Good tyres for 3.0 D4D S/C

pompy · Post by **pompy** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:51 pm

Guys,

I have recently fittted 4 new Bridgestone Deuler A/T 31x10,5 R15 LT's on my Raider. The original Bridgestone Deuler HT's withstood 73 000kms of abuse and would have made it to 80k kms. The new tyres are great - slightly more road noise though, but no wine. Also makes the Raider suck even more juice - I now get @ 570kms on a tank instead of 650kms... quite a difference. BUT, it has to be said that these 31X10,5's are massive and look good on the Lux - fills up them wheel arches nicely and looks beefy. I have now covered 7 000kms with them over the last 3 weeks and I will fit them again. Off road handling is fantastic and is much softer - it actually feels like a different front suspension alltogether. Did some wet muddy roads this weekend at high speed - excellent! Onroad is also much more comfortable and Grip is also great.

Now I just need to give that front-end a lift...

pompy · Post by **pompy** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 6:15 pm

Post by **Family_Dog** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:54 pm

Good to know that - I have just fitted a set to White Fang!! I have only done about 100km though, so can't comment any further, but they do look great

-F_D

pompy · Post by **pompy** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:40 pm

White Fang... I like the name.
I call mine Silverado...

Maverick131 · Post by **Maverick131** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 9:47 am

Thank you for this post. A lot of people write of the Bridgestone Dueler H/T tyres, saying that they will not do more than 50,000km. But 73,000, wow, that is great!

Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 9:53 am

The AT = the D694's?

A very good tyre in my opinion.

Maverick131 · Post by **Maverick131** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:01 am

Good to know, thanks!

How do I search for topics on different tyres, their advantages and disadvantages in this forum. Simply typing in "tyres" in search bar on bottom of page didn't work....

Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:27 am

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OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:32 am

Maverick131 wrote:Good to know, thanks!

How do I search for topics on different tyres, their advantages and disadvantages in this forum. Simply typing in "tyres" in search bar on bottom of page didn't work....

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Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:39 am

Ek dink nie jy het meer as D694's nodig op 'n 4x2 nie.

Maverick131 · Post by **Maverick131** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:51 am

OOOOMS wrote:
Maverick131 wrote:Good to know, thanks!

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Mmm, moes hom seker ook probeer het né. Dankie in elk geval, nou weet ek.

Maverick131 · Post by **Maverick131** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:57 am

Traveler wrote:Ek dink nie jy het meer as D694's nodig op 'n 4x2 nie.

Ek stem saam jou, maar ek gaan nie vir altyd die 4x2 hê nie. Hou maar net daarvan om op te lees oor die verskillende bande en opinies. Gee weer daai inligting deur aan my pa, hy het 4x4 Hilux, maar kan nie 'n rekenaar gebruik om sy Hilux te red nie. Ook my pelle wat ek op die Hilux band wagon gekry het vra raad.

Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 11:20 am

Kry bietjie vir jou die huidige uitgawe van SA4X4. Great info op bande. Verlede maand was oor AT's, hierdie maand is MT's.

Maverick131 · Post by **Maverick131** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 11:22 am

Sal sommer vandag. Dankie Heinrich!

Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 11:38 am

Maverick131 wrote:Sal sommer vandag. Dankie Heinrich!

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OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 1:00 pm

Sien nogal uit na die weergawe

Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 2:11 pm

OOOOMS wrote:Sien nogal uit na die weergawe

Ongelukkig het ek hom reeds deurgelees. Het die rooi Arctic Trucks Hilux voor op.

pompy · Post by **pompy** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 12:00 pm

These tyres ( the 31x10.5x15's) lasted me 76 000kms - and were good for another 5 000kms. Had I not rotated, it would have been a diff story.
However, I became gatvol of these tyres as they are in fact too big and heavy IMO. And the more they wore, the more they wined.
I eventually realised these high profilers made the rims look even smaller in diameter - ie, a donut.

At 148 000kms I fitted the same A/T - BUT, in 265/70/15. Now this is a much better tyre IMO, as it is still nice and wide but the ruts in the road don't grab them due to the rounded edges of the tyres. Also very quite compared to the oversized version. They also fill the wheel arches nicely.
This time around I decided not to rotate because each time I have that done the damn vehicle pulls to the left - and no matter how you set wheel alignment - it keeps pulling left. This has happenned to me with many diff vehicles, and with the current set of tyres I decided that I will replace 2 at a time as needed - and never put backs on front again.
Consequently, with these tyres after 37 000kms (total vehicle mileage 185 000kms), the rears have at most another 5 000kms in them - while the fronts have another 40k kms in them.
And I will stick to this size in Dueler.

Hierdie 3 liters vreet agter bande!

Maverick131 · Post by **Maverick131** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 3:44 pm

So a "taller" sidewall is no good in your oppinion - if you prefer 265/70 R15 vs 265/75 R15. How big a difference does the tread (section width) width make - ex 255 vs 265?

Maverick131 · Post by **Maverick131** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 3:48 pm

pompy wrote:Hierdie 3 liters vreet agter bande!

Ek vermoed 'n swaer regtervoet het iets daarmee te doen...

pompy · Post by **pompy** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 10:24 am

Sorry Maverick... haven't checked this forum in a while.

The diff from 255 to 265, to me, is purely aesthetic. As it is, those 15 inchers with the std Dueler HT's, look a bit lost in them huge wheel arches. The 265/70/15 looks great. Also, I couldn't find any other brand in that size.
I've just fitted 2 new to the front and moved the fronts to back - they should give me another 25k kms.
I feel the higher profile of the 31x10,5 is a bit overboard - in my application, anyways.

En ja, ek het a swaar regterpoot!

Maverick131 · Post by **Maverick131** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 10:50 am

Dankie pompy, ek oorweeg ook die Dueler AT's sterk. Effe van 'n "agressive" look. Die Mitchelin en Pirelli Scorpion my ander opsies, maar lyk nie so nice nie en sien ook nie die 265/70 size nie... Die bietjie groter band nie 'n invloed gehad op jou gear ratios of iets nie...?

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