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WMOV
X-TRAIL NEWBIE
Date Registered: 07-2016
TOTAL POSTS: 10
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Hi Everyone,
Fairly new here but just wanted to add my experience.
I bought my 2010 T31 about 2 years ago. It is an ST so came with Steel 16's, that was never going to last.
I fairly quickly bought some 17" steel wheels off a Mazda CX5, which come with 225/60 tyres. I mainly bought them for the wheels, but the tyres had 5000 km left so that was a bonus. They were good but the speedo still wasn't right, calculated that i needed 225/70's to get the job done.
I sought out a pair of 17" alloys which had tyres that were way too small. I found some 225/70's and fitted them to the alloys, took the tyres off the alloys and put them on the CX5 wheels and sold them, and i sold the original 16's with tyres. and at this point i was out of pocket about $80 ( second hand 225/70's had about 90% tread)
After a small amount of fiddling i removed any significant rubbing, and ran that set for about 40K km.
They were getting low, so i scouted out another set of ( even nicer) 17" alloys off sn import Skyline for $100
I bought another set of 225/70 Dunlop AT20's, ( this time out of pocket $80 for 5 tyres ( one brand new and 4 99% tread ) and fitted to the new rims and they are on the car now.
I have a camper trailer, so the two best old 225/70's are going on the trailer, one of the others will go in the wheel well ( practically flat to fit it in ), and the other on the front of the trailer as easy access for either car or trailer, here in lies the main reason for looking for another set of wheels.
As matter of course, i have a working compressor and a plug kit in the boot at all times, and 99% of the time this will be easier fix than changing to the spare, and avoids the speed limit issue, and i seriously would not have used the spare with such a big difference anyway.
My dad has been a mechanic for over 30 years, i have been helping him for more than 20 years ( although i stopped for a while there while i was being a mechanical engineer, I quit and now work for myself and have time to help again) , i have installed probably a hundred tyre plugs over the years, and dad probably many hundreds, and none have ever failed. A lot of tyre places wont fit them any more stating they are illegal, which is nonsense, and sell you a new tyre. I fitted the tyres myself as dad has a tyre changer, so all of the stuffing around would have cost a bit if you have to pay someone to do it. These tyres have a good solid bead and take quite a bit of pressure to seat, so i am confident to run them low.
For those who stockton beach, i have used these tyres from Anna bay to Tin City without airing down ( 40PSI ), but from there dropped to about 20 as the sand is way softer all the way to williamtown. Have run them at 16 without issues.
So in my experience the 225/70/17 Dunlop AT20s are great on my t31. They are nice and squishy on the beach, nice and grippy in the dry, better than others i have had on road in the wet, but not a performance tyre so get to know your limit! Speedo is 1% over with new tyres, and less than 1% under when fully worn
If you have 17's keep them and go for bigger tyres.
If you have 16's, go for 17's and get bigger tyres.
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25/Jul/2016, 10:06 pm
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Wiz Au
X-TRAIL ENTHUSIAST
Date Registered: 06-2017
Location: Canberra, ACT
TOTAL POSTS: 185
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Re: 17" tyres for T31's.
It may not be a conderation for some but go below 70 series tyres and you start to limit the effect of 'airing down' to create a larger footprint for traction off-road. 60 series tyres just dont have the sidewalls to "bag out" like 70series+ do. This is why you would keep the overall diameter the same, but drop form 17in to 16in wneels, howver increase the tyre profile to make up the diameter.
Just saying, in off road low traction situations, the 16in is the better choice. On road...pretty much the opposite, 18in with 55/50 series tyres would prob be better than a 65 series 17in if you have the right gas shocks to suit/work.
--- 2004 T30 series II, Ti (now sold)
JRR50 Pathfinder, QD32ETi Turbo Diesel, with 'lots o fruit'.
2012 Jeep Cherokee KK CRD Limited is current ride.
Will be looking for a white or silver 2011-2013 T31 TL (Diesel) to "pimp out".
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29/Jan/2018, 8:39 pm
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Wiz Au
X-TRAIL ENTHUSIAST
Date Registered: 06-2017
Location: Canberra, ACT
TOTAL POSTS: 185
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Re: Re:
quote: Andygoodbloke wrote:
Hi All,
Why go to 16 inch wheels?
[snipped].
In addition to what I covered above, here in a number of states, you are limited in overall diameter increase from stock, so just because you 'can' fit a 235/75/17, its not legal. Changing to a 16in rim and fitting 235/75/16 gets you the off road 'bagging' for traction, but doesn't increase your overall diameter beyond the legal increase limit.
--- 2004 T30 series II, Ti (now sold)
JRR50 Pathfinder, QD32ETi Turbo Diesel, with 'lots o fruit'.
2012 Jeep Cherokee KK CRD Limited is current ride.
Will be looking for a white or silver 2011-2013 T31 TL (Diesel) to "pimp out".
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6/Mar/2018, 10:44 pm
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