tyres for 92 gq

JT2's, Boggers, Claws, Xterrains, Maxxis new Mudzilla, none have lateral grip (sides on a side slope) ALL these $$$$ LOTS EG 33 Claw = $400 35 $450 Also none are road legal, and if you go to 35 you need engineers cert to be legal, also need it for the 33s :)

Centipedes, or Swampers are your best bet. $300-400

Or for road, coopers STTs or MTR's are more aggressive than BFG MTs. $300 FOR 35 MTR's

Lots more cost and tire than BFGs all of them, but ALL of them are a better tire I think..

If your in East Vic/Melbourne, call Hayden of Alpine Offroad for any of them.
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I considered the ProComp Xterrain in a smaller size (33) as it is supposedly a good off road tyre and very quiet on the highway. I wanted a reasonably capable offroad tyre because thats what I bought my GQ/Mav for.

However the Xterrain is a directional tyre (which allows them to design a reasonably quiet yet aggressive tread pattern), but the spare tyre becomes a problem because there is a good chance it will be on the spare in the opposite direction to what you need.

It may not matter that much for a short time, but I didn't want the hassles of worring about tyre direction and having to deal with flipping them over to point the right way. I have heard some people keep a different tyre (ie non-directional) for the spare, but that means you can't rotate your spare with your tyres. I also remember reading somewhere that is illegal to run directional and non directional tyres at the same time.

[Truckster] I am not sure that Xterrains are illegal on the road as your previous post implied. I spoke with the importer and he made no mention of them _not_ being legal on the road and was praising their quiteness on the road....

It took a lot of research before I made my mind up and in the end I went for the Goodyear MT/R's.... time will tell I guess.

good luck.

Mark,

My pick, if I was soley driving off road, would be the Simex Extreme Trekker Centipede's. Heaps of grip in mud and the rock's, and will hold you tight on a sidey.

Be warned, though, they will drive like crap on road, so if you are going to be spending a little time on the blacktop, maybe look at the Mickey Thompson Baja Claw. Doesn't have the s/s grip, but is slightly better in the mud, but not as good in the rocks as the 'peedes.

In Qld, you can run up to a 34 inch diameter tyre on a GQ, but I don't know about the width.

Geez, mate, I am jellous of ya, gettin to spend so much time off road!!

Tristjo.