I'm going to need to spend money on this area. Rear NS tyre needs changing and I have a couple of questions.
1) I would like the Disco to manage off road better - Hence I am thinking of some all terrain tyres as opposed to the roadgoing ones I've got on there at the moment. However I only need one tyre. Do I just buy the one I need or do I go for a complete set of replacements
2) Where is the best place to buy them from? I can get them fitted at my local garage for £5 each.
Thanks
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you really need to replace in pairs at the minimum ,so the axle doesnt get 'wound up' with different rolling radiouseses.
why not buy s/h rims for this time of year and furnish with some big nobblies?
my wholesaler certainly does a good selection,silly thing is imported china new is now the same price as durham remoulds
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I used two sets of wheels/tyres for my pajero - gave me the best of both worlds.
And as I lived in Africa at the time, it was very cheap to pay someone to swap them over when needed. And gave me loads of spares for safaris (often carried 3 spares).
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I have got BF Goodrich A/T on my Defender, they are very good and long lasting. I bought them from Amber Tyres in Ripley.
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Go into your local WH Smith, browse the Mags and have a scan through Land Rover Owners Magazine.
Tyre bargains galore.
dvd
Once a LR faznatic now Nissan X Trail
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Greetings Hugo & DVD.
Hugo big decision to make here because ideally you want a whole set of whatever you get... I'm not keen on having seriously different tyres on different corners of a Disco.
I have been running a set of Pirelli Scorpions for 18mths now on mine... the road type. Rubbish wet road grip (braking in particular) and no better than car tyres with mud/wet grass.
I have recently put a pair of Goodyear GT plus4 on the front and intend to follow with the same on the rear in a few weeks. They seem to have a softer compound, more blocky tread, great wet road steering/braking grip and far better on mud/wet grass. They do cause a bit more straight line wander though.
All terrain tyres can either be a good compromise or neither one thing or another depending on your point of view. The BF Goodrich mentioned above though seem to set a standard in all round AT performance but are very costly. Last well though.
Having said all that if you want to go bog running with trailer (!) you need mud terrains. These can be a handful on the road in the wet, howl away at speed and induce a fair bit of steering wander. The grip in mud is awesome though.
I would never mix road and mud terrains either across axles or front/rear as a dangerous handling imbalance can be created.
As a matter of interested I bought my Goodyears (in sound condition with 8mm tread) from EBay... a collect only local bargain at £28/pr. I paid £15/pr to fit/balance so well happy at £43 all in compared to about £170 new locally.
Cheers,
David
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