Tubes or tubeless?
Submitted: Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 21:31
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Boesman
Last time I've been off-road was with a 1.3L Corolla through Africa.
Anyone know the pro's/cons of driving tubeless vs tubes off-road?
I'm upgrading my 4x4 from a Corolla to a Prado and is in the process of giving painful birth to a tyre solution.
Reply By: Outnabout David (SA) - Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 21:58
Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 21:58
If I remember rightly you were talking on anoither post about 17" rims on current Prado. If this is the case i think yiu can only go tubeless as I don't think you can get tubes that size. My advice is to carry a good quality plug kit which is quick and will fix most punctures.
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Reply By: Muddy 'doe (SA) - Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 22:21
Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 22:21
Yeah, talk about a painful birth! Got to be 6 or 7 contractions, sorry, posts by now?!?
Wil be interested to know what you finally end up with. Do you have the car yet????
Cheers
Muddy
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Follow Up By: Boesman - Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 22:27
Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 22:27
After some extensive research (and I mean extensive - wouldn't surprise me if I get awarded a NOBEL prize or honorary PHD for it).
I came up with a few suitable alternatives that comly to both the legal side and the serious off-road requirements.
Will make all available soon as i've got everything for ***** poor suckers like me that bought a 4x4 only to find that the Toyota wheel engineer joined the development team after the vehicle have been released.
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Reply By: Member - Davoe (Widgiemooltha) - Wednesday, Jul 06, 2005 at 01:15
Wednesday, Jul 06, 2005 at 01:15
Taking this post on fave value it tubes vs tubeless for off road if you mean true off roading not just track work. Then there is only one choice and that is split rims tubes and crossply tyres. I recently tossed my tubed tyres as I was wrecking tyres and getting flats every trip and the difference is like chalk and cheese nothing compares for offroad and overgrown trackwork
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