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« on: August 15, 2006, 11:59:36 »
just interested to know what mileage other people are getting out of their tyres on a disco 11 with the 18 inch wheels.
mine are two years old and covered 22000 miles and still look good, they are the standard goodyear ones.
anybody?
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« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2006, 12:16:41 »
I've got 16" rims with BFG All Terrains.  I put them on about 36,000 miles ago and they're not really even half worn, despite driving through deserts on them.  I was hoping to put 265/75s on instead of my 235/85s but I think the car will be worn out before the tyres!
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« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2006, 12:43:09 »
I've got 18' rims with the original Wrangler tyres and at 64000 I think they are about due for replacement, will see what the MOT Tester says in Oct!  As far as I know only used off road for one weekend the rest of the time has been road mileage.
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« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2006, 12:58:33 »
64 000 is good. for some reason I wanted mine to wear out quickly so that I could put a set of General Grabber AT's on and justify the cost to SWMBO. looks like I will have to wait a while then :(  :(  :(
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« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2006, 13:18:45 »
Have got SWMBO to agree to Colway A/Ts, as I don't think I'll need new wheels for them when I need to change them, place near me is cheapest I've found and the owner is a Mud-Clubber so will be going there.
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« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2006, 13:24:59 »
what about trying the new Cooper ones that LROI are so keen on?
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« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2006, 23:20:28 »
just done over 26k on original wrangler tyres. - at last service still about 3mm left - so still legal but would want to change before the winter kicks in -

I didn't think the cooper st / sst tyres were available in a size to fit disco 18" rims ?

I know its probably elsewhere on the forum - but what's the alternative choices to the wranglers  :?:
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« Reply #7 on: August 16, 2006, 13:39:33 »
general grabbers a/t are the only all terrain tyres for 18 inch rims apparently
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