What did you do to your Patrol today!

[mudski]

Had a custom airfoil plate made for the cross country intercooler, will post some pics tomorrow as its a bit dark now. I had an alloy plate cut and two foils twisted to drop air onto the intercooler to see if it will be of benefit on egr temps, you will see what I mean when I throw up the pics.

Keen on seeing this mate. My cooler is soon to arrive too.

[threedogs]

The vanes on my ARE scoop are curved and direct air to the front of the IC

[Bloggsy]

How tall will that make it? 33/35?? Looks good.

Thanks mate. They're 33's. They are definitely bigger than the BFG KM2's in the same size I had on there previously.

[mudski]

Thanks mate. They're 33's. They are definitely bigger than the BFG KM2's in the same size I had on there previously.

I'm no tyre expert but if your KM2's were 285/75/16 aswell, how would the new shoes be bigger? Worn out to brand new is the only reason I can think off. Or the actual tyre diameter is measured not including tread depth? And the Hankooks have a deeper tread. Also 285's are closer to 32.5inch and the 305's are the old 33's. But its half an inch. Meh!
What are they like on the black top mate? Noisy? I remember years ago using Kumo's and the noise drove me near insane.

[Stropp]

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here you go taken at the shop yesterday prior to fitting, if it doesnt work i will just remove the blades.

[Woof]

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here you go taken at the shop yesterday prior to fitting, if it doesnt work i will just remove the blades.

Looks like a very professional job there mate.................................unlike the hack job before..hahahaha

[Woof]

Had plans but my youngest son stole it for the day

[Stropp]

Had plans but my youngest son stole it for the day

Just don't let him have it next week and we will surprise the possum

[Clunk]

Just don't let him have it next week and we will surprise the possum

Well he wont be surprised now will he? Lol

[Bloggsy]

I'm no tyre expert but if your KM2's were 285/75/16 aswell, how would the new shoes be bigger? Worn out to brand new is the only reason I can think off. Or the actual tyre diameter is measured not including tread depth? And the Hankooks have a deeper tread. Also 285's are closer to 32.5inch and the 305's are the old 33's. But its half an inch. Meh!
What are they like on the black top mate? Noisy? I remember years ago using Kumo's and the noise drove me near insane.

Hey Mudski, What do they say? Oils ain't oils -LOL!! Same goes for tyres I reckon. Even tough I have not actually measured them, you can see they are a larger diameter than the BFG's even though they are both 285/75/16. My BFG's still had about 9-10mm of tread before I changed over to the hankooks, so not overly worn down. I also have the hankooks in 315/75/16 and when parked next to a mate of mines Patrol wearing the same size tyre, 315/75/16's but in BFG KM2's you can quite clearly see that the hankooks are larger. I'm not saying there's a huge difference but it is definitely noticeable. Oh and I do understand that a 285/75/16 is closer to a 32.5" but we generally refer to them as 33's. Actually come to think of it, before I had the BFG's I had MT MTZ's in 285's and I remember thinking then that the BFG's looked smaller than the MTZ's they just replaced.

The Hankooks are pretty quiet on the road, comparable to the BFG's when new. What they are like after they've worn down a bit is yet to be seen... Or should that be heard? Pretty sure Stropp has clocked up more K's on his Hankooks than I have on mine which is just under 5000k's. I've found them pretty good on the blacktop in the rain too lately, considering they have no siping. I have to admit that the BFG's are a little better in the mud though.