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Choosing 4WD Tyres is very troublesome. There are such a lot of parameters that you wish to maximize this was extraordinarily hard to decide on the best compromise.

On bitumen roads I need a quiet ride, good cornering and stopping ability in both damp or dry climate conditions. I also want good tracking to avoid driving fatigue for highway driving and good balance to avoid any vibration. Off road the prerequisites are very different wherever I need an open tread for good self cleaning properties in mud, resistance to punctures with an industrial quality construction and plenty of all round grip. In all cases I want my tyres to be as minimal cost as possible and to last so long as possible before needing replacement.

Unhappily many of these requirements are paradoxical. Giant open treads that are good in the mud are loud on the bitumen. Hard compounds that last a substantial time tend to have worse wet weather cornering and stopping ability. Basically good on-road tyres have an inclination to be poor performers off road and vice versa.

Sorts of 4WD tyres

So when it came time to select 4WD tyres I had to choose which of these features was most crucial. I use the car 90% of the time for driving to work or driving the family in town on weekends. Even driving to a camping location or where a 4wd track starts is usually road driving so on-road safety, performance and comfort are the most critical features.

The Pajero has a name for suffering a little from increased road noise. I think this is due to the fact that it has not got a new framework so there's less padding between the suspension and the body of the car. Due to this choosing a low-noise tyre is rather more urgent than standard as any noise will be spotted more. When I Am off road most of the terrain I encounter is beach sand or gravel track. With all this considered I decided that an All Terrain kind of tyre was a good choice with its bias towards on-road conditions but still with better cross country performance than the standard road tyre.

Types of 4WD tyres

The next question is which make of all terrain tyre? Some of the brands which make claims to have a harder compound have reviews that suggest that when they get a little older their grip levels can drop seriously for bitumen driving. In my view I'd prefer to my tyres wore out a little faster but always gripped well, it's not worth saving a bit of money for the sake of safety.

I also wanted to buy a tyre precisely the exact same size as the standard tyres. This is because of the incontrovertible fact that I don't want any effect on the speedometer precision or performance of the traction and stable control systems. A different size tyre might or might not effect these however I simply do not want the difficulty of making an attempt to fix it if it does. These points excluded a lot of tyres making the choice a bit less complicated.

So at the end after much debate I determined to give the Pro Comp range a try. They'd quite a few enthusiastic reviews showing that it has wonderful on-road performance while still maintaining decent cross-country capacity. I have had them for quite a bit now and they have lived up to expectancies.

The most important thing I have learned about selecting 4 wheel drive tyres is this: select what suits You best. Do not fall for the ballyhoo that announces your Need to have a light truck, 35 in, mud terrain that can last 10 years. Look at how you use your vehicle and buy what sounds correct for you.

Making tyres last for longer

The very last thing I must say is: revolve your tyres! My prior tyres would have lasted far longer if I had have rotated them each 5000km or so. As an alternative at 15000km they developed a horrid whirring sound that truly sounded like a blown diff or worn wheel bearings. It took a bit to work out it was just the tyres after much concern. To rotate your tyres move the rear tyres straight to the front keeping them on the same sides they were on.

Move the front tyres to the rear but swap sides in order that they are actually rotating in the other direction. In a full cycle of rotation this may mean that each corner of each tread block will get the same wear and this will hopefully reduce uneven wear that causes OTT noise. The very next thing I'd say is to look out for tyres created to avoid humming noise by having variable block sizes as these can develop this pulsating whiring noise that in my. View is worse.

4 wheel drive vehicles and SUV's usually arrive fitted out with general road tyres, or at the least a combo on road and general off road tyre. The 4WD tyres that your 4x4 came with aren't always the best ones for the applications that you wish to use it for.