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Swine&Small



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I sometimes do that, but Small still hangs on to the spare wheel. Good grip this girl Rolling with laughter 1983 Series 3 Pick up in Marine Blue
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Cupboard



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United Kingdom 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 HT Corris Grey
My 7.50s squeal on hard cornering when I've got them around 35psi, they don't when they're at 40.
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Laurie



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Make sure your diff-lock isn't engaged.
That would give you tyre squeal on longish turns. 
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Supacat



Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
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United Kingdom 2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS DCPU Keswick Green
custom90steve wrote:
"How times change. I used to frequent performance car forums and the talk of only 8 or 10k miles on a set of tyres, and was that a problem etc etc. 25k on a set of tyres is imho fine, the mind boggles how anyone drives to get 45-50k on one set! "


Isn't the real question what is the design life of the tyre and then measuring what your variance to that is?

A tyre that is designed to give high levels of grip on a performance vehicle will trade longevity, as it will be a relatively soft compound; a general all terrain tyre will not work quite so hard so so will have a longer life.
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ParabolicSwivel



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Success! 40psi seems to have done the trick - threw it around a few roundabouts this morning with no complaints from the tyres! Smile

Had previously been keeping them round 30-ish - that’s quite a big difference so might experiment a little.
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United Kingdom 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 HT Corris Grey
I used to keep them about 33 but the tyre life was a bit pants.
I know if you run them at 50-60 the ride is horrible when empty, and 40-45 works for me. Depends on what I'm putting in etc.

If I know I've got lots of offroad stuff coming up with some slow on road, then I'll got back to 30-35. If I've got some difficult off road with no road, then below 30.
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ARC99



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The only time I have managed to get the fronts to squeal on any 4x4 was when an in experienced mechanic on completion of a service failed to take the diff lock out. Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place,
so it doesn't take much to Censored us off.

Richard
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