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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324  
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Have you still got MT's on the rear? Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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29th Jan 2020 1:57pm |
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| tookaphotoof Member Since: 18 Mar 2013 Location: dordrecht Posts: 1279  
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You only changed your front tires. So at on the front and mt on the rear. That’s oversteer all right! 😄
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29th Jan 2020 2:38pm |
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| windy81 Member Since: 14 Mar 2018 Location: North Wales Posts: 311  
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god bless that centre differential
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29th Jan 2020 2:53pm |
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| landy andy Member Since: 15 Feb 2009 Location: Ware, Herts Posts: 5692 
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When I had them fitted to my Disco I found they massively under steered, especially in the wet. Found them worse than muds on a Defender.
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29th Jan 2020 8:11pm |
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| tookaphotoof Member Since: 18 Mar 2013 Location: dordrecht Posts: 1279
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I find them understeer as well. But putting new ko2 on the front axle and keeping old mt tires on the rear is simply asking for trouble.
I always advise using the same tires all round. |
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29th Jan 2020 8:16pm |
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| pj2106 Member Since: 20 Dec 2012 Location: Huntingdon AKA The Shire Posts: 1500 
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I won’t buy ko2 again found them horrendous in the wet I’ve gone to cooper at3 4s and they are great 2008 110 2.4 XS Utility (Hagrid)
2002 90 TD5 Hardtop (Sully) Sold 1998 300TDi D1 (Billy) Sold |
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29th Jan 2020 8:28pm |
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| PFS Member Since: 23 Oct 2012 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 7  
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If you left the old tires on the back, an oversteer condition is totally expected. How old (in years) are the rear tires? The older tires get the harder they become and cannot grip the road like new tires. The fronts are grippy, the rears are not. This will become scarier the faster you go...unless you like that sort of thing.
 That's why they recommend not letting tires get any older than 10 years, no matter what mileage is on them.
I've replaced tires with less than 5000 miles on them because they were 10 years old...and hard as stones. Dig a fingernail into an old tire, and then a brand new one of the same model. You'll see what I mean. I love BFG stuff and run KO2's on my Defender. Pete |
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29th Jan 2020 9:57pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20339
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BFG gets my vote too and completely agree regarding the above statement.
This is the typical scenario for me, replacement due to age rather than mileage. I have never mixed different tyre treads, brands, styles, sizes, even on different axles. So far I have always replaced a complete set both axles, unfortunately, though I will admit that it can be significantly costly but the longevity makes up for the cost. (Luckily). $W33T $0U7H3RN $UG4R 🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🇮🇪🇺🇸⛽️🛢️⚙️🧰💪 |
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30th Jan 2020 12:37am |
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| tookaphotoof Member Since: 18 Mar 2013 Location: dordrecht Posts: 1279
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It might also have to do with this one having a winch on the front but with my first 130 on Continental at tires I went over roundabouts en sweeping corners on B roads a lot quicker. Especially on wet roads. Unfortunately tires do are expensive otherwise I’d be tempted to try something else. |
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30th Jan 2020 6:52am |
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