Recommendation for Tires for Toyota Prado

[Mostafa Taha]

Dears, I need your expertise in buying my Prado's new set of shoes, what do you recommend for all terrain? long life, off-road efficiency, price and on-road comfornt

BR,

[Rahimdad]

@Gaurav has converted me to a believer in Yokohama Geolanders ATS. It costs around AED 450/- a piece. Great comfort for on road with little humming noise due to its thread pattern but blessing once you are off-road.

[desertdude]

Preferably round and black.

[Gaurav]

Do you wish to do wadi and mountains too in the future or only sand+highway?

[Mostafa Taha]

Thank you all, Preferably If I came to intermediate and expert levels soon which I guess would include Wadi and mountains, I would consider a 2nd low cost off-roader (which I would seek your support choosing one) but for now I would like to be able to do all this with my current Prado as well

[Gaurav]

OK, I think I understood your concern, here is my opinion based on my own experience.

1. Michellin Latitude / Primacy (HT tread, not cross terrain): If you like to use your Prado for highway and sand without much of mountains.
   • Advantages:
     • Super Quiet on highway
     • Very long usable life (kms)
     • Light weight, ideal for fuel mileage and tall hill climb
   • Disadvantage:
     • Soft for rocks on wadi's and mountains
     • Not great for self recovery in sticky offroad situations
     • Expensive (800-900 / tire)
        
2. Yokohama Geolander ATS
   • Advantages:
     • Great for offroad - grip, self recovery and climb
     • Great for wadi, mountain and sand
     • Long usable life
     • Reasonable (450-500 / tire)
   • Disadvantage:
     • Little noisy on highway
     • Little heavy to sip tiny bit extra fuel

For highway terrain Michelin's are FAR BETTER than Dunlop Grandtrek, Bridgestone Dueler, Kumho and Cooper.

For offroad terrain Yokohama geolander ATS are FAR BETTER than Cooper ATR, STT, BF Goodrich, Michelin Cross terrain and Nitto's.

P.S. I have used all the above mentioned brands.

[Mostafa Taha]

Thanks again Gurav, I will go for the Youkohama geolander, any advise of reliable sellers in dubai or sharjah?

[Rahimdad]

@Mostafa Taha, all tire shops are reliable, just make sure the manufacturing date is not too old. @Gaurav bhai can explain that further.

[Gaurav]

Tires have manufacturing in 4 digit format like: 3516. Where 35 is 35th week of 2016 means Aug 2016.

From last two members (@Wrangeld and @Xaf)  who wanted to buy Yokohama Geolander commented that they aren't available at the moment in market. So check your size and its availability from more than one shop.

Gulf coast, Ardh al emarat, Formula tires are all good competitive places to buy, next to each other. Online shops will have 10-20% more margin than these Shj boyz.

https://goo.gl/maps/CsGj6rdJmB3AjYiA6

[Mostafa Taha]

Thanks Gurav and Rahimdad, much appreciated