Tyres for 3.0lt Patrol

Go the 285/75 16. My bro in law has them on his and couldn't be happier. You also get a bit more height. He doesnt feel they have affected the low down torque either.

Leroy

flatdog, i would be worried about changing from 70series to 75. the difference is nothing really. you wont even notice it. the difference between them can be ajusted with tyre pressure they're that close. go the 285 or 295. the down low torque will hardly be affected. i have the 295's on mine and they are perfect in my opinion

Be careful going up a couple of sizes on standard as you could find your insurance void. Usually one size up is the limit on later model vehicles (I think the limit allowed is maximum of 15mm in diameter.) 275/70 x 16 would still be legal. I've also heard of balancing problems on the taller (75 aspect) BFGs especially on Patrols which seem to be susceptable to balancing issues.
Good luck.

I have 285/75 Cooper ST's on my 3.0TD GU Patrol. I also tow a 1.6T offroad van. Very happy with the tyres, but at say 1000rpm there is a lack of power taking off uphill with the van on.

But, the tyre size makes only a 7% difference in gearing, not enough to make up for the low engine power at those low revs. Need a dtronic to make a notable improvement at those revs - Santa forgot mine this year :(

As for legality, the Ti came out with 275/70R16 so my understanding is that the 285's are legal here in WA. But would do it anyway!!! The gains offroad of the 33" (285/75) tyre compared to the standard 31" (265/70) are huge. But if only onroad, then no real advantage of a bigger tyre.

Cheers

Mark

Flatdog,
I fitted 265/75 BGF to my patrol, to date no noticable problems. One thing I have noticed is my speedo is now more accurate as the nissan speedo's are generally 4% below true pace. I have checked this with GPS and stopwatch over the measurerd KM's on the NSW F3 feeeway.

Good luck

Hi Flatdog,
I put the larger tyre on my '01 3l Patrol a few years ago. There was a noticable difference in town taking off. But out on the road and in the scrub in heavy grunt country there didn't seem to be a problem. I will probably put them on again if I can ever get over the problems with engine warning lights and loss of power on the '03 Patrol I have now.
Cheers
Jonesy

Flatdog

For what its worth.....

I have just finished a 3 month trip around the country in my GU 3.0 2002 Manual.

I towed a van.....around 1500kg most of the way.

Prior to leaving I put Cooper 265/75 in the LT 8ply on the car, replacing the crappy Bridgestone 265/70's.

My experience was that the car had a noticable drop in low down power...off the mark, and towing was made more difficult because of it. Economy also suffered.

Not the sought of thing you notice as you drive away from the tyre shop, but after a bit of stop start stuff in traffic conditions, I found myself slipping the clutch more than before.

After getting half way around the country I actually looked at putting the 70's back on in Townsville but stood to loose to much on the Coopers. Nothing wrong with the coopers, they performed very well with excellent wear, hardly look like they have touched road.

I did Fraser Island and can say the bigger tyre on the sand was fantastic. I did the whole place at 24 pound in some extremely soft stuff......she cruised through it.

If you have an auto it would be a different story.....the torque converter would take up the difference without you knowing, I would guess.

cheers