Pressure with bigger tires

[Cheapjeep2]

I'm running 255/70/16 Pirelli Scorpians on my Stock D2. Had them for a while but just courious what anyone else is running for pressure in a tire this size. The rover's handling seems a lot more sensitive than my other SUVs and I can't seem to get it quite right. I ran them at 30 in the front 40 in the back for quite a while but that still felt squishy. I bumped the backs to 45. But the fronts are more sensative (not sure if the shocks need replaced, 54K miles on stock shocks).

 

[bri]

There are so many things that can effect the steering and handling of a Disco. D2 are less sensative to some of these items. ~35-40 should be fine front and rear. Most tend to run slightly higher in the rear. I run very high pressure on my D1 since I have had great luck with this extending the life of the BFG tires (i.e. 40-45psi), but it is like driving on rocks. I lower for snow and for off road.

From your description, I'd likely try about 35 front and rear. Is it only squishy or are there steering/wandering issues?

Brian