[woodstock]

Evening all, just wondering if Jimny owners would care to comment on the best highway tyres , are the original Bridgestone Dueler H/T 684,
205 70 15 fitted to a 2012 model the best ones to stick with or is there something equally as good or better. Thank you.

[alien]

In my opinion it just comes down to brand loyalty... so long as you pick a reputable brand in road tyre, you're likely to never notice a difference in something like a jimny.

Personally i'd be looking into Kumhos... they're mid-range in price and from experience running their road tyres on a mazda and their muddies on my sierra, they make a great tyre at a very affordable price.

[sideways]

I have Bridgestone D697 A/Ts. They drive much better than the Kuhmo KL78 H/Ts that were on there, especially on unsealed roads. They've done about 40'000kms and still have 70% tread, by contrast the Kuhmos went from 50% to bugger all in 6000kms. To me there's no downside to running the A/T, they're smooth and silent. They might use a little more fuel, I didn't keep track of fuel consumption when I put them on but I didn't notice any difference.

They were one of the more expensive tyres in a 205/70r15 but they're going to well and truly pay for themselves with their exceptional life.

[vet 180]

alien wrote:

you're likely to never notice a difference in something like a jimny.

This X10. Find a tire with the lightest load rating you can find, that's pretty much the only thing you need to worry about.

[shep]

I wouldn't use HT tyres if you go anywhere near gravel roads

[sideways]

shep wrote:

I wouldn't use HT tyres if you go anywhere near gravel roads

Yeah, my Kuhmos chipped badly on the gravel.

To be fair, the Maxxis A/Ts (3 sets of if 700s and a set of 980s) on the farm cars have chipped and worn exceptionally fast too.

[shep]

Check this out for chipping. I was running MTRs but got sick of staking the side walls so changed to dueler MTs and they have all done this within 2000km. Might try KM2s next

[alien]

I rate my General Grabber SRLs over my KM2's - they're heavy, but damn theyre grippy and hard wearing!

[vet 180]

If just running gravel roads it's really hard to go past a bfg AT.

[striker99]

alien wrote:

I rate my General Grabber SRLs over my KM2's - they're heavy, but damn theyre grippy and hard wearing!

I'm planning to get General Grabber AT2 s for the Triton as my next set of tires.