Slammin posted:

I do agree that the 205's are v. practical and really haven't had any prob's except for in real soft sand and having to virtually deflate most of the tyre.
I'm looking at the Coopers simply because of the number and quality of the plys, particularly side wall.
I live in the desert so I can see the sense of a bit more rubber but as I said I've never come across this combo b4, from what I've been told the 225's are meant for a 6' rim, so I thought I'd see what other users thought.
As to ST's I'm looking at the AT as it is less agresive and will dig in the sand less, mind you I found the Dunlop Road Grippers more to be Sand Diggers. They are good in mud etc.
Anyway I'll post about how they do go if I get them.

Thanx

Squid posted:

Hi Anthony,

What do you find is the biggest difference with the BFG's? Is it a more comfortable ride, better off road, better durability?

Anthony (Vic) posted:

Hi Squid,

It could be as simple as more rubber (205 vs 225) on the road/dirt, equals better grip.

The problem I found with the Dunlop's is that with a bit of tread wear the Dunlop's quickly lost their grip in the wet, on and off road. I think the BFG's are at least as durable as the Dunlop's but I'm yet to find how the BFG's perform when low on tread (still have about 70% tread left).

Before the BFG's I also tried Toyo's, which I found to have a much softer wall and tread. They didn't wear as well as the Dunlop's.

Overall, I think the BFG's have a better tread patten and appear to be wearing at least as well as the Dunlop's. Both the BFG's & Dunlop's have a firmer wall, which I prefer.

On the question of comfort, the best thing I did was the relace the leaf springs etc with an ARB OME suspension kit.

Slammin posted:

Just to note I only just got 30 000 out of the road grippers, I wasn't very impressed. How far have the BFG's gone?

Anthony posted:

Only 30,000 from your Dunlop's - I got about 60,000 out of the original road grippers on my '92 2.8D twin cab. So far I done about 18,000 on the BFG's, which I think are wearing at about the same rate as the Dunlop's. I'm on my 4th set of tyres and have done 175,000kms total since I bought the Hilux (current set has about 70% tread left).