Looking for some new tyres for my FL2 and was told by one outfit that Goodyear Wranglers are no longer being made. Has anyone heard this and if so what is the best replacement?

Land Rover are still fitting them as OEM tyres on Freelanders with 17 inch wheels. More importantly they are still shown on the Goodyear website:

http://www.goodyear.eu/uk_en/tires/4x4/wrangler-hp-all-weather/

A quick search of a well known internet tyre site that comes to you shows them available at about £128.00 per tyre.

Agree Wranglers are still available, just fitted a set of General Grabber GTs at £105 each all in which are worth considering. FL2 SD4 Metropolis Auto Santorini Black / ivory completely stock.

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I've just had 4 new 17inch Wranglers fitted on the high street. £120 and not mention of supply issues. Mine are only 8 weeks old from the date codes on the side walls so if they've stopped making them, it's pretty recently ! FL2 2007 57 GS
D2 2005 Td5 - gone and not missed
FL1 2005 Td4 - gone and missed

dorsetfreelander wrote:

Looking for some new tyres for my FL2 and was told by one outfit that Goodyear Wranglers are no longer being made. Has anyone heard this and if so what is the best replacement?

Try another Tyre Dealer, the larger chains are backed by a certain Tyre Manufacturer, Michelin it's ATS, so they will push you towards Michelin. NTS was at one time owned by Continental.

So which is the better tyre


general Grabber

Wrangler UHp

Scorpion Verde

Pure personal preference - Grabber. Looks just right on the wheels, grips well on wet slimy tarmac. Don't know what they're like on snow (don't often get any). Ours - 2008 Stornoway Grey HSE Auto
Tricia's - 2006 Royal Blue Beetle Cabriolet Auto
Mine - 2014 Vespa GTS 300 Super Sport Matt Black
Ours - 2007 White Bailey Pageant Champagne

Just discovered ASDA tyres, you order online without paying and they send you to a local tyre place for fitting. Quoted £120.80 for a 235 65 17 104v Wrangler. Other places in town saying £180 or £150 each if you buy two.

fitted yokohama geolanders on mine,time will tell.

Reeventu wrote:

So which is the better tyre


general Grabber

Wrangler UHp

Scorpion Verde

The fairly subtle difference between Wrangler and "Efficient Grip" Goodyears was covered on this thread...http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic18503.html

Not a huge amount to choose between them. My "Efficient Grips" are now on 24,000 miles and doing much the same as the previous Wranglers (very well that is) so probably as close a match as you will find.
Robin

Can recommend Asda for tyres, bought a full set of Michelins for my old 60 reg before I sold it, very good prices and were fitted at my nearest Halfords service centre. MY14 TD4 manual XS Orkney grey.

MY11 TD4 Manual XS Lago Grey, privacy glass, rear spoiler, full ebony leather,rear seat entertainment. Gone
2001/51 plate Disco TD5 GS. Gone
95 N Disco TDi300. Gone

I have an unused spare and so I need only 3 new tyres to put the Freely back on 10mm of tread after 46k miles. LR dealer has always been close on price to independents and it would be easier to roll this into 48k service for £5 extra per tyre, but he is only quoting to supply Goodyear EfficientSUV when I have Wrangler HP all round now.

Has anyone mixed these two on the same axle? I'm very wary and it might effect me selling FL2 later this year (but even if I put on 4 new EfficientSUVs or something else, I could end up with a mix if I have to put the spare on for a puncture!)

I've checked the threads and might have to work hard to find Wranglers. Any useful experience? Gone... 2013 XS TD4 Manual Firenze Red
Gone... 2008 (09MY) XS Td4 Manual Stornaway Grey
Prior... 2003 G4 Discovery 2, 1998 Disco 1 and 1997 Disco 1 Company car before that
Also gone in Nov'13, after 7.5 yrs, to new owners with time for more TLC - 1980 Series III 88
Current 2015 Discovery Sport HSE 2.0

Plenty of Goodyear Wrangler HP AW tyres available for multiple sources on line and locally and in my view they are a much better tyre than the Goodyear Efficient SUV.

Try looking at ASDA tyres (£116.99), National Tyres(£120), Blackcircles (£109.49), Halfords AutoCentres (£119.26). All prices were correct at time of posting and for 235/65/17 104V.