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i am running the Hankook rf10 215/75 15
i drive slow and steady off road and on road i am a tyre squealing lunatic(sometimes)
downsides:
- fuel consumption.
- car feels a wee bit slower (bigger and heavier tyre).
- wet grip is meh, not as good as road tyres.
- deep mud is to much to ask (deeeeeep mud i mean)
- slightly louder than the stock tyres(nothing annoying)
- may be a bit stiff for an unloaded jimny off road(load rating)
upsides:
- in my case €250/300 cheaper per 5 as the k02 bf goodrich
- strong construction
- better offoad than i expected (it does like lower tire pressures off road)
- survives hooning on the street rather well
after 5000 km not a lot of visible thread wear
apart from damage caused by a raving lunatic behind the wheel, who thinks he is driving a sports car at 7000rpm.
my conclusion is its not a 5 out of 5 star tyre but it is a good and affordable tyre.
most of the downsides apply for all a/t tyres in this size
I think the biggest decision to be made is one of honesty......
If you are really going to off road your car and will encounter a variety of surfaces at sometimes acute angles, then proper heavy carcass AT's are the way to go. The negatives will have to be lived with.
If you just want to look the part and it's off road properties are unimportant, I'd look for an aggressive looking road tyre pattern and save all the negatives for the off roaders....
Road tyres will always be the way to go on a road car, fitting any type of off road tyre on a road car is a bit of a plank thing to do. They are a big negative in many ways and living with those purely for ascetics, will be a chore.
All 4x4's look better with chunky tyres but you don't see them supplied by dealerships. The dealer knows that the ride and road manners are negatively impacted by off road tyres. He wants to sell the car at its best......
sniper
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I run a hill farm in all weathers with a Jimny on road tyres. That should tell you what a Jimny is capable of without having to resort to chunky tyres. Sometimes the juice is not worth the squeeze.
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