FollowupID: 468301 Submitted:
Sunday, Dec 03, 2006 at 17:38
Gerhardp1 posted:
Hi Barry,
Yes, you will need 245/75 to get LT.
I'm using Pirelli Scorpion A/T which are pretty good on everything.
For sand running the pressure needs to be below 25psi, on gravel/rock outback roads 32psi is good, and on bitumen 40psi is good. In mud they would be pretty useless.
I thought about getting some steel jack wheels from the wrecker, but they wanted an insane price so I elected to put the LTs on the mags.
Anything you put on will make the Jack exponentially safer on wet roads than with the grandtreks, which get harder and harder and almost can't be worn out. My originals did 85000 with no appreciable wear from 70,000 onwards, but it was a handful in the wet !
I would suggest putting new rear springs in at the very least if you plan to load the car up and go on any tracks with humps in the centre. It only costs $220 for this (it's a dead easy job to fit them, remove the bottom shocker nut, jack up under the towbar, old springs fall out, jack up a bit more and slip new ones in, lower jack, do up shockers) and will allow you to raise the front by an inch. This will prevent you from scraping your exhaust/transfer case bash plate on every stone. The OEM springs are only adequate at best and at 80,000 will have lost a lot of their strength.
When I replaced mine I swore at myself for delaying it as the car was so much better after. Gone was the banging on every rock in the high country and gone was the stress of hitting a rock with the sump.
