18 inch Alloys fitted - best off/on road tyres

I've got the 18 inch interceptor (i think) alloys fitted to my '99 Disco 2. I'm looking to do a bit more off road at club events and need some grip. I've been looking at the General AC2's as well as the BFG All Terrains. If I pop these tyres in 255/60/18 form onto the alloys, am I going to have any problems? I'm looking at spending over £500 here so I want to make the right choice. Any help appreciated.

more a question of what you can get - don't think BFG do AT's for 18" - only road tyres - 'Macadam'

General grabber AT's are similar tread patter to BFG

see this thread

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f16/disco-11-tyres-45699.html

procomp do some grate ones iv got 37 12.5 r 17 and it was a pain to get them for the 17" but found them just takes longer and costs more lol

My Dad has got the same vehicle and has just fitted a set of Colway A/T to his 18" Alloys.

Originally we swapped the alloys for 16" due to tyre sizes and off road tyre availability in 18" fitment.

Cost £260 for 5 delivered all in. Got a local tyre fitter to fit for £5 each. The grip is amazing - much better than Goodyear wranglers and Pirelli Scorpians.

Downside - just one they dont yet do in 255/60 18, so you would have to revert back to the manufacturers size of 255/55 R18.

Reagrds,

Steve

Toyo do some. Follow this link ... Toyo Tire

Fo a closer look follow this link (BIG picture) ... http://www.toyoeditor.com/images/highrez_tires/highreztires_rgb/opencountryat_hi.jpg

I am thinking of getting these myself

I've seen advertised 'winter tyres', now, without the usual culprits stating the obvious, what are they? and can they be used all year round and on roads?

Rob

they just gotta chunkier tread pattern to cope with slush and snow - yu better off with "AT" tyres.

I swapped from Scorpions to General Grabber AT2's. I love them, plenty of grip off road, but noticably NOT road tyres on road. ACE + hard cornering + AT's = totally different sensation to Scorpions

That said, I'm glad I changed them - they were a very good choice and I got 5 for the price of 4 BFG AT's.

Why not have a set of standard steel wheels and jaggy tyres for off-roading, and keep the 18 inchers for posing on tarmac?

Those very low profile tyres give Discos a rough harsh ride, and eventually it will knock seven bells out of everything else. Remember, your TYRES are your first SHOCK ABSORBERS, followed by the springs. If you use hard running tyres then from the wheel-bearings inwards, every part of the suspension will get battered that bit harder. I bet LandRover knew that when they chose the tyres sizes for Discoverys.

The hydraulic dampers only stop the car oscillating up and down on bumps - hence DAMPERS. They do NOT absorb SHOCKS. Indeed, on 'first bump' they make bumps worse!

We used to be able to get dampers (from Monro I think) for our rallying Minis, which were "easy down and stiff up", and on bumpy surfaces at speed they pumped the car up a couple of inches. I don't think any of mus go fast enough on the ruff-stuff to make that a viable idea.

CharlesY

I have a set of four genuine LR steel wheels fitted with Colway Mud Terrains for plenty of grip, with LR hub caps and the 5 stud pattern to fit a DiscoII or P38 Rangie. I dont use them since I went to the AT's, If you're interested gimme a shout..?

CharlesY said:

Why not have a set of standard steel wheels and jaggy tyres for off-roading, and keep the 18 inchers for posing on tarmac?

Those very low profile tyres give Discos a rough harsh ride, and eventually it will knock seven bells out of everything else

CharlesY

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the 18" ones are not low profile - just bigger overall diameter - raises the overall height of the disco by 2" compared to 16" ones (see mine below - 255/55/18 goodyear wrangler HP)


the 20" ones are the low profile posing ones - like these