the narrower footprint helps greater weight per inch to get more traction, conversely, the 235/70R16 would work better on some surfaces - welcome to a minefield  :lol:

 

ROB
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Or you could go in between the two and go for 225/75/16, like me.

I've had a set of Colway AT's on before 235/70's and was very pleased with them, off road too.

Now running on Good Year MTR's, excellent tyre on all road conditions, expensive though.

Oh Colways are remoulds, but have never read a bad report on them.

Good luck  :wink:

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