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James Groom (Jimg)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 22, 2002 - 08:48 pm: | 
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I have about 25K miles on my stock 2001 DII and just had a tire blow. I was planning on replacing all tires next year with more serious stuff (bfg at's). My question is, if I get 1 off-road tire now for a spare how close does it have to be to the stock size? I wouldnt think 1/2 inch diameter would hurt for emergencies since my original tires are worn pretty good. I was hoping this would be a good excuse to get some new ones thru costco but they said they do not have any OE sizes for the disco and if I purchased say 235/70/16's that the warranty would be void, unless I went to 18's. My stock tires are severly cupped and I may just settle for some dunlops. Any suggestions? |
michael burt (Mikeyb)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 22, 2002 - 09:52 pm: |
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well,
1) since the rover is full time 4wd, three tires of one size and one of another is not a really good idea. i would think your "emergency" should be pretty short...
2) what the hell happened to your tires? i have an '01 D2 with 22k on it and the michelins i have (mine was an ace equipped car that i had converted to 16" at the dealership, so i chose the michelins) are not showing much wear at all. i was hoping to go to a bigger tire soon, but these damn things will not wear out.
3) i would not buy tires from costco if they were going to void my warranty just because i was not running a stock size.
4) why don't you look for a pretty good used tire in the stock size if all you want is a bail-out tire as a spare. that way you don't have too much emotional commitment to it when you junk all 5 to get bigger tires...
that is my 2 cents worth.
mike |
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