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Bridgestone D694 & D697 question
« on: December 17, 2012, 09:48:30 AM »
Hi, quick question..
We've got D694's on our Prado but they are the lighter load rating, not the LT carcass, (I got them before that version came out)
We're rapt with the ride and wet weather grip, but been told that the non-LT version is out of production

I just want to know...
Has anyone swapped from the D694 to D694LT? and what difference in ride and wet grip was felt.

Other option- eeing as the Prado only does about 12,000klms per year nowadays am I better off going with the D697LT in case I need to match a tyre later on.

again same question, has any gone from a D694 to D697LT and what was the difference?
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Re: Bridgestone D694 & D697 question
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2012, 12:43:18 PM »

We moved to the D694LT on our Paj and have not noticed any difference. Bound to be, but we haven't noticed.
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Re: Bridgestone D694 & D697 question
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2012, 02:22:19 PM »

no worries thanks
OK booked for sat am at Bob Janes, 5 x D697LT's (they took pity on me having to take 5 instead of 4 (cos the D694 on the spare was still legal and I planned to leave it there and just rotate the 4 road wheels)

BTW they slaughtered Bridgestone's quote for the same tyre
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Re: Bridgestone D694 & D697 question
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2012, 04:20:24 AM »
Ask them if they'll take the legal one as a trade-in?

I ran Bob Jane Springwood for 5 years ( a while ago now) and we would sometimes cough up a few bucks for a legal tyre, as we could always sell them to someone needing a tyre with limited finances.

Worth asking.....
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Re: Bridgestone D694 & D697 question
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2012, 05:49:31 AM »
Quote from: Mallory Black on December 17, 2012, 02:22:19 PM
no worries thanks
OK booked for sat am at Bob Janes, 5 x D697LT's (they took pity on me having to take 5 instead of 4 (cos the D694 on the spare was still legal and I planned to leave it there and just rotate the 4 road wheels)

BTW they slaughtered Bridgestone's quote for the same tyre
Why did you have to take 5 instead of 4?
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Re: Bridgestone D694 & D697 question
« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2012, 07:46:10 AM »
Hi BobT

you can't mix  tyres with different construction on the same axle even if they are the same size, the car becomes unroadworthy

So I can't have a non-light truck tyre as a spare and expect to legally use it if I need to swap it for a light truck tyre
Yes I see plenty of 4WD's with flash tyres on the road and the spare is still the OEM Grandtrek or whatever, they are just asking for it

anyway, that deal was so good I think there will be a sixpack of something in the boot for them, my local BJ have been very good looking after me this year.

Hey Mr Jeepers, you'll be pleased to know that old tyres are now being used ion a small scale in steel manufacture, the tyre compounds (we can hardly call it rubber these days) is a good substitute for coking coal and the steel belts are a bonus. so I expect that once those tyre mountains that are dotted about the place are used up tyre companies will be very active about the supply network.

we might not see any more tyre bundles being used to form artificial reefs :'(
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Re: Bridgestone D694 & D697 question
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2012, 04:26:37 PM »
Which T-Mart are you going to?
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Re: Bridgestone D694 & D697 question
« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2012, 06:43:08 PM »
I put 697LT's on the Pajero back in October, replacing 694's  which had 92,000 km on them

The 697's have already ticked over 8000km already, pretty happy with so far.
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Re: Bridgestone D694 & D697 question
« Reply #8 on: December 18, 2012, 06:45:34 PM »
Jeepers I'm heading to Keperra, they used to be at Mitchelton but moved.
Like I said  been here 20 years, they've been pretty good to us over that time, we rarely strayed!
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Re: Bridgestone D694 & D697 question
« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2012, 06:51:08 PM »
Its 10 years since i was at Springwood, but i just wondering if it was someone i knew that ran it.

Never got to know many northsiders, except Keith who owned Chermside.
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Re: Bridgestone D694 & D697 question
« Reply #10 on: December 22, 2012, 09:22:29 PM »
Quote from: Mallory Black on December 18, 2012, 07:46:10 AM
Hi BobT

you can't mix  tyres with different construction on the same axle even if they are the same size, the car becomes unroadworthy

So I can't have a non-light truck tyre as a spare and expect to legally use it if I need to swap it for a light truck tyre
Yes I see plenty of 4WD's with flash tyres on the road and the spare is still the OEM Grandtrek or whatever, they are just asking for it

anyway, that deal was so good I think there will be a sixpack of something in the boot for them, my local BJ have been very good looking after me this year.

Hey Mr Jeepers, you'll be pleased to know that old tyres are now being used ion a small scale in steel manufacture, the tyre compounds (we can hardly call it rubber these days) is a good substitute for coking coal and the steel belts are a bonus. so I expect that once those tyre mountains that are dotted about the place are used up tyre companies will be very active about the supply network.

we might not see any more tyre bundles being used to form artificial reefs :'(
I understand.  Very sensible having all tyres identical.  However I'm not sure it is illegal to have a different spare.  Many vehicles come with smaller spares albeit with speed restrictions.  My Jeep Grand Cherokee has a slightly smaller spare with a speed restriction of 120kph which is well above what I drive at anyway.
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