fraz91 wrote:fraz91 wrote:What Size? 265/70 R17
Brand? BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A
Style? LT, Aggressive AT
Handle on Road? (Grip/noise) Arguably quieter than the stock duellers. grip is fantastic, just have to find what the best pressure is for them (currently running 40psi all round, and the tyre is a little too rounded for my liking)
Handle off road? For an AT tyre they're fantastic. couple of friends have the Coopers ATR's and the BFG makes mince-meat out of the ATR.
Wear & Tear? Have only done about 1000kms so far, but the nipples are still all there, so can't complain about them. That being said, a friend's dad got 120,000kms out of a set on a '00 100series. drove around Aus. about 5 or 6 times with them, and still uses two of them as the spares.
Would you buy again? They are pricey (cheapest i could find was $330/tyre) but if they last as long as those on the 100series then i'll definitely consider them. Also depends on whether or not I decide i want a more aggressive style (MT/Crawler) or not.
Well, after 98,000kms I've retired the BFG's. All four tyres were still perfectly legal, with the worst about 2mm off needing replacement. I've kept the best two (5mm and 4mm) as spares in case something happens to the new tyres.
The biggest issue with these (that I found anyway) is how quickly they harden. For the first 20,000kms they're great, grip extremely well in all conditions. After that though, driving in the wet is like driving on ice half the time. It's not fun when you don't know whether you'll be able to turn or not, although they never let me down when I needed to stop in a hurry. They took me most places the guys with muddies would go, and in that time only had 1 puncture and 1 sidewall go bang.
Would I buy them again? Maybe. If I was constantly on dirt roads then yes, but driving on bitumen most of the time makes them a little undesirable.
So for those of us with an MN we are snookered? Unless we can get approval from MMA. Has anyone tried this? I was thinking with the amount of MN's running about with 265's quite safely you would think it wouldn't be too hard to get approval. Although then I supposed it comes down to liability in an accident without millions being put into development and testing4wd26 wrote:Except where vehicle is fitted with esc.
Then you have to get approval from the manufacture that any changes within the code will NOT disrupt the operation of the vehicle safety systems
lachiem wrote:Cool is that the MT or AT?
bubba379 wrote:I have recently bought a set of Goodyear Wranger MTR's 285/75/16
i have taken them off road a few times not yet had to lower pressures and i'm quite happy with them, perform well on dirt, rocky country and mud, only been stuck once but was sloshy as all hell, mates 79 with 33 mickeys also got stuck.
overall for price and performance i love them.
Tex wrote:Tex wrote:Size: 245/70/16 LT
Brand: Bridgestone D694
Style: A/T
Handle on road: Better than the bald HT's they replaced
Handle off Road: Yet to test them
Wear & Tear: Too new
Price: $265.00
Does Spare fit Y/N: Yes
Overall Diameter:
After 53,000 km I am about to get rid of these. They still have a couple of mm tread left. Looks like ill replace them with the newer version D697, unless I can find a more aggressive tread for reasonable $
VERY happy with their performance, hopefully the 697's live up to the marketing and are even better.
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