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Willie 00D2 -> All terrain tire for Disco II (9/10/2007 8:25:43 PM)

I am ready to buy a set of tires for my 2000 Discovery II. I have the stock 16" alloys that I will be using. I have read good reviews on the General AT2. I also like the BFG A/T but they are a little pricey. I want to go a little bigger 255/70/16 or 245/75/16. Has anyone had any experiance with the AT2 tire? I live on a very steep driveway and I need a good snow capable tire. My stock Bridgstone Dueler H/T barely get me up the hill in 6 inches os snow with the CDL locked.

Thank you,
Willie

  
Disco Mike -> RE: All terrain tire for Disco II (9/13/2007 2:26:59 PM)

245/75/16's work well on a stock D2 without a lift. At's, especially the BFG AT's last well are quiet and handle the snow and although they are more expensive they are better built then most of the other AT's

Willie 00D2 -> RE: All terrain tire for Disco II (9/13/2007 4:47:35 PM)

Thank you Disco Mike, I will go with the 245/75/16 BFG's.

Willie

Willie 00D2 -> RE: All terrain tire for Disco II (9/17/2007 3:32:07 PM)

I went to Costco today to look at BFG A/Ts. They said the 245/75/16 size only comes in 10 ply for heavy duty applications. He said I would get a very stiff ride. It already rides like a 2 ton truck on the 2 ply tires. He recomended the new Michelin LTX A/T 2 in the p265/70/16 size. That is 30.6 tall by 10.43 wide 7.3 sidewall. It might be a little to wide. The BFGs look like they would be better offroad. Michelins are known to get a lot of miles out of them though. Do you think your 10 ply BFGs are too stiff? It would probably help with cornering on the road with less sidewall flex.


Willie

Willie 00D2 -> RE: All terrain tire for Disco II (9/21/2007 1:07:18 PM)

I finally bought a set of 245/75/16 BFG A/Ts. Came to $850. for four tire! The stiffness is about the same as my old tires. Dry road handeling seems to be good.  What pressure should I run these at?  

Willie

Disco Mike -> RE: All terrain tire for Disco II (9/23/2007 11:31:05 AM)

You paid alot for those tires, who did you buy them from, you didn't put the 10 ply tires on did you?

Willie 00D2 -> RE: All terrain tire for Disco II (9/23/2007 6:26:56 PM)

They aer LT 245/75/R16   120/116S    load range E    3042lbs at 80 psi.  I bought them at Discount tires. The replacement warrenty was an extra $60.00


Willie

Knoxrover -> RE: All terrain tire for Disco II (10/29/2007 10:48:58 AM)

I see you all talkin about goin from a 255 to a 245...whats the advantage in that...what is the largest tire and width that can be put on a 99 D2 with stock air suspension?  ive been lookin at the General Grabber AT2 285/75/R16....that goin to be too wide?

Willie 00D2 -> RE: All terrain tire for Disco II (10/29/2007 7:40:25 PM)

Here is a good tire size calculator to give you an idea of what your getting. I am pretty happy with the 245/75/16 tires, I am not going to use this vehical for very tough offroading, just commuting, light trails and snow. You will probably need a 3 inch lift and lower gears with the 285/75/16.


http://www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCalculator.asp

Willie

rambo4 -> RE: All terrain tire for Disco II (12/4/2007 5:04:36 PM)

I have a 2001 Disco 2 and I took it into my local car shop and they said that the biggest tires I could get on them were 265/75R16 without any rubbing.

  

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