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  • Tommy
    October 30, 2014 at 3:12 pm #31239
    quote DuncanField:

    quote traitio:

    First drive of the season for me. It’s been a long break…too long… :-\ :-s

    Welcome back Tommy. We will make it nice and challenging for you :ymdevil:

    Thanks Duncan. Sounds exciting… :-ss :-ss

    Tommy
    October 29, 2014 at 5:50 pm #31232

    First drive of the season for me. It’s been a long break…too long… :-\ :-s

    Tommy
    March 12, 2014 at 6:07 am #29376
    quote David Jarvis:

    Looking at getting some new tyres for my jeep as well. Where did you get them from? What size tyres did you get as well?

    David

    Hi David,

    I got these from a shop called “Formula Tyres”. They have a shop in Sharjah and in Dubai in Al Quoz. I can send you the coordinates of the Al Quoz shop if you want? In addition to these Kumhos, they also have e.g Cooper Discoverer AT3’s and Yokohama Geolandar ATS’s.

    I swapped my stock JK wheels to 17″ alloys and got 285/70R17 tires on them. That’s a 33″ tire that will rub on stock JK. I did not want to lift my Jeep so I installed flat fenders to make room for front tires. (and with those fenders flares the stock JK front bumper looks incredibly stupid, so i changed that also). So the whole exercise wasn’t cheap, but after driving the stock JK for over one year now I knew this is what i wanted. The general wisdom is to keep driving for a while before spending money on upgrades. You learn better and get to know whether this is your thing.

    Tommi

    Tommy
    March 11, 2014 at 12:22 pm #29364
    quote khshareef:

    quote traitio:

    Inspired by the upcoming Liwa trip I finally changed my tires to new ones with much less aggressive tread pattern. (as Ahmad and Duncan has been advising all along).

    When I asked the tyre sales guy whether the new ones a good for sand and dunes he said that “with these your Jeep will climb the dune like a camel” 😀 😀 😀 Let’s see on Friday how it goes. The differentiator may still be between the wheel and seat. 😐 😕

    Tommi

    Which tyres are those…Are they Michelin or Sumitomo Shaheen…

    The new ones are Kumho Road Venture SAT. It’s an All Terrain tyre, but the treat pattern is quite mild. Looks almost like a standard road tire. It’s a very similar pattern as in Yokohama Geolandar ATS.

    Tommy
    March 11, 2014 at 11:47 am #29362

    Inspired by the upcoming Liwa trip I finally changed my tires to new ones with much less aggressive tread pattern. (as Ahmad and Duncan has been advising all along).

    When I asked the tyre sales guy whether the new ones a good for sand and dunes he said that “with these your Jeep will climb the dune like a camel” 😀 😀 😀 Let’s see on Friday how it goes. The differentiator may still be between the wheel and seat. 😐 😕

    Tommi

    Tommy
    January 25, 2014 at 1:25 pm #28787

    Great drives yesterday :thanks:

    Really appreciated valuable coaching from Humayun and Duncan on the afternoon intermediate drive. Learned a lot.

    🙂

    Tommi

    Tommy
    September 1, 2013 at 9:39 am #27163

    :thanks:

    Will be there!

    Tommi 🙂

    Tommy
    August 25, 2013 at 2:04 pm #27114

    Excellent 🙂

    I’m in :drive:

    See you again on Friday!

    Tommi

    :thanks:

    Tommy
    August 22, 2013 at 9:58 am #27081

    It’s been a long break. I am in! 🙂

    Tommy
    May 10, 2013 at 4:38 pm #26544

    Very enjoyable drive today 🙂 Organization was top notch!

    Thanks Robinson and DO Friends!! :thanks:

    Tommi

    Tommy
    May 8, 2013 at 5:38 pm #26520

    Hey Robinson,

    Thanks for this :thanks: I am in 🙂

    Tommi

    Tommy
    March 25, 2013 at 7:21 pm #24941

    Sounds Great! :ymhug:

    I’m in.

    :thanks:

    Tommy
    March 4, 2013 at 5:48 am #24118

    Hi Kumar,

    I’m in for the morning part. It’s my first drive with DO. Looking forward to it 🙂

    Tommi

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