Sand Lover wrote:

Hi guys
New to this forum but this tyre-issue is the reason I joined. Fed-up with tyre salesmen asking whatever they want for a tyre because they know we are screwed! I drive the LR4 in Namibia with Goodyear MTR's...great offroad but not so good in the sand - the sidewall does not take running deflated well at all. Have a set of Pirelli's also but they only last 20000km and puncture relatively easy. Won't even mention the originals...!
I am seriously considering the 18 inch ones from Compomotive - put a nice set of BFG AT's on them as with the Disco 3 and you have the perfect allrounder in my books. Costs GBP 180 per rim and the silver ones look great. To avoid rubbing they even send you a 'how to' to modify the plastics to not rub.
Does anyone tow a trailor on gravel roads often? The rigid mud flaps are extremely ineffective and I have lost 2 back windows here in Namibia - stones coming back from the trailer...Any ideas out there? Any well made after market products that you can recommend? In the meantime I have fabricated my own mud flaps from rubber but this does not look good at all!
Cheers