New tyres

waz44 · Nov 21, 2007

I've recently purchaced a defender after being without a landrover for 10 years,don't know how i did it, and would like to change the tyres from 205 70s to 235 85s (Colway AT) is this a good move for mostly road use?

slob · Nov 21, 2007

yella · Nov 21, 2007

nope, colway went bump about a month ago so it wint really be the move of the century

Sean · Nov 21, 2007

the local agri tyre place told me yesterday they are practicaly finished and he's just got rid of his last stock fer pennies as his insurance company insists on him providing a warrenty with everything - and Colway have a warrenty backlog due to some quality "issues"

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Blippie · Nov 22, 2007

For mostly road use, why do you need ATs? Consider a road biased tyre - LR fit General Grabbers in that size.

If your heart is set on ATs, the Colway AT tread is a copy of the BF Goodrich AT. The BFGs may be more expensive, but the rubber wears much better. I know someon who had 70,000+miles out of a set of BFGs!!!!!!

Cheers

Blippie

greenpaint · Nov 26, 2007

i have a 90 def . I have stuck with the 205's with avon a/t's simply because i can't fault them. if you grow to 235's your fuel comp will drop and and there will be more noise. being a tree fella i'm off road about 20% of the time and these tyres do ok.

Blippie · Nov 26, 2007

greenpaint said:
if you grow to 235's your fuel comp will drop and and there will be more noise.

Changing to 235s from 205s will increase your fuel consumption by about 15%.

Road noise I think probably depends on tread pattern more than anything - but the fuel is an importnat issue that people don't consider highly enough.

Cheers

Blippie

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