Mud+Snow wheels and tyres for a P38

brisca943 · Nov 27, 2010

Well its that time again!!.

I am looking for some winter wheels and tyres for a P38.

Not too bothered what they look like just to get the other half to work in the snow.

Do the defender steel wheels fit a P38? if not what type do?

Can anybody help or have any for sale?

Thanks

Dewin · Nov 27, 2010

Dunno about wheels, but get yourself some AT's. I've run general Grabber AT2's for the past two winters, they ain't let me down yet.

P38_Ireland · Nov 28, 2010

Dewin said:
Dunno about wheels, but get yourself some AT's. I've run general Grabber AT2's for the past two winters, they ain't let me down yet.

I second that motion, i am in my 1st cold snap with the grabbers and there the mutz nutz. i just drove home through ice and snow and barely even felt a slip or a slide. i also have them on a few months and there great in the summer as well as winter. i bought mine from camskill they were the cheapest i could find.

here's the link.

GENERAL TYRES / 4X4 / GENERAL GRABBER AT2 AT 2 - 255/55R18 109H XL TL :: £124.00 :: 4x4 Tyres - SUV Tyres - All Terrain Tyres - Off Road Tyres - 18" :: R18" - 255/55/18, 255/55 R 18 ::

just noticed there out of stock in 18's!! there's a shocker!!

Happy Pappy · Nov 28, 2010

As above. The Grabber AT2s have been superb in the wet and the mud and did a very decent job today on some seriously slippery tracks.

However, I've just been posting in the Disco forum funnily enough as this is the first time I've had a chance to test both vehicles on ice and snow. My Disco 4 has the standard P Zeros and my P38 has Grabber AT2s. Although the Rangey did a very admirable job, there was no comparison when it came to the Disco over exactly the same tracks. It was like a mountain goat with crampons. Even when trying quite hard to make it lose grip it just held in there. Gob smacking. I'd love to put some really good rubber on the Disco one day. The combination of clever electrickery and some serious tyres would be I reckon make it unstoppable.

bustersbus · Nov 28, 2010

As ah've said afore, the General Grabber AT2's are brilliant! Had no probs at all with the snow etc. Had to pull a couple o' me neighbours up the driveway last year and also some stranded motorists on my way home (up some hills) with no problems at all.
Ah reckon as long as they still make them, ah'll stick by them (just stuck a couple o' new ones on yesterday)

Datatek · Nov 28, 2010

Others on here have recomended Vredstein.

gtland · Nov 28, 2010

Nothing to add about tyre choice, but a quick word for any new drivers, or new Landy drivers: four wheel drives are better in the snow than 2 wheel drives especially if fitted with winter tyres/snow-chains or whatever, but they ain`t "Harry Potter Magic"!
Just make sure you do drive slower, and even if you do manage to get up a steep slippery hill, remember you gotta get down the other side, and a bit of forward planning is easier to do than recovery from a ditch or filling in an insurance claim form. Not trying to be a wet-blanket but some people (newer ones to this site) do seem to have overly high expectations.

lowfat · Nov 28, 2010

Yes .... If in doubt go slow or not at all..... :rolly:

Davie F · Nov 28, 2010

yeah back that up its not the going up hills or going round corners thats the problem, its stopping a couple of tons going downhill that you need to be extra carefull with. Up at the Lecht today, it was closed (drifting snow)but the Rangie was great.
Cheers
Davie

P38_Ireland · Nov 29, 2010

well just had to go get 2 bales of silage for the sheep (its my 1st year farming) and there 2 tonne and a 1.5 tonne ifor williams plant trailer up a 30 degree hill in ice and snow,

i might as well have been driving on fresh tarmac, granted in was in low range but there wanent even a hint of slipping. these tyres are awesome.........!

Davie F · Dec 1, 2010

Eventually got my wheel nuts and rings for my Disco 3 wheels, they have a new set of Cooper Discoveror ATR Tyres, must say they are great in the white stuff and we have plenty of the damn stuff here, much impressed and they fill the wheel arch better as they are 17 x 235 x 70 instead of the 18 x 255 x 55s that were on but the 18s will go back on with new road bias boots in the spring.
Running 30 psi front and 36 psi rear
Davie
P38 2.5 DT auto

sandyt · Dec 1, 2010

Anybody looked at these Marix ecology - Prodotti - 4 x 4 - Gamma prodotti - PANTHER

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