Anyone got any views on tyres - have already got BFG All Terrain - will these do? Looking at Cooper Tires (Discover STT) - any views/tips/experiences?
Keep your BFG AT they are a great tyre . Hundred times better than coopers anyway. Coopers were/are pushed hard over here but are seen to have alot more puntures than BFG and have weeker side walls too. Also the wear down alot quicker than BFG. But there again you get what you pay for as they are cheaper
I have a set on my 90 (and my disco for that matter) which i bought in the uk off a mate (second hand) then brought the car to Aus and drove 26,000 miles around Aus with them and still have them on the car now. I took a second spare with me and never used it as the only punture i got was in a Bunnings (B&Q) car park in cairns and it was a slow one so i drove to the garage and got it fixed.
They are great tyres on road and great off road
You don't want mud tyres as they are far too nosy for the amout of road driving you will be doing. Also on touring you will drive around deep deep mud. After all it is not like you are on a club site day , where you can let the red mist come down and go for it , because you have serval people to tow you out . When i comes to that it is all about presevation of the car.
When you get to Aus you will find over 90% of the touring trucks run BFG AT
BTW cheapest place in the Uk for BFG is Micheldever tyres (just north of winchester) If you want a full set belive me no one cantouch them for BFG price . I was at Billing and went to the BFG tent and they told me they could sell me one tyre not fitted for £110 . I told them that Micheldever tyres could do it for $85 fitted.He siad i was talking crap and called over his manager to prove it to me that i was talking crap . So he said to him , That i reconed i could get this stupid price of £85 for a BFG AT . The chap said it laughing and the manager said to him Yeah thats right you can get them for them for that price at Micheldever. The salemans did not know what to do , so he just walked off