what tyres shold i get

its time to change my tyres i'm going to change all 4.
i want ame AT's. i have been told by a couple of people to go for the general grabber AT 2's they ive the best al round. just wondering what other people run on and what their views were.
thanks

bruce28 said:

its time to change my tyres i'm going to change all 4.
i want ame AT's. i have been told by a couple of people to go for the general grabber AT 2's they ive the best al round. just wondering what other people run on and what their views were.
thanks

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round ones is best. . . .

Black rubber jobbies are always a start..

I run on Goodyear Wranglers, get them cheap from Australia's Best Tyre Service or co.uk cant remember what one though. Have no trouble with tyres at all.

Colway A/T seem popular. They are remoulds, but technology has improved since the poor reputation they had in the 70's. Prices start at £30 per corner.

Avoid goodyear wranglers as these were known wear funny and linked with VCU issues. (I actually have one on my car, It was new in Sept, I have done 8K and its down to 4mm already)

I'm using Michelin XPC (Block tread). 8K on these still have 9mm remaining. (measured last night ) They are discontinued, but you may be able to find if required.

I'll be going for Colway or Bronco next as they are a) cheap, B) Made in UK and C) chunky. Bronco have a 19 / 20mm tread depth!!

Regards,

Steve

funny you should say that about the wranglers i have them on my car and just had to replace the vcu and ird and the bolke in the garage said to me its could have been one of the factors to it going up the creak. i have had them for just under a year and i'm on about 3mm alround and not impressed with them at all should have spent a bit more on tyres and might have saved money on the long run!

I had GoodYear Wrangler's when the car was new delivered back in jan. 2001, done 56.000 kms with them with no problems whatsoever, now replaced by BF Goodrich Macadam. These are supposed to last half more as the Wranglers, if so it would lead me towards the 130.000 kms mark with two sets of tyres, not too bad I'd say ??

bruce28 said:

its time to change my tyres i'm going to change all 4.
i want ame AT's. i have been told by a couple of people to go for the general grabber AT 2's they ive the best al round. just wondering what other people run on and what their views were.
thanks

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what size rims ya got?. if ya got 16's go for the general grabbers, if like me ya have 17's and you want AT tyres then colway are the only people who make them in the size to fit freelander.

bruce28 said:

funny you should say that about the wranglers i have them on my car and just had to replace the vcu and ird and the bolke in the garage said to me its could have been one of the factors to it going up the creak. i have had them for just under a year and i'm on about 3mm alround and not impressed with them at all should have spent a bit more on tyres and might have saved money on the long run!

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Could be a contributing factor...

I'm guessing that they have changed the tyre compound or something as I'm a sedate driver and i'm estimating that another 5K and my wrangler tyre will be worn out. My Michelins are hardly touched after 8,000miles.

Pigging Wranglers, bloody awful tyre for wear, I've only got 1 (and the spare) left, the rest are all those welsh jobbies, Pirethli Scorpions, they seem to lasting shedloads longer than the Badyear's. Depending on what else goes wrong with the FL, I'll either be fittin 2 of them, if I'm brassic I'll be fitting Colways.

Would i need to replace all 4 tyres at once on my freelander? or just the two front ones, which are most worn?

Ive been told i need to replace all 4 at once or it could wind up the transmission, but the back tyres are only half worn, what do i do?

wot yu do is a search within the freelander section for "tyres" - that will give yu all the answers yu want and more besides.

oh - and welcome to Loonyzone.

Cardaft said:

Would i need to replace all 4 tyres at once on my freelander? or just the two front ones, which are most worn?

Ive been told i need to replace all 4 at once or it could wind up the transmission, but the back tyres are only half worn, what do i do?

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Once the wear bars begin to surface, then the tyre is at the end of its life and needs to be changed.

LR state that new tyres should go on the rear axle and the part worn rears should be put on the front.

This enables the oldest tyres to be worn out first reducing the risks of tyre degradation and possible blowouts etc.

I had a pair on my freelander at Xmas and had the fitted to the rear. I then had the rear tyres (and rims) fitted to the front axle.

Car seems happy with this combination.

Regards,

Steve

Thanks for your help, ive done a search and found some useful info about swpaiing tyres, which ones are best and the best PSI to have in the tyres. Think i founf 32 front 34 rear? Although some people have different.

Thanks G13SJC, thats just what i wanted to know.

Cardaft said:

Thanks for your help, ive done a search and found some useful info about swpaiing tyres, which ones are best and the best PSI to have in the tyres. Think i founf 32 front 34 rear? Although some people have different.

Thanks G13SJC, thats just what i wanted to know.

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No probs matey

I ran 26PSI for the past 9 months or so (as per my LR user manual), and following advice on these forums upped to 30PSI all round. I have had no wear problems on either pressure and just notice that the steering is lighter with the extra 4 PSI.

Economy remains the same.

Regards,

Steve

my manual just flatly states 30psi all round irrespecitve of load or model. Costco do michelin synchrones for about £85 a corner. will only fit new tyres to back axle (unless all 4 being change duh!) Some directive from tyre manufacturers about a vehicle being easier to control if you lose traction or braking at the front than at the back. Not sure how this counts when you're slipping sideways down a hill trying to drink a can of coke, eat a kebab, use a mobile phone, retune the radio, and read the manual to find out how to turn hill descent control on.

do a search - it is CRITICAL you put the new tyres on the correct axle - unless yu got loadsdosh or a plentiful supply of VCU's and IRD's.

bruce28 said:

funny you should say that about the wranglers i have them on my car and just had to replace the vcu and ird

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SNAP!!!! Mind you my IRD aint gone yet but the front prop has

wigleytuff said:

my manual just flatly states 30psi all round irrespecitve of load or model. Costco do michelin synchrones for about £85 a corner.

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The rating was changed on later models to 30PSI.

Tyres purchased online are quite cheap too, so are the Colway, greenway & Bronco remould range.

We have ATs permanently on one and set as a spare for are other Freelander. We use BF Goodrich AT which I think are 215/80R16 off the top of my head.

Colway ATs are cheap copies of the BFGs. Same tread pattern but no so long wearing.

Cheers

Blippie