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Kluger towing limitation of 2000kg is imposed by Toyota. It does seem somewhat arbitary ... when a Territory can tow 2300kg. My cynical side thinks it is a clever marketing ploy by Toyota: if you want to tow > 2000kg, buy a Prado. If you want to tow > 2500kg buy a Landcruiser. What I do not quite understand is how a 5 door Prado can tow up to 2500kg whereas a 3 door Prado can tow up to 3000kg.

Holmsie, Thanks for the heads up. Mine (same model & colour) is now at 78,000km and I do not relish the thought of forking out that much for a service. Might first get a non-Toyota quote for this logbook service.

I am one of those who was not happy with OEM D400's - only managed 38,000 km out of them. Replaced with Toyo Open Country H/T which have now done 38,000km with at least 50% life remaining.

My Toyos now have 34,000 km on them and I expect to achieve 60K+ km out of them. Rim size appears to be 7.5" see here

Yeah, but you have an unfair advantage with all that driving on grass (as per your images).

As per my previous post, I am entirely happy with Toyos after 20,000 km. Attached photo of tyre (currently front right) shows very little wear overall, and edges are holding up much better than Bridgestones. Tread pattern does, however, collect and hold a lot of small stones if driving on gravel roads.

I have little doubt you will get many more than 45k out of your Toyos. I have now done 20k with my Toyos and there is very litle wear. At same stage with Bridgestones, the front wheel outer edges were badly worn - too many roundabouts where I live?? I only managed 38k out of Bridgestones - I am aiming for 60+ k out of Toyos.

I changed to Toyo Open Country and have now done over 10,000km with them. Are they better than the Bridgestone tyres? Very much so I reckon - handling is much the same but the Toyos show much less wear, and almost none of that front-wheel edge scrubbing that was so evident with the Bridgestones. Would I go back to Bridgestone D400's? Never.

OT ... Your avatar image is awesome!

Only 245/55R19 tyres available locally appear to be the Bridgestone D400 and the Toyo Open Country - both are rated 103S Going to 255/55R19, the Yokohama Advan ST is rated 107Y, and the Pirelli Sorpion Zero and Goodyear WRANGLER HP AW are rated at 111V

ConcurKX-S placard (on driver side door frame indicates max load rating must not be less than 875kg or have a load rating not less than 103 and and speed rating of not less than S).

From my rudimentary research: 245/55R19 (D400) has a diameter of 752mm ... and we all know/suspect speedo reads a bit high with these (116kph speedo for 110kph actual). I believe 255/55R19 (with a diameter of 762mm) would correct speedo error. However, 255/50R19 (with a smaller yet diameter of 737.4mm) would make speedo error even worse ... BTW, the Pirelli Scorpion ATR I mentioned in my previous post on this thread is currently not available in Aust (or anywhere by the looks of it) ... so I went with the Toyo Open Country.

My Canberra-based KX-S does not suffer dash rattle with cold or on the bitumen at any time ... but there is an annoying dash rattle when driving on gravel roads. My rattle is somewhere just to the left of the steering column - might mention it at the 40k service next week.

In terms of 245/55R19 tyres , only ones I could find are the Bridgestones Dueler D400 (OEM tyres) which IMO suck, and the Toyo Open Country tyres which I have fitted. There are other tyres in 255/55R19 that will fit the 19" rims. Plenty of choice in the US - see here but not many of htese are available in Aust. There are several other threads discussing the 255/55R19 options. I have only had the Toyos for 2,000km so its a bit early to say whether they will last better than the Bridgestones, but they are made from a harder compound and have more tread depth ... so they ought to last better. So far I have not found any great difference in handling or road noise generally, although on rough bitumen at slow speeds the Toyos seem a little noisy.

Which rims do you believe could be resold? Not the Kluger rims, I trust ... with all the tyre issues for the 19" rim, who's gonna buy these? I guess the smart move would be to replace rims and tyres immediately after Kluger purchase, and then store the OEM rims/tyres in your garage until time to sell Kluger ... and then put the mint condition OEM rims & tyres back on, and separately resell the aftermarket rims & tyres. Aaagh ... why didn't I think of that 18 months ago?