17" Tyres Advice for Otback application

re the rig pic. I understand the fj cruiser is a soft roader in a retro body and is as much of a 4wd as the chrysler pt cruiser is a hot rod

Yes thanks Davoe!

The rig pic is actually my Prado hitting some mud on the Oodnadatta Track but for some rason I can't update the text on my profile. I have tried numerous times but it won't save.

I used the FJ pic a while ago as it did LOOK good but I doubt I would be buying one.

I emailed the managers about my profile but it did not get fixed.

Cheers
Muddy

Dear 'Mr Doe'

Could you please tell us ordinary punters how many 'takes' it took to get the mud 'rooster tails' just right for the rig pick.

AND don't even suggest once, because no one will believe you.

Also, who was the 'coota' working the camera.

Hiya Lucy!

At the risk of hijacking this thread, let me tell you about it.

It had been raining the week before we left and we were a bit apprehensive about what conditon we would find the track to be in. Our fears were groundless as by the time we did the track it was in beautiful condition. Smooth as could be expected apart from the sharp stones (which the ATR's handled no worries) with very little water lying around.

There was quite a bit of surface water beside the track on the flatter parts but the track itself was just that tiny bit moist enough to keep the dust down. Great travelling.

Of course there are always going to be a couple of boggy stretches and we found this one about 100km south of William Creek. We had been going around most of them not wanting to do any more damage to track than required but sometimes you just have to go straight up the guts! A new rig pic was certainly the goal of the exercise.

The others (Brew and Pesty) went through and set up cameras and then I was on. I hit that sucker from a good 500m run-up at about 80 kmph and the mud certainly did fly! It WAS the only take. Pesty and Brew both had the cameras out and Pesty did just brilliantly to get the shot. I now have that shot as my wallpaper on the work computer so that I can look at it through the day to get me to 5pm.

Luckily we hit some heavy rain on the way back into Adelaide which blasted most of the mud out of the undercarriage saving me a huge job. Still took a couple of hours to get it looking respectable again!

Glad you like the pic

Cheers
Muddy

I have 120 series Prado (current shape) and it comes with Dunlop Grand Trek P265/65R17 highyway tyres. Useless for anything but bitumen.

The LT265/70R17 is an increase of 21mm in overall diameter by the maths calulations. You are only supposed to increase by up to 15mm but this seemed to have been covered under Aust Design Rule 23 or 24 which ceased to have effect on July 1 last year. So far I have not found any rule or legislation that replaces this so as far as I know I am legal. If anyone knows different I am all ears!

In any case I only went this way because the Coopers were only available in 70 series profile. The new ATR is available in a LT265/65R17 size to suit the Prado although I am unsure on availability.

Cheers
Muddy