Gen 3 - New tyres for my jimny

So the time has come to replace my Duelers (205.70.15) and I'm finding it quite tough to choose between a few options, so I call upon the infinite knowledge of the BigJimny™ Forums to help me decide, any tips are greatly appreciated. I'm hell bent on sticking with the stock size for mine as MPG is quite important to me, however as I said experience is appreciated.

I have a couple of options such as:

Conti Crosscontact AT (the one I'm currently looking at the moment)
Michelin LTX Force
GT Grabber AT3

And a few others. Thanks in advance!

Are you Duellers highway tread?

If they are then swapping to an AT tyre will increase fuel consumption a little as they tend to be heavier and have a higher rolling resistance.

If you don’t go off road, except the odd gravel track and most if not all of your miles are on tarmac, then you might as well stick with a highway tread, they will give you the best mpg, road holding/ride and stopping distance.

However, if you do go off road and want a bit more grip on the soft stuff then an AT tyre might be the answer, but it won’t be quite as good on-road.

Robin

Forgot to add it to my op but its the AT thread.

Unless you are after a specialised tread pattern which is very limited for choice in 205.70 then anything you buy with a reputable brand name is going to be fine. The difference between them really is splitting hairs.

Yokohama Geolander GO15 are a good A/T that are not too aggressive a tread and are not as heavy as some A/Ts.
They do them in 205/70/15, I have them in 195/80/15 which is the stock size for the Gen4 Jimny.
I have had no issues with these on or off road.

Lambert’s right, there is little to choose between them, except some of the cheaper tyres age faster, so you start to see small cracks in the surface faster.

I had Yoko Geolandar (205/70r15) on my Gen 3 for a while, before swapping to Maxxis in a bigger size, they were a very good tyre for the money.

Robin