Which A/T Tyres???

[troyster]

This question has probably been asked a thousand times....

I want some A/T for the KJ. I do a bit of offroading. Some in the mud, some in the rocks, some on the bitumen. Tyres have to be reasonably quiet as it is my wifes daily driver.

All the manufacturers claim to have quiet tyres with excellent grip. What I am after is some real life experience.

Tyres I am looking at are:
Cooper A/T (S/T too noisy I fear and are unavailable in 245/70/16)
Pirelli Scorpian A/T
Bridgestone Duelers A/T
Goodyear ATR
BFG AT (not so good in the wet and a mongrel to balance or maintain balance)

The original Goodyear Wrangler S4 do get bagged a bit but I and others who have seen them in action have been surprised with the punishment that they have taken over the rocks. In mud, not so good but hey what do you expect from the OE tyres.

Any feedback most welcome

[Dave'n'Wen]

BFG AT (not so good in the wet and a mongrel to balance or maintain balance)


Not had a problem with these. I have 31" tyres and they do there fair bit of off road and well as daily driving. They are a little noisy but do the job for the money.

[80LIX]

Ive got Cooper ST, sounds pretty much the same as the BF AT, Only done about 10000 on them so dont know how long theyll last.

[Gojeep]

I have never had a bit of trouble in the last 20 years of using BFG AT's!!!
The only trouble I even heard from others were the ones that were made in Japan instead of the USA. So check that out first as I could not be happier and will buy them again as have used plently of others that did not measure up as well.

[Grant]

I have been running Cooper S/T's for years and at roughly 80 k's they are a bit noisy, but with windows up and radio on cannot hear them.
I have done 60,000 (guaranteed for at least 80,000) on my current set and still got miles of tread left, and they handle in the wet extremely well.
I currently run 245*75*15

[salesguy]

I have used the Pirelli, BFG and ATR.

All 'round, hard to beat ATR. Won't use BFG again unless they come up with something entirely new - no better than SRA in dirt ( don't know about puntures, though ) and rubbish on blacktop. Pirelli seems very expensive and no better than OE S4s or SRAs.

Everybody tells me Coopers are great but haven't tried them yet.

[XJ diesel]

Have used BFG's all terrain A/T. 55,000klms and still good tread. Never had a puncture, been to Cape and back amongst other places. Found them to be a tyre I could have confidence with, the only downside which may apply to others is road noise while daily driving. The road noise is not a big enough worry to cause me not to buy them again or not to recommend them. BFG's are great !!

[jtctlc]

I have recently put Cooper AT on my XJ (Standard rims and tire sizes). In the short time that I have had them on I am more than pleased with their on road performance. Quiet on road as well.
Haven't had them off road so I cant comment on that aspect.

Cheers

jtc

[Wooders]

Just fitted a set of 30x9.5 BFG A/T's to the missus XJ.....
My second choice would have been the Cooper S/T - but price just wasn't as sharp as the BFG....Since fitting we've done about 2000km and loads of dirt roads & often towing trailers etc.....So far I can not fault this tyre & I'm extremely happy with this selection.
I've perviously had Yokohamas - and would NEVER run them again on a 4x4.....
Perrelli - only observed them in action - but watched carefully a few times - far from impressed when offroad.
Wrangler - IMHO the ONLY decent wrangler tyre is the MT/R - the rest are really just H/T's and I would not buy them...
Just my 2¢.....HTH...

[MasterJeep]

I too fitted 30x9.5 BFG A/T's and am extremely happy. Have done just over 3500 kms and they still look and drive great.

Had them off road and have performed better than the Mud tyres I had on last.

A bit noisy on the road, but nothing to complain about.

Good tyre.

[MARXY]

troyster - I've had both STs and BFG ATs on my Grand. My pref is for the STs. I found the BFG to be a softer tyre than the ST and didn't seem to corner as well. I also think the ST is a more agressive tyre for off roading. The Cooper AT is a less aggressive AT than the BFG. I have no issue with the ST noise, and as Grant said, windows and radios >>> what noise? Bottom line, both very good, both market leaders - you really won't go wrong with either.

[troyster]

Thanks for the replies.

The comments I made on the BFG were based on a Tyrepower dealer who had found that the tyres were difficult to balance and once they were balanced the balance change requiring rebalancing (I think that makes sense :roll: )

The biggest problem that I face with the KJ is the tyre size. According to sources in the US, the largest tyre that can be fitted without rubbing is a 245/70/16 (BFG AT 29.6") which unfortunately is a size that the S/T's are not available in. They do make a P255/70/16 (not LT) which is just on 30"OD. CJBRAD ran with 245/75/16 (30.6") for awhile with fairly minimal rubbing.

Anybody know of anyone running this size tyre or has any opinion on whether it would fit?? (I'm prepared to get the heat gun out but not the grinder)