I need to fit some new tyres to the truck. I'm not that impressed with the Continentals fitted from new but that may be a tracking problem rather than poor tyres. Neverthless I need a change and don't want to break the bank so am considering Hankook tyres offered by the local depot for £112 (for 235.65.R17) It seems like a decent price but have never used this make before. Has anyone any advice to offer.

Carlo

truck  At work
At home

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Depends on what conditions you drive, but I have general grabbers AT's on my motor, very good tyre and you should be able to get them for less than £100 a tyre

chicken george wrote:

truck

He'll be calling it a J**p next!

I fitted K105? Hankooks to my Passat. Seemed pretty good. Grip in wet & dry pretty good; noise average; wear seemed ok. Do not know about Hankook tread types for SUV tyres though. 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

Hanooks overall seem to give very good value for money. First time I had to change the tyres on my wife's car we replaced like for like, when her 2nd set was due another 9000 miles later we replaced them this time with hanooks front and rear.
The car is so much quieter and drives really well, it hadn't lost any of its quality in respect of handling.
They also appear to be lasting longer than the continentals at twice the price !
Hanooks get my vote

[quote="dunkley201"]

chicken george wrote:

truck

He'll be calling it a J**p next!

I like the word TRUCK, I hate "SUV" even more than the word Jeep

Ref Hankooks, one of the top 10 tyre manufacturers in the world if they are good enough to be original equipment on some Fords,..... 2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

2016 Subaru Outback SE 2.0 diesel SE Premium Lineartronic Sold 2024 after 8 years and 80k miles . Best Car I ever owned !

2023 Toyota Hilux invincible X 2.8 Auto .

Hankook very popular for competition tyres especially rally forrest. Factory one of the most modern in world amongst major tyre manufacturers.
They will certainly be on my possibles when needing tyres.

My GS models all came with Goodyear, I bought a set of SE wheels (ebay) with almost new Continentals and have used both on same FL, the Goodyears outperform the Contis in all ways. 235/65x17 all on new vehicles. All FL2's (3) Gone
2011 Mercedes C180 CGI Gone
FL2 GS Auto SD with heated leather, factory tints, alloy spare and a few other bits.

[quote="MartynB"]

dunkley201 wrote:

chicken george wrote:

truck

He'll be calling it a J**p next!

I like the word TRUCK, I hate "SUV" even more than the word Jeep

Ref Hankooks, one of the top 10 tyre manufacturers in the world if they are good enough to be original equipment on some Fords,.....

I know this is off topic, but what is wrong with the term SUV
As far as I can see it is an abreiviation for what our Freely is
Its the term motor manufacturers use.
Its the term tyre manufacturers use.
Its a modern name for a modern verhicle.
It suits all Land Rovers except the Defender which is a real 4x4.

Agree LR's er NOT J**ps or Trucks and there are many 4x4's and quite a few NON SUV's as well.

Would seem to me its only those that would like to be something they are not that bother to give a distinctive discription to thier vehicle to try and put them selfs aside from the flock - "I drive a 4x4" instead of "I drive a SUV" makes them sound like a farmer and not a urban shopkeeper  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
Stornoway Grey with Ebony Black Pleather, Clear Indicators, Body Side Mouldings etc.

 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

Thanks for the response guys - generally very useful too.

Incidentally, the "truck" refers to the relative size of the mark 2 to my old mark 1. Longer, wider, taller, heavier but still has no more room?? Still, it does perform nicely.

Carlo

Carlo
I'll be very interested to see what you think of the Hankooks. I've researched brands available here and had pretty much decided on the Hankook Dynapro HP. They seem to get great reviews re noise and wear characteristics and good feedback on grip. I will get about 50,000 K from the OEM Wranglers which isnt too bad seeing that I do quite a bit of reasonably heavy towing, but I look forward to better mileage from the Hankooks. A$230 per wheel fitted and balanced is a saving of about A$60ea over Wranglers and more than A$100ea on Conti's or Michelin. Give us a report if and when you get them.
Rob 2009 TD4 SE, Alaska White, Ebony Leather, Sun Roof.

[quote="AndyC"]I know this is off topic, but what is wrong with the term SUV

Just don't like Americanisms creeping into the English Language, my wife is not a "soccer mum" i'm from Yorkshire she is "our lass"

in my humble opinion the Freelander is not " Sports " it has all the performance of a slug in lead boots and corners like a van, a Porsche is Sports a Lotus is Sports .It is not " Utility"- my Defender was Utility, you could quite happily chuck anything in the back from a concretre mixer to 3 or 4 Pygmy Goats ( don't ask ), stick a snow plough on the front, use the front bumper to push start stuff, hose the back out ( try that with your HSEs ) that is "Utility" to me. The Freelander is however a vehicle, quite a nice one admittedly, probably the best definition of it would be 4 wheel drive estate car in the real sense of those words

prepare for incoming......  2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

2016 Subaru Outback SE 2.0 diesel SE Premium Lineartronic Sold 2024 after 8 years and 80k miles . Best Car I ever owned !

2023 Toyota Hilux invincible X 2.8 Auto .

MartynB wrote:

in my humble opinion the Freelander is not " Sports " it has all the performance of a slug in lead boots

Anyway back to Tyres, I had Kumho Tyres fitted last year, £95 each fitted and up to now there as good as the Goodyears.
Been on the RRS forum and Hankooks and Kumho get rated well by their owners.