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tyres; thick or thin?

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lambert:
as a recent convert to narrow tyres i must admit that i'm impressed both with on and off road handeling. i know a lot of store has to be put in having the right tread pattern for your intended use but as a generalisation do you prefer wider or narrower tyres and why?

Range Rover Blues:
Wider on road up to a point, medium off road as a compramise.  Wideris good in boggy stuff but on a muddy track where youknow there is a hard layer underneath go for narrow, it's only a problem if there is nothing under the mud to grip.

crazymac:
Time after time we see big fat tyres on 4x4's because they "look good" then see that person confused because the off road ability is crap!! I PERSONALLY believe that 750>16 or 235.85.16 (which are similar size) is the optimum size for mud and ruts. relatively narrow.

Drift:
I think the weight of the car has a lot to to with tyre choice.

Bishops Finger:
Landies especially older ones seemed to go for narrower tyres.........to cut through crud wheras Jeeps and others seemed to stick with wider

Guess its the terrain...check the tyres on WRC cars for winter scandanavian rallys...

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