Hey all,

Picked up my 2010 TDV8 last week (I really need to do a post with some pics) and it came on a set of 19's shod with Grabber AT's.

Frankly although I'm from a farming family I live in London now and the likelihood of my FF going properly off-road bar the odd field/car park or gravel track is very low.

The grabbers certainly feel very soft in the corners - so I'm thinking of selling my 19's with them on and putting a set of 20's with conti's or equivalent on the car.

A: will it make a big difference to the handling.

B: if I stored the 19's and grabbers would they function well as a set I could put back on for winter? Or am I better just selling them?

Cheers!

Yes yes and yes sir... Thats exactly what many do on here

Keep the 19's for winter use and some nicer handling ones for the summer

Post up as a wanted ad what style you like and you may find some on here

Thanks Craig!

THere's a set of 2011 Supercharged 20's on the fleabay I have my eye on - just a pity the tyres are pretty well worn..

I'll pop up a wanted ad as well!

Dan sells some good wheel tyre combo's at times so maybe give him a shout? Also stick up your wanted ad as you never know what someone has out there

Anyone got any views as to how good Conti Cross Contact UHP's are as a summer tyre?

Cheers!

i have these on mine and they are ok ..the fronts are sensitive to wear on the edges if your alignment is out.. ... - .- -.




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That's exactly how the front two on the used set on the rims I'm about to buy. Once they're like that (they all have 5mm at the centre) do I have to replace them much quicker?

they do tend to wear a little more quicker once they have gone on the edges .. ... - .- -.




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Don't worry about road tyres at all. In the picture below you can see a 2007 TDV8 halfway up its doors in a slurry puddle. That was on 255/50/20 Pirelli Scorpions.

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Thanks stan.

The guy with them pinged me some high res pics - how do these look to you (these are the fronts with the worn edges..

mzplcg wrote:

Don't worry about road tyres at all. In the picture below you can see a 2007 TDV8 halfway up its doors in a slurry puddle. That was on 255/50/20 Pirelli Scorpions.

Check out the photos in this thread. It was this day on Salisbury Plains. We all went through the deep ford, most of us did the muddy puddles and so on. Nobody got stuck though which is testament to the vehicles. I think we were all on road tyres too.

http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic5577.html

those tyres dont look very good David, they would be ok as a spare.. ... - .- -.




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Hmmm. That was my concern too. And if I replace 2 that means actually all four.

They want £750 for the four rims and tyres...

there's four tyres here on ebay that could be a good buy,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261456774145?_tr...EBIDX%3AIT

if you could get the wheels cheaper stating that the tyres are knackered then it might work out...... ... - .- -.




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