landrover discovery 4 tires

You can have a hard enough time getting the 19's in a Capital city, there are only I think four brands available. General, Cooper, Pirelli's and one other I cannot remember. There is an 18" Compromotive rim available from a dealer in WA that has been specifically made for the LR4 with the V6 because it has a much larger break calliper.

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Merv

Most who buy a Discovery will not be using it for serious off roading, a few might which is a shame as the Discovery is a brilliant off roader.

Manufacturers will design to the majority..... not the minority.

The last time I had a puncture on bitumen or a good sealed road was yonks ago, yes it does happen but few and far between.

Wait until they go to a space saver!

Remember back in the 80's when I ran 15 inch tyres, they were expensive and not readily available.

6 years ago we had a new high performance sedan that came with a very specific tyre size and compound, at 12,000 kilometers we destroyed one tyre and there was only one available that they (Bridgestone) would not sell to us and 20 tyres were due into Australia in about 4 months...... went back to the dealer and they ended pulling one of a new car in storage, it cost us nearly $800 for that tyre.

It works the other way round. The vehicle manufacturer dictates a tyre size that best suits their vehicle design and the tyre manufacturers fall into line with providing the relevant sizes to get the aftersales business
Another issue is it may not be a popular size here but may well be overseas in other markets.
I know it does not help your cause here though.

Yep, bought a Rav a couple of years ago & gave no consideration to the 17" tyres. When they needed replacement were circa $350 each just for your standard Bridgestone type radial...nothing extreme. Could have knocked me over with a feather.

What goes around comes around ,model T fords had what size tires ? Since then tyre and wheel sizes decreased down to 13 inches as in early Holdens , nowadays wheel sizes are back on the increase to accommodate the ever increasing disc brake size needed to stop the vehicle ,was only a few yrs ago that people were complaining about how hard it was to source a 16 - 17 inch tyre which is nowadays extremely common ,, try buying a 13 inch nowadays ,, not easy .

I just wish one manufacturer would attempt to make a vehicle ready for the bush. Nissan has completely dropped out of the market by not offering a diesel. With Toyota, the 200 series suspension breaks too easily and the V8 engine is too big and heavy, the VJD76's V8 engine is too big and heavy (thirsty and drinks oil), Prado IFS/transmission too easily broken. Landrover Disco has ridiculous wheels, Defender issues with transmission and 2.2 L donk lacking grunt. Amarok, close to perfect but ute only when wagon is wanted. And the Unimog and H1 Hummer are too expensive!

So give me an Amarok wagon, or a VJD76 with a 3.0 L donk, or a D4 with 16"wheels and no carpets. Or a Defender with a D4 engine. How hard would it be to release an Australianised version of one of the above? At the moment everything is a huge compromise.

Allein, its not just the tyres being hard to replace - there are no tyre stores 500 km west of Alice Springs - its that 45 profile tyres are not suitable for any off bitumen driving, and 55s are nowhere near as good as 75s.

Bob

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