I'm running Toyo Q/T Open Country. They're great, wear well, handle well, quiet on the highway, tow well, fine on snow and ice.

Not specifically off road tires, but the AWD on the car makes up for a lot anyway.

 

I have also run Toyo Open Country's before and would buy them again. The road noise was not an issue and they were actually good on gas.

 

Upping this Thread as it has been a while since anybody reported on TIRES for the LR2. I am getting ready to order tires, and thinking of the Nitto Nomad Grappler 18's. They look a bit more aggressive, and I get into a bit of sand where I am located... Has anybody tried them on an LR2??

 

I would install studded snow tires.

 

As far as crawling and heavy off roading goes, you can't go wrong with those tires..pretty sure they will handle sand without issue. Check out their online reviews. One caution, I am not sure they make a tire that will fit the LR2.

 

You can always make the LR2 fit the tire.
-- Marines. We make sh*t happen.

 

check the yellow sticker on the door of your LR2. It may read you can fit a 17" rim: 235/65/17. The factory rim was often a 235/60/18, which also can likely fit that tire. The LR2 - small as it was - could fit a huge number of off road tires available in the US. If only JLR had made the new Defender as compliant with tire configurations as their old LR2 model! The LR2s had 17-19 rim offerings, showing a time when JLR fully considered what tires an owner may want for the drive, and factored in off road driving capability. By the time JLR went to the Discovery Sport, it was useless 20"s and up. The larger LR4s had 19"s and very little side wall, showing the drift from off road intent to off road show pony. (The LR4 had T-Rex tires - freakishly undersized tires for a mid sized SUV). There was not off road intent with that set up... You can see from the model redesign how JLR moved their small SUV from being off road capable to an exclusively on road choice. The new Discovery Sport is not as capable as the old LR2 in many ways, tires being the most obvious... Most LR2s also had front skid plates and recovery hooks standard. Unlike the modern JLR SUVs where they keep the skid plate shiny silver so you can brag about it, the LR2 had a black painted skid plate so you didn't see it. It was an incredibly thoughtful design: practical and functional.

 

Modern LR's are like Hummers, only meant to be blinged, never be soiled by dirt.

 

Which is why I'm sticking to the ones I have, for as long as I can. ;-)

 

I didn’t think they had a size to fit the LR2. Did you get new wheels too?