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Hi everyone, so I've been driving my Prado 2014 v6 this last year with the tyres it came with - some obscure branded road tyre that I wouldn't trust much on anything other than dry tar.
I'm considering changing them for one of the well known brands and through lots of searching and trying to evaluate the back-and-forth of opinions I'm still at a loss, and hope someone here can enlighten me a bit.
So I'm basically looking at the most well known of the tyres:
I'm leaning heavily to the AT3 4S or Pirelli Scorpion AT Plus because they appear to be better suited to my needs, which are mainly bitumen (city/highway) and the odd bit of weekend beach/unsealed road driving. For beach driving I'm thinking of the sort that gets one around Fraser Island, Straddy Island, and up the Noosa North Shore beach. That sort of thing. Cost is important because money too tight to mention.
I'd be interested in hearing any opinions as to why I should go for one tyre over another. For a while I was only considering the KO2's, but there's a lot of mixed reviews out there and a mate of mine said he'd used Coopers and thought they were better (albeit he was referring to M/T spec). I feel like Cooper AT3 LT may be more than I need and may not handle as well on the bitumen as the 4S model, plus they're a bit more expensive than the 4S (but only by about $40). The Pirelli Scorpion AT Plus look a good option at a cheaper price point ($250 ea for a set of 4 on tyresales) but it's very difficult to find some real reviews on them.
Thanks for the insight!
[Edit] Standard tyre size on at the moment: 265/65/17. Does increasing to 265/70/17 make any difference other than a more accurate speedo/fuel consumption?
[Edit2] It's interesting to me that people still suggest I get the KO2's, despite me stating I'll be doing mostly road driving. Are there not drawbacks to this approach, like more noise, wheel vibration, more fuel, and less assuredness on wet roads? If none of those were concerns I'd probably pay the extra $50 per tyre for the KO2's for something that'll give me more options over the next few years, although I have seen a lot of people complaining about balancing issues.
Hi everyone, so I've been driving my Prado 2014 v6 this last year with the tyres it came with - some obscure branded road tyre that I wouldn't trust much on anything other than dry tar.
I'm considering changing them for one of the well known brands and through lots of searching and trying to evaluate the back-and-forth of opinions I'm still at a loss, and hope someone here can enlighten me a bit.
So I'm basically looking at the most well known of the tyres:
- Cooper AT3 4S
- Cooper AT3 LT
- BFG KO2
- Pirelli Scorpion AT Plus
I'm leaning heavily to the AT3 4S or Pirelli Scorpion AT Plus because they appear to be better suited to my needs, which are mainly bitumen (city/highway) and the odd bit of weekend beach/unsealed road driving. For beach driving I'm thinking of the sort that gets one around Fraser Island, Straddy Island, and up the Noosa North Shore beach. That sort of thing. Cost is important because money too tight to mention.
I'd be interested in hearing any opinions as to why I should go for one tyre over another. For a while I was only considering the KO2's, but there's a lot of mixed reviews out there and a mate of mine said he'd used Coopers and thought they were better (albeit he was referring to M/T spec). I feel like Cooper AT3 LT may be more than I need and may not handle as well on the bitumen as the 4S model, plus they're a bit more expensive than the 4S (but only by about $40). The Pirelli Scorpion AT Plus look a good option at a cheaper price point ($250 ea for a set of 4 on tyresales) but it's very difficult to find some real reviews on them.
Thanks for the insight!
[Edit] Standard tyre size on at the moment: 265/65/17. Does increasing to 265/70/17 make any difference other than a more accurate speedo/fuel consumption?
[Edit2] It's interesting to me that people still suggest I get the KO2's, despite me stating I'll be doing mostly road driving. Are there not drawbacks to this approach, like more noise, wheel vibration, more fuel, and less assuredness on wet roads? If none of those were concerns I'd probably pay the extra $50 per tyre for the KO2's for something that'll give me more options over the next few years, although I have seen a lot of people complaining about balancing issues.
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