The Rover-Landers of BC

I have a 1999 Series II Disco with the ACE package. It has the Goodyear tires that came with it originally (I think), tires I'm not overly impressed with.

I need to get a new set before our weather turns too ugly.

My driving needs mostly consists of Lower Mainland city/highway routes.

I occasionally head up to Whistler, especially during the winter.

What would your suggestions be...

Continental Tires - Cross Contact UHP - $200ish
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Continental Tires - 4x4 Sport Contact - $200ish
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...other options in the appropriate size are as follows...

Toyo Proxes S/T - $243
Bridgestone Dueler H/P - $283
Dunlop Grandtrek WT M2 - $289
Kumho Ecsta STX - $182
Michilen 4X4 Diamaris - $365
Michilen 4X4 Synchrone - $243
Michilen MXV4 Plus - $248
Michilen Pilot LTX - $331
Pirelli P-Zero Rosso - $315
Pirelli Scorpion STR - $258
Pirelli Scropion Zero - $259
Yokohama AVS S/T - $287
Geolandar HT-S - $192

Those prices are based on purchasing tires within Canada... I may consider purchasing from TireRack.com as some of the tires prices up here seem to be out of touch with recent exchange rates.

Is anyone on this forum?! :lol:

Oh yes, but nobody that has (or want's) 18" wheels. :D

Well, not many of us run 18â€

At this point, I think I'll stick with a decent all-round tire for the 18's as the snow driving I do is quite minimal. If I start taking more trips to Whistler on a regular basis I'll have to get a real set of M/S tires.

Yea sounds good, lets us know what your final tire choice is.

Hi

I run Toyo open country 255/65r16 on 97 disco. I have over 40,km on then. Yes their is wear, but have stood up the some real of road adventures. 14" to 22" rim sizes available.

The Proxes was not available at the time I was in the market.
This tire will be qiuet compaired to the Open Country, just from the look of the tread. The 235/70r16 XPC's were very noisy at 85,K when I changed them.

On TV there was an add about Toyo tire having walnut shells in the tread??
called Observe Studless. 14" to 17" rims only.

Stuart S

Go to Google and search on ' General Grabber AT2 ' ... lot's of sizes including 255/55 HR18 . Price ?

Gerry

Anybody have Bridgestone Alenzas?!

I've heard some good things although I can't stop thinking about the Ford Explorer Firestone fiasco.

Hi Keith,

Any reason that the BFG All Terrains aren't on your list?

Just curious :?:

Andy

I ran Geolanders on an Isuzu Trooper and now run BFG AT's on my 110. I off road the 110 more then I did the Trooper. For all around with more off roading I prefer the BFG's but the I felt the Geolanders were better on highway and definately better in the snow.

Have you looked at National tire wharehouse in Delta? I got my Geolanders from them on sale for cheaper then anywhere else, though this was a few years ago.

I've always thought Geolander's were neat since the first time I saw them, but I've gotten the impression that they aren't exactly the best tires available... any thoughts?!

I already gave my thoughts on the Geolanders, however that was the 1st year in the North American market & it seems that Yokohama have changed the tire tread pattern since then. Andy brings up a good option that you might give a second thought to & that is the BFG AT? Course i don't know if the AT's are avaliable as an 18".

BFG TA's look great... but I don't think they would be the best choice for the type of driving my wife and I undertake... unless Vancouver decides to rip up all of the asphalt in the downtown core.

:lol:

Well I finally took the plunge and bought the tires. Thankfully I'm not finally rid of the horrid standard equipment Goodyears that would yell at me on each and every trip above 20km/h.

An imminent trip up the Coquihalla on Thursday ensured my purchase...
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The Michelin 4X4 Synchrone ended up being the tire of choice.
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