New to site and want new tyres any help?

[Sausage]

Hi

Just new to the site ive got a 95 Surf and want to new tyres and wondering what will fit? some have said 31 are the biggest and others have said sone 32's fit looking for some 60/40 mud/road. I have slightly bigger springs in the back and the torsion bars have been wound up to so not sure if this helps in the tyre size department. I currently have a set of 31 GT Radial Savero AT Plus, just not quite enough traction in the mud. and they look a little small in the wheel archs.

Any help would be great.

[UBZ]

Hi there , welcome to the site.
Where abuts are you from in NZ, may be someone local who can help you out.

a true 32" tyre will fit with a 2 inch suspension lift and wound front torsions.
May need to massage the lip of the firewall at the rear of the front guard for a little extra clearance.

Tyre choice really depends on how much you want to spend.
id recommend BFG's ,awesome tyre - but expensive.
the KL71's are getting good reviews as well. - and much better priced.

Would definitely recommend steel rims and tractor tubes as well.

be warned, not all tyres are actually the size that is printed on them. some are bigger , some are smaller. so test fit for clearance.

hope this helps

C.

[tallsam66]

Ive just put Kuhmo 32/11.5 x 15 KL71's on 15x8 rims onto my hilux.
Ive tweaked the tortion bars....2" spring lift at back & 2" body lift.

They are great tyres....cant fault them on or off road.

[motorhead]

Just bought Mudstars 32x11.5x15s, So far great on wet roads, quite and so far seem to do the trick off road.

[Sausage]

hey thanks guys. im from chch so anyone down this way can help great, all this is helping ive found a guy with 32' tyres on his truck Brridgestone Deuler AT, so gonna try them on my truck today hopefuly and go full lock back and forward a few times see what happens, is there anything else i should check?

Thanks again

[LIFTED]

Hope you are only trying the Bridgstone Dueler A/T for size only.
Great tyre for on road A++++,no noise at all but these are more like 70/30 not 40/60.I had new Dueler A/T's on 4x4 good for highway,road and gravel not much more! Got stuck in places my car would go! Keep in mind what the manifucture recomends for your wife's shopping trolly as M/T is often more like A/T for those that drive in all types of sticky spots.Check out tread in the shop before you buy or order.As a dealer of tyres customers are often surprised to see the $1200 A/T tyres dont look much more agressive than the tyres on their family s/w.

[UBZ]

make sure you measure the tyre when it is on the truck for true size.
You really want to drive up a little bank at full lock and then down a bank at full lock to compress the front suspension fully to check for rub.

I have no issues with lock left to right running 33x12.5 .I still get a little rubbing on compassion on the firewall lip, drivers side , but only under serve compression. running a 2inch body lift and flat torsions in front.

[Jerry]

What about some 20" Chromies


Sorry just saw this on TM
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 022095.htm

[Sausage]

whats sort of milage is 'normal' for a set of 33 mud tyres, they will be used as all day every day tyres so drive around town mon-fri then out and about on some weekends but do a fair bit of open road driving so am i looking at like 20k or 50k or what.

thanks

[Jerry]

Robo can do Tyres at a good price

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/marketplace?tid=78

[Sausage]

yeah thanks just sent him an email