Tyre thread! Apologies in advance...

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BenRelle

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Hi all,

Looking at replacing the tired tyres that came with the Disco 2. Looking at possibles, I was looking to choose between the BF Goodrich ATs (mytyres.co.uk - Details: BF Goodrich All-Terrain T/A KO 245/70 R16 113S 8PR RWL) and the Yokohamas (mytyres.co.uk - Details: Yokohama Geolandar A/T-S 245/70 R16 107H G012, RBL, M+S marking). Given this type of tread pattern:

1) Are there any others I should be considering?
2) Are the BF Gs £40 'better' than the Yokos (considering £40 x 5 tyres = £200)
3) I did look at the 'What tyres can I fit to my disco' guide, but it says at the top that it only covers the Disco 1. Am I right in thinking that 245/70/16 will fit OK without modding arches?

Thanks for the help...

Ben
 
BenRelle said:
Hi all,

Looking at replacing the tired tyres that came with the Disco 2. Looking at possibles, I was looking to choose between the BF Goodrich ATs (mytyres.co.uk - Details: BF Goodrich All-Terrain T/A KO 245/70 R16 113S 8PR RWL) and the Yokohamas (mytyres.co.uk - Details: Yokohama Geolandar A/T-S 245/70 R16 107H G012, RBL, M+S marking). Given this type of tread pattern:

1) Are there any others I should be considering?
2) Are the BF Gs £40 'better' than the Yokos (considering £40 x 5 tyres = £200)
3) I did look at the 'What tyres can I fit to my disco' guide, but it says at the top that it only covers the Disco 1. Am I right in thinking that 245/70/16 will fit OK without modding arches?

Thanks for the help...

Ben
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yes the bfgs are £40 better a corner!

not sure about the arch modding as i don't have a disco



have i seen you somewhere before......... maybe on a performance site for people who are practical ?
 
1. Not if you can afford 2.

2. Yes, way better.

3, No idea .. ;)

I run BFG AT's and have had no issues with them. At 25000 miles I sold the last set of four on ebay with 8mm of tread still on (rounded edges so a bit less bite off-road) for £250!!! Makes them cheaper than cheaper tyres ... and this is my third set of them ... ;)
 
BenRelle said:
Hi all,

Looking at replacing the tired tyres that came with the Disco 2. Looking at possibles, I was looking to choose between the BF Goodrich ATs (mytyres.co.uk - Details: BF Goodrich All-Terrain T/A KO 245/70 R16 113S 8PR RWL) and the Yokohamas (mytyres.co.uk - Details: Yokohama Geolandar A/T-S 245/70 R16 107H G012, RBL, M+S marking). Given this type of tread pattern:

1) Are there any others I should be considering? YES General Grabber AT2's
2) Are the BF Gs £40 'better' than the Yokos (considering £40 x 5 tyres = £200) Dunno tbh, but they are NOT £40 a corner better than the AT2's
3) I did look at the 'What tyres can I fit to my disco' guide, but it says at the top that it only covers the Disco 1. Am I right in thinking that 245/70/16 will fit OK without modding arches? YES they will fit with NO mods needed

Thanks for the help...

Ben
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My thoughts in red.........
 
Don't have these tyres on my Disco but would love them.

Got BF's on my Ninety and on the farm vehicles and they are definitely worth their money, especially in snow.

I'd go for them every time.
 
Urban Panzer said:
My thoughts in red.........
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I concur ... been using Grabbers AT2's for a while now, very similar tread pattern to BFG's, and cheaper. I've not got stuck yet in snow/sand/mud or wet grass, and road manner's are great. The only difference is that they are a slightly softer rubber compound but the lower cost offset's the slightly lower mileage compared to the BFG's

General Grabber AT2 245/70/16
 
BFG's all the way
reasons:
they are near immortal - upwards of 50000 miles
only time they let me down was with a 2 ton trailor on a 1:1 bank with several inches of churned up welsh mud after following a J**P with MT's -bastid churned it up Id been up and down that bank all weekend
awsome in the snow - NO problems
worth every penny
 
Never seen the geolander but used at2s and bfg.Bfg seemed to get less punctures, maybe it as luck though cos we used em on site. Wots this mean in the BFG ad? Industry-first on-/off-road assistance program -- if you get stuck, we'll send a truck.
 
goonarmy said:
Never seen the geolander but used at2s and bfg.Bfg seemed to get less punctures, maybe it as luck though cos we used em on site. Wots this mean in the BFG ad? Industry-first on-/off-road assistance program -- if you get stuck, we'll send a truck.
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Simple ... American ...
 
I have 255/70/16 BFG AT,s on my Disco 2, with no problems at all.
According to the size calculator they are 3.4 % bigger in diameter than the standard 255/65/16,s.

They are a great tyre, that fills the arch nicely.

I was going to have General,s but theres been no stock in the UK market for months now.

I must just add though, I had piece of stone through one of my BFG,s, 19 days after I put them on, and it wrote the tyre off !.
It was gutting to have to bin a tyre that had only done 450 miles !.

Camskill are doing the 255/70/16 AT,s for £ 121 inc. vat and delivery if yo have more than one.

Del
 
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