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I will soon have to replace my tyres on my Nissan X Trail and I have been looking about but there to many to choose from. I also don't know if I want to put on

winter tyre or a 60/40 tyre or replace like for like as to what I have.

I do very little motorway driving and I do live in rural area and sometimes the roads are not treated before I get out shooting in the winter. I also tow my caravan all year in all weather conditions. I do sometimes go off road on farm tracks and onto stubble fields but not major mud slugging. So I am wondering what members of PW would suggest.

 

Cheers

 

PS I have also posted this in the motoring section but I thought I might get a wider viewing on general off topic

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I've just fitted a set of General Grabber AT2's after much research on the Land Rover Forums.

Most people say they get over 50k out of a set.

 

So far I have found them to be very good off road having taken them over fresh disc'd fields. My previous tyres would slip constantly making the traction control go nuts, it didn't come on once with the GG's.

Quiet on the road too and they look like they mean business which is a plus.

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The all terrain tyres are hard to come by in the size that I want / need 225-55x18. I have emailed a couple of tyre suppliers and still waiting for some response from a few.

So far I have been quoted £125 for Yokohama G012. Looks a good tyre but I will wait and see if I get any other response.

 

Have you looked at Camskill?

http://www.camskill.co.uk/m65b0s4306p0/SUV_Tyres_-_4x4_Tyres_-_All_Terrain_Tyres_-_Off_Road_Tyres_-_18_inch_R18_inch_-_225_55_18_225_55R18

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Cheers for that Phill.

 

Tyres + delivery works out at around £420 and then I will have to arrange fitting but still worth a look at. I am still waiting for replies from a couple of local tyre dealers.

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I have the General Grabber new pattern AT, works fantastic on road, very high aquaplaning resistance too. Good on grass, gravel, and light mud, very quiet.

Good in snow too, but as with almost any tyre (or get studded winter tyres) useless on black ice LOL.

Had a search round and got them at my local garage for £500.00 for the FIVE, balanced and fitted included.

Bit of a weird looking pattern, but it works, and well.

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If you are not in a great rush get onto http://www.tyreleader.co.uk and http://www.oponeo.co.uk and get a local fitter/garage to fit them for you, they usually charge £15-20 for this. Even with the fitting charge no-one has ever been able to come close to the prices you can get tyres from on these sites, the two vary their prices so compare the two and go for the cheapest. The tyres usually come from france or Germany so take a few days but postage is included in the quoted price.

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On my 90 I have Enduro Runway AT's, these were on it when I bought the motor. Going through a muddy field that I have been through 100 times before in my old 110 with BFG's on with no real problems, I managed to get fairly stuck and only some fantastic driving on my part saved me :blush:. Self clearing tread they are not, I ended up with about 4 extra inches of mud on my tyres. I will be replacing them with either BFG's or Grapper AT or AT2's.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Just put a full set of Accellera Iota's on my wife's quashqai. Spot on for the price - about £55 each for 18 inch alloys. Budget tyre apparently, but Have been great at motorway speeds and in the wet. Nice tread pattern, and not noisy.

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I went with cooper at3's on my l200. Very very impressed so far. Quite on the road, good in the wet although we havnt had that much rain. Superb in normal mud conditions though, so much so ive hardly used 4x4 yet before it was a daily thing

As above,I stuck the largest I could fit on my disco and they are great on and off road. The disco was for day to day use and some serious offroading at weekends. Didn't miss the disco when i sold it,but I miss the tyres.

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