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petemate1
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:36 pm    Post subject: xl tyres Reply with quote

Hi
Are xl tyres any use offroad?
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Are they Michelin??

Pics and more info would be helpful.

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

crazymac wrote:
Are they Michelin??

Pics and more info would be helpful.


The moderatrix moved this post from the unimog forum, so it lost a lot of it's meaning.

Yeah, XL's are michelins. They are heavy truck specific tyres, not something you'd see on a landy really.

Are they any good offroad? They are supposed to be, benzworld.org might be worth a try asking, there's a lot of mog guys over there who might know.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks for the help.. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Michelin XL is well known for working well in sand, but are not known for working well on rock.The XL was later upgraded and rebadged the XCL, a tyre used by most if not all of the worlds armed forces on a variety of vehicles, ranging from LR's to Unimogs,Reo's 4x4 MBenz trucks etc. Know of someone who uses them in 24R21's on Oshkosh in the desert and won't use anything else.What are you going to use them for?
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If they are meant for heavy trucks and you plan on using them on a landy surly the sidewalls will be too stiff to flex properly off road?
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've had XLs and XCLs on my 101 and they are superb both on and off road.
They wear VERY quickly though so unless they are cheap dont bother.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have always run xzl's on various landys and now disco.

ive never failed to be impressed, narrow and as others have said poor on rock , as for wearing quickly, i have had 60 K from a set of hard everyday use.

they aint cheap, and quite difficult to find 2nd hand unless you have a friend in MOD disposal.

they appear on the bay occasionally but for silly money

i bought six from paddocks once with balanced wolf rims for a mere 99 quid a corner.

as others have said military landys the world over use them , many govt agencies use them and i think Landy fit them as an offroad OE tyre.

hth
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 9:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

terence wrote:
I have always run xzl's on various landys and now disco.

ive never failed to be impressed, narrow and as others have said poor on rock , as for wearing quickly, i have had 60 K from a set of hard everyday use.


XZLs seem to wear fine - its the older XLs and XCLs that wear down quick.
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