Just purchased 2023 jimny tyre advice

Sorry about this as a new member  may be in wrong place
I have just purchased a stock 2023 uk jimny  with stock dunlop tyres
I am finding this a nightmare to find tyres I want to replace so here goes
Stock ride height no messing around .
Tyres on now are 195  60 r15 s96
I want sum tyres that mainly road use and only  gravely  mudy lanes if we get caught out
my budgets  around 500 pound for 4 plus I can get them fitted
As said no messing  lifting etc so dont want tyres to catch
please can someone  help on a tyre choice  that looks good a slightly bit bigger and wider  and  will do for wat i explained above
I am in wakefield  w yorks
I am at a loss of all the tyres on internet that I no most will not fit my jimny and i am green as the hills on this subject
thankyou john

 

You can go up to 215/75/R15 safely without doing anything to the car. I would look for an all terrain tire for the usage you are intending. BFGs & Geolanders seem to be popular choices but I don't know what fits within your budget.

Should be a few options in 215/75/R15 around. Try black circles. Not that their website is not good at showing all the options for the request size, you often have to resort to searching based on brand

Hi,

Congrats on your new purchase, I am sure you are going to love it.

I think your stock tyres will be 195/80R15 (rather than 195/60 as stated).

There are a reasonable number of AT tyres in 195/80/R15 and a lot more in 215/75R15 to choose from without getting too expensive.

If you change to 215/75R15 the diameter is only 1.5% different, however, it is much wider so has more grip and to be honest looks better in the wheel arches.

As Martin mentions look on Blackcircles or better still just put in 195/80R15 AT tyre or 215/75R15 AT tyre and see what comes back.

A quick look shows the following:

Cooper Discoverer AT3 in 195/80R15 @ £99 Blackcircles
Hankook Dynapro ATm 195/80R15 @ £92 Blackcircles
Yokohama Geolandar 205/70R15 @ £91 Blackcircles
Maxxis Worm-Drive 215/75/R15 @ £111 Demon Tweaks
BF Goodrich KO2 215/75R15 @ £165 Blackcircles

I started with Geolandar's, I would describe them as 80% road, 20% off-road, but have a great tread pattern for winter roads, white stone roads and the odd muddy puddle.

I then fitted Hancook Dynapro, they have more of an off-road tread but still mostly road based and ran these side by side with Maxxis Worm-drives up until I swapped from a Gen 3 to Gen 4 and then went with Maxxis Worm-Drives all of the time.

If you are worried about tyre sizes 195/80R15, 205/70R15 and 215/75R15 will all fit without modification and you can compare sizes using tiresize.com/tyre-size-calculator/

If looks are important, I think the look of 215/75R15 fills the wheel arches out better and looks more the part, even if it is just used on the road.

Robin

If you go on Blackcircles you can search by tyre size, then just enter 195/80R15 (or 215/75R15), your postocde and select fully fitted, it orders the results by price.

In 215/75R15 it offers

Geolandar at £132 ea
Toyo Open Country at @£136 ea
(Save 15% on two or more Geolandar/Toyo)

Robin

General Grabber AT3 @ £155 ea

I had Bridgestone Dueler AT002 in 195/80R15 and they were very good.  Look much better than Geolandars, too.

I was looking at Comforser CF 1100.
They get a good write up & are the cheaper than any AT tyre mentioned. (until they become popular )

Thanks to all people that responded  it makes my choice  now better and a few choices of tyres I can pick without messing with jimny 
as I don't really have a clue you stopped me buying oversized  tyres etc
A big thanks john

The cheapest place I have found on the Internet is camskill.co.uk they are mail order only but are almost wholesale prices and have extensive stock. But you do need to factor in fitting locally which with the harrogate tax is around 20 quid a wheel here wakevagas is probably cheaper. As to which tyre they are all about as good as each other with only minor advantages in one or two areas each eg some might be better for roads some might be a bit better on rock or sand etc, but as long as you are looking at a mid to premium brand you won't go far wrong. Also everyone has the best tyre choice, mostly because they have paid for them.

wak1000 wrote:

Thanks to all people that responded  it makes my choice  now better and a few choices of tyres I can pick without messing with jimny 
as I don't really have a clue you stopped me buying oversized  tyres etc
A big thanks john

Not sure I understand. Why are you buying tyre in the first place? The stock ones seem to match 100% with what you say you want???? 

And its not as if there is a shortage of choice in the stock size:
tyresdirectuk.co.uk/t/tyres?utf8=%E2%9C%...%5D=15#searchResults

www.camskill.co.uk/m53b0s13046p0/Car_Tyr...inch_-_195_15_195R15

As others have said, 215/75R16 will fit too, but may slightly impact performance and mpg.

I've been running the stock standard 195/80/R15 on mine for almost a year now, done muddy farm tracks, off road around paddocks through wet patches and small bogs with no problems.
When I upgrade im sticking with the 195/80/R15 size in a Toyo open country RT tire, that's all the tire I'm ever going to need and it's all you would need too.
Bigger tires will cost you a little power and fuel economy, 215/75/R15 won't affect thing too noticeable, but on wet muddy tracks the stock tires will actually perform as good or better.
So just change to an AT in the stock size if you want a bit more traction, or keep the current tires in it until they need replacing.
that's what I decided to do, at least until i do more off road trips in more challenging terrain.

Bob9863 wrote:

I've been running the stock standard 195/80/R15 on mine for almost a year now, done muddy farm tracks, off road around paddocks through wet patches and small bogs with no problems.

You have the five door, he has the three door - I have both, they are very different when it comes to how they perform on the OE tires.