Choices of a 205/75/15
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 10:39 pm
About 2 hours ago i had craving for ice cream so i seached for like 15mins for my keys, got in the car and set off reverse down the slope of my battle-axe driveway. The car was all over the place and i tried driving up the driveway to straighten the wheels. when i finally got out after the second attempt i found my front driver side wheel very very flat.
So i went to change my tire for the spare. Discovered interesting things like the security bolt adaptar was not the same size as the other oem ones so if it had of hapened anywhere other than at home where i got other cars and tools i would of being stuck. Seriously go check your bolts if you have a set too.
Anyway so now the spare is on i got to look into replacing the flat and would like some help with my options.
The front tyre is a Bridgestone dueler (same on passage side) and the spare is a brand new hanbrook (only traveled 8km's
) The rears are Sumotos, only 3000kms on them as they where new when i bought them (given receipt, previous owner needed to pass pinkslip, that's all i've clocked in a year 
)
So do i :
a)Swap the passanger one for another Hanbrook and keep the ol Dueler as the spare. (cheapest option)
b) Swap the flat and front passanger one for two more sumotos and keep the hambrook as a spare, that way i can rotate all 4 tyres every couple of months
These are quick fix options but any advice on a different tyre types best suited for use on street, snow and sand dunes would be appreciated (not doing heavy rocky off roading)
If there isn't a tyre suited for all 3 conditions then i'd prefer snow and street type as on the sand i'll just lower the PSI (not to mention beef out my arms or invest in power steering)
I am honestly quite happy with stock tyre size as i don't need the bigger tyres for the type of off road driving.
The ice cream was really good too.
So i went to change my tire for the spare. Discovered interesting things like the security bolt adaptar was not the same size as the other oem ones so if it had of hapened anywhere other than at home where i got other cars and tools i would of being stuck. Seriously go check your bolts if you have a set too.
Anyway so now the spare is on i got to look into replacing the flat and would like some help with my options.
The front tyre is a Bridgestone dueler (same on passage side) and the spare is a brand new hanbrook (only traveled 8km's
) The rears are Sumotos, only 3000kms on them as they where new when i bought them (given receipt, previous owner needed to pass pinkslip, that's all i've clocked in a year )So do i :
a)Swap the passanger one for another Hanbrook and keep the ol Dueler as the spare. (cheapest option)
b) Swap the flat and front passanger one for two more sumotos and keep the hambrook as a spare, that way i can rotate all 4 tyres every couple of months
These are quick fix options but any advice on a different tyre types best suited for use on street, snow and sand dunes would be appreciated (not doing heavy rocky off roading)
If there isn't a tyre suited for all 3 conditions then i'd prefer snow and street type as on the sand i'll just lower the PSI (not to mention beef out my arms or invest in power steering)
I am honestly quite happy with stock tyre size as i don't need the bigger tyres for the type of off road driving.
The ice cream was really good too.