80 series best tyre size on 16"alloys?

Most common size on cruisers is 285/75-16,
The new MTR's are ment to be quiter, have better wear and grip wet roads better.Very differant design to the old style MTR's.First reports ive read are very good.No first hand experiance with them though.

Im using 235x85x16 Bridgestones D694 LT on my 75 series and the speedo says Im doing 111 kmh and the GPS says 112 kmh

I'm using D 694 Bridgestones on my 80 and the speedo and GPS are spot on.
This is my second set of 694's and the first ones gave me 92000 but I could have got another 10000 out of them (we were doing a big trip up north and I didn't want to risk them). Just finished a trip to the Flinders, Arkaroola, Dalhousie and across the Simpson which had everything from Gibbers to Sand Dunes and the D694's performed great.

If you are worried/concerned about legality and/or fuel consumption, why don't you just have a look at the OEM tyre placard attached to your vehicle which will give you the EXACT tyre size applicable to said vehicle.

Otherwise its whatever 'floats your boat'

If you have a manual, go larger, because 5th is a little bit revvy for the t/d.....285 is a inch taller than either of the others, and within regulations. Friends of mine got rid of their Bridgestones because they made their cars squirmish on the bituman...694 a/t i believe they were, they tried all sorts of pressures, maybe it was a batch thing, as others here dont seem to have the same experience. The MTR is an agrerssive tyre, the new pattern is just as...i would recommend Cooper at without the warreny option, or Toyo is another great tyre...
Andrew 95 t/d auto

I also have 275-70s on my 16" Sunraysias on my 80 series. I don't think you will have too many dramas finding tyres this size is most outback towns. They may not have 20 models to choose from, but you can never expect that no matter what size tyres you have. There should be more than enough models to choose from in this size at your local tyre places.

I have BFG all terrains (long trails, I believe). They have served me well so far on dirt roads, tracks etc, but nothing too extreme. At this point (about 40% tread left) I'd be happy to buy them again, but I have heard good reports about Toyos and wouldn't mind trying them out. They're not cheap though, unfortunately.

Obviously larger, heavier tyres and more aggressive patterns will all affect your fuel economy. I wouldn't want to move away from the stock overall diameter or your speedo will become inaccurate. Having a few extra choices isn't worth screwing with your speedo IMHO.

Why are you so interested in getting LT tyres? Possibly more likely to be available in remote areas? I really wouldn't be basing your tyre size/model choice on what you may or may not be able to get out in woop woop. At the end of the day if you need to throw another brand, or a 2nd hand tyre on to get you out of trouble, so be it. And knowing Murphy's Law quite well, if you purchase the most common model/size on the face of the planet or not, you can bet you bottom dollar that the mechanic at Birdsville would have just sold his last one in that size when you get there.

Anyway, that's my $0.02. Hope that helps.

Hi GN,

80 Series 1HZ Turbo Intercooled

285 75 16 LT Cooper ST's x 6

Speedo reads 95, GPS 100

So I just do 5kms under the speed limit.

Matt