TYres and fuel efficiency

Just changed my tyres over from offroad tyres (BF Goodrich 16" mud terrain tyres 235/70 which were unevenly worn - "feathered") to road tyres (Sailun Terramax CVR). The difference in ride and noise are dramatic and fuel economy on a long motorway drive has gone up from 20-22 MPG - 28 MPG!

To be honest the amount of off-road driving I am likely to do is minimal but the Goodrich tyres did look amazingly rugged. Oh well, you can't have everything.

235 70 16 no scrubbing? Lift? Any pics?

Yes, 3" lit kit professionally fitted before I got the van. No rubbing.

@Andonic, you have a 3" lift on the front as well? Was that achieved via something other than cranking up the torsion bars?

THis is what was in the advert. If you tell me what to look for, I will take pictures and post them.

3" lift kit professionally fitted
Heavy duty rear spring kit with front mount lift cups

Djhatzigiannis if you are in Eltham London then we shoudl get together to compare notes. I'm in West Norwood and often pass through Eltham

I'd be curious what the "front mount lift cups" look like. From what I read, there isn't a way to install ball joint spacers for the upper control arms (since the ball joints are integrated into the arm), so wondering what they did up front.

Andonic, in Australia half in the bush! We have stage 4 restrictions at the moment can only leave house for food work or care giving. Basically we are on home arrest. No people allowed over:(

Ah, Eltham in Oz not in London. In the UK we are pretty half-hearted about dealing with coronavirus - you can meet in groups of up to 6 people, go to the pub, go to work do lots of stuff. Meanhwile the infection rate is doubling every week and if it carries on doubline we will be back in serious trouble soon.

We are only allowed to go in a 5km radius for essentials like food once a day and 1 hour a day exercise or for work if it classed as essential by government