Tyres

My experience with Hankkok Z36 AT was far from good.
Quiet & smooth on the blacktop, but VERY vulnerable in the sidewalls off road.
After removing them from the vehicle & fitting to the CT, same problems!

Nav, I think the Pirelli's are mainly a road tyre which are soft on the side wall too. You could consider Toyo who probably make a 255/70R16 as I have 265/70R16 on my truck. Have only done 15,000k's on them and so far so good. A lot of tyres seem to loose their edge over the last half of their wear life and are more prone to punctures during this time.

R you happy with the Pro-Formance you got from the original tyres, If yes why change to a different brand you could get burned.

If not then maybe look at going up a size to a more well know 4WD tyre brand.

A friend has Pirelli’s AT on his Jeep Wangler has had no problems, they have about 12,000 on them at the most, my Cooper AT’s at 25,000 still look meatier and look like a more solid tyre even with the higher mileage and more abuse.

Also a Friend had 33-inch Hankook MT’s on his last Land cruiser and showed these tyres no mercy; as in Tyre pressure what’s that, now let’s go climb that sharp rocky hill!! Kind of abuse and had 0 problems. Maybe he was just lucky but.

Why not change to a slightly more common tyre like a 265/70? Maybe cheaper also.

Leroy

Hi Nav 8,

I just did the same with my ST-R.

I settled on a Dunlop AT1 tyre size 265/70/R16

Bigger tyre but heaps cheaper than standard size

Speedo is out by only a fraction, and rides well.

Hope this helps

TonyG

Just put 265/70/16 Bridgestne 694's on my STR.......Happy

Mark

Thank you all for youir comments,looks like another trip back to the dealers armed with this info and see what they have to say.
Thanks again and Regards ,,Nav8.