WK2 Off Road Tyres

[Vinesh87]

Originally Posted by John boy

They fit fine, I run the STmaxx, no issues, even when the car is lowered in sport mode, the only issue is the spare doesn't fit properly in the back

Cheers i assume that the +56 offset wheel?

[John boy]

Originally Posted by Vinesh87

Cheers i assume that the +56 offset wheel?

?? The 18 Laredo rim

[Bomber]

Originally Posted by Mort27

Picked up the GC Overland a couple of week back now...."Love it".....

Drove straight down to Bridgstonedirect..Bridgstone D697's fitted, great feel around town and quiet, thx again for the advice..
Question, what tyre pressures were you told to run, I was told 40psi all round. what are you running? Also..I put a 697 onto a 18" lorado mag for the spare.. makes the floor sit up and can't close the catch, thought I had read somewhere on the site that it did fit in the well..any tricks to getting this to close?
cheers

Let the tyre down a bit and carry a small compressor.

[Mort27]

Thanks will give that a go.

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Originally Posted by Mort27

Picked up the GC Overland a couple of week back now...."Love it".....

Drove straight down to Bridgstonedirect..Bridgstone D697's fitted, great feel around town and quiet, thx again for the advice..
Question, what tyre pressures were you told to run, I was told 40psi all round. what are you running? Also..I put a 697 onto a 18" lorado mag for the spare.. makes the floor sit up and can't close the catch, thought I had read somewhere on the site that it did fit in the well..any tricks to getting this to close?
cheers

On this trip, loaded for bear, I have been running 38 front, 45 rear on bitumen. I am towing around 1700 kg with a ball weight around 160 kg plus loaded up in the back.

On the dirt sections of the Savannah Way, Gibb River Road and Tanami I dropped the pressures 5 to 10 psi according to surface and speed.

Around town, unloaded, I run 34 front and 38 rear.

Cheers
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PS we arrived back home today. Around 16,000 kms driven on the trip.

[Bomber]

Weelllll, having sung the praises of the D697s - chosen specifically as the only LT AT in the stock size for the tougher sidewalls - today on Skytrek at Willow Springs near Wilpena Pound I opened up the sidewall of the tyre from rim to tread . Lots of shale and slate, as the Flinders are. I was forced to travel about 300m up the slope still in low range before I could find somewhere safe enough to stop and change the tyre. First ever sidewall cut. Was running 32psi so that the TPMS system would behave, just as well I did as the track was so rough there was no way I would have felt a flat tyre until grip really mattered.

I will give the WK2 credit though, it pulled me up the very slippery slope (due to the loose rocks) as if there was nothing wrong.

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N tyre is indestructible - even solid rubber! Hit something sharp enough, hard enough, and you will put a hole in it.

Cheers
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