They are... but there a crossply aren't they? In which case bound to be tecnicaly illigal as I'm sure they will have alower speed rating than a classic rangerover needs. I'd definatly recomend a 205R16 or 235/70R16 in a MT or perhaps one of the more agressive ATs. Done quite a bit of looking at tyres my self recently! Toby
No they stopped making them a while back, the 7.50x16 version used to be a favourite with the trials brigade, especially the leaf sprung ones. Firestone started making 1 batch a year that were immediately snatched up and their rarity led to people looking elsewhere - hence the mud pluggers and their like started to take over where the good old SAT left off,
I wouldn't put them on a Range Rover, they are cross plys rather than radial and AFAIK cross plys have never worked well on Range Rovers. You would be OK with them for a pure off road toy but don't try and use them on the road, especially when it's wet !
I've never tried cross plys myself on a RR as they were scary enough on my 88inch hybrid, if you do try them out and survive feel free to tell us your experiences afterwards. I wouldn't advise cornering hard or any kind of quick stop with them fitted.
Not if they are used correctly - on the correct vehicle.
It's a feature of their construction - they flex differently (less) that Radial tyres and only work properly on vehicles designed with X-ply tyres in mind. Put them on a vehicle designed for radials and you're asking for trouble. Putting radials on a vehicle designed for X-plies seems to work OK most of the time.
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