Tyres

[DeanW]

I am finding that the Continental ContiVanContact tyres that came on my Campervan harsh and thinking of replacing then with the Michelin Agilis 3 in the same size. Thoughts?

 

[willo]

Also want to look at alternatives to the Continental, but looks like the weight rating Agilis 3 doesn’t cover the 416.

 

[DeanW]

My Continentals on a 419CDI are 235/65 R16 C 121/119 R
Multiple sources attached with the same numbers - what am I missing?

 

[Sockeye770]

I was great fan of the Michelin Aglis on our old work ute's for being good performing and long lasting.
On the Sprinters, I can't really say that I notice any difference in tyres.

 

[DeanW]

I have Michelin Agilis for a half price

Are you selling these? How many - how much - where are you?
Dean.

 

[Andrew1980]

Are you selling these? How many - how much - where are you?
Dean.

by mistake

 

[DeanW]

OK - where is New Jersey in the Australia, New Zealand, and Asia Pacific part of this forum?

 

[Seaspanners]

I am finding that the Continental ContiVanContact tyres that came on my Campervan harsh and thinking of replacing then with the Michelin Agilis 3 in the same size. Thoughts?

By harsh, do you mean from the tyre compression/deformation for bumps or handling. You have to bear in mind that a 10ply "van" tyre is by nature a hard tyre. You can run a lower pressure to counter hardness but it comes at the price of heat, wear and fuel economy. I run 70 psi (cold) in the Conti's when going long distances (Nullabor 13 times and counting plus numerous Nth west runs from Freo)) but drop them for shorter runs to 55psi for rougher country roads and lower for dirt roads depending on condition. I have a set of 265/65 R17's GO15 Geolanders on black rhino rims for off roading and still run them at 70 psi for the longer highway sections and down to 25 psi for soft sand around 55 for rougher corrugated tracks like the great central road

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