Another LR3 tire question

[Ray_G]

Bummmmer.

What do you mean the extra weight? The weight of the material in the extra 1" of wheel? I'm an offroading/overlanding newb...hope to learn it all though!

I think he means there are few suitable tires in the load range that the LR3's fall into b/c they are heavy as all get out. Best bet is to grab a set of 18's if you decide to do any serious wheeling/overlanding; they can be found on eBay for ~$500 if you look for a bit. Keep the 19's for street tires or winter tires potentially and use the 18's to give you a much broader selection of tires.
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Ray

 

[Jwestpro]

Bummmmer.

What do you mean the extra weight? The weight of the material in the extra 1" of wheel? I'm an offroading/overlanding newb...hope to learn it all though!

No, read what Ray said. Vehicle weight with all the extra crap on it. Tire needs to be an LT or E load range unless you want more troubles down the "road" .

 

[no-pistons]

Maybe I missed it, but how did the tire fail exactly. I was considering the A/T3 for my LR3, but you have me rethinking it.

It seems like most of the 265/65r18 tires are a "P" series. So you guys only recommend using a E rated LT tire?

To the OP, Just out of curiosity do you have any pictures of your LR3 with the Cooper A/T3 tires on?


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[mpinco]

I initially considered the Cooper A/T3's, designed by the acquired Mickey Thompson team. After consideration of LR4 weight,payload, towing and off-road requirements I made 18" rims and E-rated tires the minimum.

 

[Silmarillion]

Doh! Yeah that makes much more sense! Anything specific to look for in 18 rims for offloading and towing? (~5700lbs)

 

[Ray_G]

Doh! Yeah that makes much more sense! Anything specific to look for in 18 rims for offloading and towing? (~5700lbs)

In terms of rim selection? I'd go OE unless you spent the cash on compmotive. All the other stuff that is out there that might fit I wouldn't put on the truck unless it was for just aesthetics but I've never spent much time researching those anyway. The OE 18's don't look too bad, there are a couple of flavors out there depending on your tastes.

 

[mpinco]

Doh! Yeah that makes much more sense! Anything specific to look for in 18 rims for offloading and towing? (~5700lbs)

Not trying to overthink rim selection but LR already designed the OE rims for a LR3/4. Stay with those and you should be good. Non-OE would require research and phone calls.

Personally I think the LR 10-spoke 18" look good on the LR4.

 

[GORM]

So I wanted to move from 19" to real off-road tire for my LR3. I used eBay and Google to search out used 10 spoke 18" rims. I think I paid between $125 to $160 each rim delivered. There were not perfect, neither were they after I got them off-road the first time. I got a set of used Johnson rods which were basically perfect for $80 (eBay). Last step was new BFG AT/KO2s 265-65/18's. This brings rover up +2.5" for the rods and another +0.75" for the tires.

Mortimer runs great with the larger tires. I definitely feel the difference. This truck is my DD.

Good luck .... I can no longer fit in. 6.0' parking garage without access height and I do not have a roof rack yet. I never saw anyone hit the high limit bar .... Except me!

 

[GORM]

Oh, I also bought new set of tpms sensors so now I have complete set of 19"s to get rid of to someone who thinks bigger rims are cool ... The mechanics of getting the tire mounted by a different guy whom I purchased from added some complexities.

 

[Silmarillion]

You went with the OEM rims? Thanks for the info! How much were your tires?

 

[GORM]

Yes, used LR3 rims from an SE. By the way, purchased separately from 3 different sources. I was nervous they would not match but they're fine. 2 were remanufactured and looked brand new so if you scout them out you can find them having need repainted/ finished. Folks at work thought I bought new rims.

I did not see need to go further into steel rims. I think my tires were about $1100 as a special order at PepBoys as a friend of a friend worked there. I got free balancing. I want to say base price on tires was $267 and given goodyears were around $200 this was a minor up charge when I needed tires anyway.

 

[GORM]

First off roading, aired down to 15psi which we felt afterward was too low. Would do 18-20 next time. Was able to remove stick with no issues. I'd have been pretty disappointed to blow a new tire in <250 miles.

 

[dblock22]

Go big or go home with 285/65 Nitto Trails!unk03:

 

[Jwestpro]

First off roading, aired down to 15psi which we felt afterward was too low. Would do 18-20 next time. Was able to remove stick with no issues. I'd have been pretty disappointed to blow a new tire in <250 miles.

I'm not sure if you posted this photo before but seeing your vehicle in basically stock weight and only a 31.5" tire....why the heck did you feel the need to try only 15psi ? !! ?

NO, NOT 18-20!

Your LR doesn't need any lower than 30 psi, 25 maybe if you're feeling goofy. You probably know this by now but 15 psi essentially assure you some sort of trouble that day.

 

[scot zimmerman]

I was doing some light wheeling / mostly dirt and gravel with a few ledges and rocks. The tire failed on the tread area surprisingly. When the tire shop patched it and added air the tread "ballooned" way out ( like a zit)! Too bad as I really liked the tires' all around drive-ability. If the size I wanted ( 265 65 18) came in a E rated I would have purchased them again. I do think a loaded LR3 with ARB bumper, roof rack Refrig and all our camping stuff is just too heavy for a medium duty tire. So I purchased a set of BFG all terrain's today at Costco. Good price and I'm pretty certain I'll like them as I had several sets of the old design on my Disco 2's and they were pretty stout.