Grayo
Active Member
"WOW" What a difference 4 new tyres make, all my worries gone in an instant. There was me thinking the prop bearings had gone again, the diff was on it's way out, wheel bearings were about to explode, and all it was was two cr@p tyres I had put on after visiting Kwikfit with a puncture. So there you have it straight from the horses mouth.
Tyres fitted were Pirelli Scorpion STR. I'm one happy Freelander driver again.
Tyres fitted were Pirelli Scorpion STR. I'm one happy Freelander driver again.
sijwhite
Active Member
Singvogel
Well-Known Member
But the Synchrones are 101H
The standard Synchrones were actually 97H (perfectly adequate load capacity) but they were often in short supply and tyre stockists seemed to have no problem in stocking the more expensive reinforced 101H.
AFAIK Landrover did fit 101H Synchrones to some Freelanders, but the vast majority had the 97H ones.
Singvogel.
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Hippo
Lord Hippo
I’m more than happy to say changing the tyres has revolutionised the ride and handling. After the long drive back from a free LR experience day driving a Freelander 2 I realised my Freelander wasn’t happy. The Freelander 2 suspension set-up is betterer than the Freelander 1, so I’d never be able to make it the same, but there was defiantly something wrong with mine which either needed fixed or improved. Steering wheel vibration… noise… cornering… mpg… all fixed now and a huge sigh of relief that my Freelander is happy once again.Ace
What tyres did you have before?
LR fitted many different tyres over the years. They changed supplier for all sorts of reasons. We'll never know the full story. Wear was an early issue. They changed suggested pressures too. As betterer tyres come out they change make or/and model. Also they put different rated tyres on different sized rims. Tell your insurance compnay what tyres you have and this will cover your back. :crazy_driver:But the Synchrones are 101H
Grayo
Active Member
On about wear, The two tyres fitted by Kwikfit were Uniroyal ??? these were fitted on the back around seven months ago, the two tyres on the front were Michelin Synchrones, fitted around three years ago. When they removed the tyres today I compared the tread depth, the depth on the Michelin's was so good I decided to bring them home and keep as spares, there must still be 4/5mm of tread left on them compared to the Uniroyals which had around 3mm left on them. So it pays to get decent tyres in the long run.
Hippo
Lord Hippo
Freelander wheels int suitable fer tratters. :doh:
Pikey
Dummy Ejection Facilitator..
Freelaner
Landy Driver
I'm thinking of fitting these to the 110. Will I need to do any mods? or will they be a straight fit??
post this in the Tratterer sheckshun, they might know
we have good tyres on here
sijwhite
Active Member
The standard Synchrones were actually 97H (perfectly adequate load capacity) but they were often in short supply and tyre stockists seemed to have no problem in stocking the more expensive reinforced 101H.
AFAIK Landrover did fit 101H Synchrones to some Freelanders, but the vast majority had the 99H ones.
Singvogel.
I wish I'd known that before shelling out the best part of £700 of four new Michelin Latitude Tour HPs. The Synchrones on mine were 101H (hence the confusion I've expressed) but at 6 years and 44,000 miles old I figured they needed replacing.
Diesel Do
Well-Known Member
post this in the Tratterer sheckshun, they might know
we have good tyres on here
15/21 hmmm may be a tad on the big side! 21" off road rims may look cool? 15" wide? May need extended arches and it'd be an 82 profile as its not marked which means its bleeding huge!!!!!
DD
Stringy601
New Member
Confused about the tyre pressures, I have been running at 32psi and in less 8k fronts have completely worn the middle tread away! 30psi looks not enough! Have looked through previous threads but no one seems to agree, some running at 38psi??
Freelaner
Landy Driver
Freelaner
Landy Driver
mine run at 30 psi perfectly well.
try yours with different pressures and drive over a thin layer of sand on a hard surface, to see how much tread is making contact with the ground
Singvogel
Well-Known Member
I'm running them at 26psi (1.8bar) and they wear evenly.
Tried them at 30 and sure enough the centres wear more than the edges.
But as someone said a while ago I'm probably not cornering fast enough - yeah, that'll be right.
Singvogel.
Big Uli
Active Member
Ditto
Got them myself
Great tyre but not for someone who never of roads or green lanes
I had Goodyear Wrangler all weather on steel rims when I bought my commercial and they did a great job
