Mr Freedom

Mr Freedom

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Hello

We bought a 110 SW, 10k miles ago, with 4 new Michelin XLZ tyres - off-road/Military style. The spare was a Michelin Latitude Cross - more of a road tyre.

Got a puncture the other day and put on the Latitude cross. Now transpires that punctured tyre cannot be fixed, and we're told that you cannot mix these tyres. So we either get another XLZ or 3 Latitude Cross. The latter option being rather expensive, and the other 3 XLZs are still pretty good ...

My intention was to change of Latitude cross as I assume its a better ride and more fuel efficient, but don't want to lose these 3 good XLZ tyres.

Is it acceptable to mix these tyres, say, XLZ on the front and Latitude Cross on the back - some symmetry there ...

Thanks for any views
 
Thanks for reply, any particular reason you favour the XLZ's? I prefer them myself, but assume the Latitude Cross is more sensible - fuel economical and smoother/quieter ride.
 
When I bought my D1 several years ago, it came with latitude cross on - IME they are complete carp - and even though they had loads of life left in them, I took them off and put BFG's on. I even spoke to Michelin about the issues in snow, ( Latitude cross have the snowflake symbol), and they more or less admitted that this was was just marketing rubbish:rolleyes: YMMV.:mad:

IMHO, steer clear of them - as I said I'm running BFG AT2's, and see no increase in fuel consumption - and we also reckon the ride is better on the BFG's too :eek: - we've also not noticed any change in noise.

Grip of course, as you might expect is transformed :)
 
you could get part worn xzl, and then it will be matched to the existing ones you have. They regularly come up for sale online, usually already fitted to wheel. You can get some very very cheaply when people do not realise how much they cost new. When I was buying HD rims I managed to get get a full set of six nearly new zxl's for less than the price of a single new one. Although they were not all from the same place and the set took a couple of months to complete.
 
Mr Freedom said:
Thanks for reply, any particular reason you favour the XLZ's? I prefer them myself, but assume the Latitude Cross is more sensible - fuel economical and smoother/quieter ride.
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XZL’s aren’t a bad tyre and have been standard fit on Land Rovers. And also the choice for many military vehciles.

They are very tough and durable as a rule. But are noisy on the road. Not the best in the wet and only moderate off road. And Michelin tyres are very expensive. In reality there are better tyres to run most of the time these days.

However most Land Rover tyres are likely to be £90-120 a corner depending if they are remoulds or new.
 
^ Yes I like them as they're standard fit and Land Rover presumably know what they're doing - similarly military who presumably know what they're doing. Also, Defender is a beast and should have beastly looking tyres ...
 
300bhp/ton said:
XZL’s aren’t a bad tyre and have been standard fit on Land Rovers. And also the choice for many military vehciles.

They are very tough and durable as a rule. But are noisy on the road. Not the best in the wet and only moderate off road. And Michelin tyres are very expensive. In reality there are better tyres to run most of the time these days.
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Mine are fitted to the series so most of your drawbacks do not apply to me. The noise is nothing compared to a 2.25 diesel, handling in the wet is only a problem if you can get to any sort of speed, and I didn't buy mine new so didn't cost much at all. Although there are better mud tyres around being a standard land rover fit, I think that on some land rovers they just look right, and although performance is important depending on the use of the vehicle the aesthetics is just as important, e.g. my series, they are good enough for light green laning and series speeds. The 110 does all the hard work, and is the daily driver (28k per year) and that is fitted with 265/75 bfg AT's. These are a much better tyre in every way as a tyre but would not look correct.
 
dag019 said:
Mine are fitted to the series so most of your drawbacks do not apply to me. The noise is nothing compared to a 2.25 diesel, handling in the wet is only a problem if you can get to any sort of speed, and I didn't buy mine new so didn't cost much at all. Although there are better mud tyres around being a standard land rover fit, I think that on some land rovers they just look right, and although performance is important depending on the use of the vehicle the aesthetics is just as important, e.g. my series, they are good enough for light green laning and series speeds. The 110 does all the hard work, and is the daily driver (28k per year) and that is fitted with 265/75 bfg AT's. These are a much better tyre in every way as a tyre but would not look correct.
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I generally use the XZL’s for laning also. As they are pretty tough and not too aggressive for lanes.

Although I’m not really sold on their looks. And funnily enough I’d rate them a far better tyre than the BFG AT. The latest variant of AT looks a lot better (not run those yet), but the older AT is IMO a dreadful tyre for almost any use in the U.K.
 
They are way way better than BFG, they are great in the wet, nice and skinny for off road but dangerous in snow. And they last for ever, I got 10 years out of my fronts. I would buy new, well worth it.
 
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