If you often ride your SUV, Jeep or Ute off-road, you should install premium off-road tyres to get the ultimate experience. Your vehicle’s standard road tyres won’t get you far enough; even your all-terrain tyres can find it hard when encountering specific off-road barriers.
4×4 Extreme Tyres
Extreme 4×4 tyres are intended only for rough terrain. Extreme tyres are designed exclusively for off-roading with extra-large tread blocks spaced out by larger voids. The combative design of these tyres helps to cut through the top mud layers and move them to either side. So if you plan to ride on rough terrains, fit your vehicle with extreme tyres. They can ride you through every trench, ditch, or hill climb and bring you unharmed across the other side.
4×4 Mud Tyres
If you need vehicle tyres that can handle everything, like an all-rounder, mud tyres are excellent and can provide you with enhanced performance when going off-road. Mud tyres have large tread blocks and voids around the periphery. Between each tread block, large voids facilitate handy self-cleaning for the tyres. As your vehicle tyre passes through thick mud, the grooves push the mud out, providing you with better traction when required. A thinner tyre will give you a more leisurely ride on clay, mud and chalk terrains. A wider set of tyres is what you’ll need to tackle peaty land. Mud tyres are intended for normal off-roading; however, most mud tyres can also ride on a normal road, giving you the best value for your money. You can try our 4×4 tyre selector to find your vehicle’s best set of mud tyres.
Inspect Your Vehicle Tyres For Road Worthiness And Safety
If you already have a set of 4×4 off-roading tyres and want to use them for your next escapade! Reusing your 4×4 tyres multiple times is fine, but you must inspect them for road worthiness and safety. Here are some checks you need to undertake:
Uneven Tyre Wear
Inspect your vehicle tyres for uneven wear. Uneven tyre wear can be an indication that there are some underlying serious issues, which may not be risky in itself. Before investigating the issue, check your vehicle’s tyre pressure for all tyres. If your vehicle tyres are not correctly inflated, it may be the issue. Otherwise, there can be underlying alignment issues. And in the worst case possible, there can be problems with deteriorated or damaged parts in the steering or suspension assembly.
Tyre Pressure
You can adjust tyre pressure to suit the off-road terrain. When you take on your off-road adventure, remember to keep a pump with you so you can readjust your vehicle’s tyre pressure when you arrive back onto the highway or public road. Driving on a highway with even somewhat deflated tyres can be very risky.
Tread Depth
On-road or off-road driving requires road grip. So it would be best if you replaced your excessively worn-out vehicle tyres. The legal tread limit for a tyre is 1.6mm. However, we recommend replacing your vehicle’s 4×4 tyres when the tread depth reaches 3mm. And we recommend you replace your vehicle’s all-terrain and mud tyres when they reach 4mm because the edges will start to deteriorate at this point, providing much less grip and stability.
Valve
Each time one of your tyres is repaired or replaced, you should fit a new valve because it may get damaged during the removal process. Trusted tyre fitters will do it without asking; however, confirming this point with them is prudent before they fit the repaired or new tyre.
Avoid Mixing & Matching Tyres
We recommend fitting tyres of the same brand, size, pattern, and load index/speed symbol on your vehicle to get the best grip, braking, handling and comfort. Riding your vehicle on two different tyre brands or sizes on one axle will make your drive uneven. And to maximise performance and efficiency, you must adhere to tyre manufacturer recommendations.
Shop a New Set of Off-Road Tyres
If you’re considering buying a brand new set of 4×4 extreme or mud off-road tyres, browse our web store to purchase tyres online at the best prices or visit us at Eagle Tyres, the tyre shop in Sydney for tyre purchase and fitment.
