Recent content by arco9

In my experience the AT3 handles confidently in the snow and rain. I have not been disappointed so far. It is a versatile tire for off-road and on-road use. The only two improvements I still would suggest is that they get rid of the slight hum on the highway and make it weigh 5lbs less while...

The tire shop thought an E-rated tire would have held up better than the P-rated tires I had on there. The flat wasn't due to nail or sharp puncture, but rather a blunt impact to the tread portion of the tire. They said an E-rated tire would have more reinforcement and strength and that such...

In November 2019 I had the Continential TerrainContact (P-rated) tires (size 275/65 R18) installed on my mostly stock 2014 Land Cruiser (only addition is King Shocks, that's it). I wrote about how I really liked them here in this post. I would buy them again except that they failed off-road...

I don't have a photo of the tire break unfortunately, but the shop said the break was caused by a rock impact to the tread portion of the tire. I will create a separate post about the Toyo Open Country AT3s vs these tires in the next few days.

Update - after 22 months with the Contintenal TerrainContacts (P-rated version) one of the tires "broke" while driving on a fairly benign dirt road and couldn't be repaired at the tire shop. No flat tire is convenient, but this flat occured in the middle of nowhere and was my first flat with...

I have a 2014 Land Cruiser with King 2.5" front and rear shocks as well as rear Dobinsons Variable Rear Coil Springs. Other than that the vehicle is stock. The overall lift is about 1.5 inches. I really like the feel of the vehicle, it's amazing, except for one thing. I have found out that...

I got my King 2.5s through Ben at Filthy Motorsports. He knows his stuff. I'm really pleased with the result, they're awesome!

Thanks to others who have posted their experiences with tires - very helpful. Here is the 1 year update on my original post above. I've had the Continental TerrainContacts (P-rated version) on for about a year now and have driven them on and off road quite a bit in Idaho and Utah. I really like...

Thanks to everyone - very useful reading your comments on this question.

I took a few pics of the KDSS valve. Man, looks like metal items from a shipwreck. Is this concerning or normal on an LC200? What do you think can/should be done about it?

Thanks to everyone for their comments. Is the KDSS valve located under the black metal cover I circled in red in the picture below? If that is the location, I will try to take a closer up picture of the valve itself and will post it.

Last set of pics here...thanks again for your feedback...

Here are a few more pics...thanks for looking

This Land Cruiser is 5-6 years old. How would say the rust underneath is looking for its age? Typical? Better than typical? Worse than typical? If you were a buyer, would you avoid it? Do you feel it's rust condition is good enough to consider having it as a long-term (10+ years) vehicle...

I had the Grabber ATX tires on my LC for a week. For an E-rated LT tire, I really liked them and I think they look great. I posted my comments and some pictures here.