It is currently Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:31 pm
Board index » Talking About Stuff » Suzuki Talk



Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 7 posts ] 
Author Message

Offline

Joined: Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:41 am
Posts: 69
Location: Brazil
Vehicle: Jimny

Post Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 6:04 pm 
Reply with quote Top  
Fellow australians, I'm in need of advice.

Will take the Jimny into a 10k km road trip. I'm currently running the BF Mud Km2 on 235/75/15 on stock 5-spoke alloys. What should i get:

1. Steel rims with -10 off set that i always wanted (wider track and beauty)

or

2. A set of 5 AT tyres on 215/75/15 (better mpg and traction under rain).

I'm more inclined to get the rims. Will a Mud be fine on such trip? Don't have $$ for both...

Thanks,

Thiago

 Profile  

Offline
I live here!
I live here!
User avatar

Joined: Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:30 pm
Posts: 10525
Location: Brissie
Vehicle: Popemobile

Post Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 6:11 pm 
Reply with quote Top  
Where are you going? What sort of terrain will you mostly drive? How good/old are the current tyres?

I'd be more inclined to go the tyres

 Profile  

Offline

Joined: Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:41 am
Posts: 69
Location: Brazil
Vehicle: Jimny

Post Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 7:15 pm 
Reply with quote Top  
I'm going around South America

Will be mostly tarmac, but also unpaved and salt:

http://www.adventurezone.com.br/blog/wp ... uta-40.jpg

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/phot ... 733204.jpg

http://www.plu.edu/scene/issue/2005/sum ... -large.jpg

Tyres got less than 10k km on them. Almost no sign of wear. They do drive fine. But i'm asking for advice due to no experience on such expeditions.

 Profile  

Offline
User avatar

Joined: Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:30 pm
Posts: 9242
Location: maito
Vehicle: <3 Edna <3

Post Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 7:49 pm 
Reply with quote Top  
Run what you currently have. Seems perfect for such a trip to me...

 Profile  

Offline
User avatar

Joined: Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:30 pm
Posts: 1522
Location: Brisbane
Vehicle: SJ80, SE416

Post Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 9:42 am 
Reply with quote Top  
IMO don't bother with either... spend money on some other more worthwhile modification...

Modern M/Ts aren't as bad as the ones around 10 years ago. M/T tyres are fine for wet roads.

 Profile WWW  

Offline

Joined: Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:30 pm
Posts: 2516
Location: Georgetown, Guyana
Vehicle: 98 SQ420, 05 JB420, 21 A6G415

Post Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 6:40 am 
Reply with quote Top  
top jimny wrote:
I'm going around South America.


Give me a holler if Guyana's on your route.

 Profile  

Offline

Joined: Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:41 am
Posts: 69
Location: Brazil
Vehicle: Jimny

Post Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:43 am 
Reply with quote Top  
Will roll what i have. Bf km2 are really giving no strong reason for replacement. Wheels with negative offset can put extra strain on wheel bearings, albeit not sure.

Gonna put the extra money on a decent roof rack for carrying Rotopax stuff. Thanks all.

We are heading south this time mate. Have been in French Guyana only so far...

Cheers

 Profile  
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 7 posts ] 

Jump to:  


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Google [Bot] and 6 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum
Untitled Document


Untitled Document


Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group :: Style based on FI Subice by phpBBservice.nl :: All times are UTC + 9:30 hours