Freelander 2 tyres

Hi everyone

I imagine somewhere this may of been covered and have managed to find some information on previous threads but I'm looking at replacing my current tyres on my freelander 2 for some all terrain but I'm torn between the bfg ko2 at or the gg at3?

I was wondering if anyone has experience with either of the tyres, ill be doing 75% road and the rest off but I'll need grip in muddy conditions when out with the livestock

I'm also looking at adding some 25mm spacers and a lift kit to help get over those annoying divets.

Has anyone herd of the lift kits supplied by Muddy Mods, its 40mm at the front and 50mm at the back.

Thank you in advance

I've run both, although not on a Freelander. The BFG are noisy and crap in the wet. The GG AT are better in the wet, but still noisy.

My preference is for Yokohama Geolander AT 015, which grip just as well as the above off road, are winter rated, and are far superior on road. I can't see the point in compromising on road behaviour, if only 25% of the driving is off road.

Personally I'd avoid spacers, especially as insurance companies don't like them.

We know Warren of Muddy Mods, so if that's what he supplies, then it'll be correct. He tests all his stuff on his own vehicles, so knows what he's doing.


However knowing how fragile the AWD system is on the FL2, I'd make sure all drive components are serviced (Haldex, rear diff, PTU and gearbox), and limit off road stuff too.

Thank you for yo

Nodge68 said:

I've run both, although not on a Freelander. The BFG are noisy and crap in the wet. The GG AT are better in the wet, but still noisy.

My preference is for Yokohama Geolander AT 015, which grip just as well as the above off road, are winter rated, and are far superior on road. I can't see the point in compromising on road behaviour, if only 25% of the driving is off road.

Personally I'd avoid spacers, especially as insurance companies don't like them.

We know Warren of Muddy Mods, so if that's what he supplies, then it'll be correct. He tests all his stuff on his own vehicles, so knows what he's doing.


However knowing how fragile the AWD system is on the FL2, I'd make sure all drive components are serviced (Haldex, rear diff, PTU and gearbox), and limit off road stuff too.

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Thanks for the feedback, I agree there isn't much point in loosing road rating just for little bits off off road. Never thought of those tyres tbh.

When you say about limit off roading, do you mean serious off roading as when I mention it all I'm mean is going into feilds dropping hay bails to livestock and moving beehives, going up farm tracks and some ruts etc, Obviously in the winter it can be a little muddy so need that extra bit of grip.

The only reason I've thought about lift kit is due to it bottoming out now again with some of the left over tractor tracks

Shore968 said:

I agree there isn't much point in loosing road rating just for little bits off off road. Never thought of those tyres tbh.

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The Yokohama AT 015 are really good, but only available in a limited number of sizes, but the 17" FL2 size is available.

Shore968 said:

When you say about limit off roading, do you mean serious off roading as when I mention it all I'm mean is going into feilds dropping hay bails to livestock and moving beehives, going up farm tracks and some ruts etc, Obviously in the winter it can be a little muddy so need that extra bit of grip.

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It's OK for green lane type stuff, but the AWD system isn't designed to be super strong, like it is in the larger Discovery for instance, remember the FL2 is just a Volvo XC70 in an LR body.
The FL2 also has silly long service intervals for the AWD components, which simply results in the components failing before their time. Off road usage will increase the AWD system wear rate, requiring more frequent fluid changes.

Shore968 said:

The only reason I've thought about lift kit is due to it bottoming out now again with some of the left over tractor tracks

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A lift kit will help, but if its bottoming out regularly, then you'll need to get the underside protection stuff, as it's not really designed to be used in situations, where it can bottom out, especially the fuel tank, which is really very vulnerable and exposed.