Advice on tires and other stuff for Prado 2005, 3.4 Petrol

[tarqureshi]

Advice required on which tire to buy for Prado 2005, 3.4 Petrol variant.
Usage would be mostly on metal road, including touring to North during various seasons of the year.
Priority-wise factors are

1) road grip
2) comfort/bumps
3) tire noise

Current choices available, in Islamabad are;

1) Yokohama Geolandar A/T G015 - 59,500

2) Dunlop Grandtrek AT5; and finally- 56,500

3) Transmate WZR505 (Chinese) - 38000

Kindly also suggest some other better option, alongwith source wherefrom to be acquired.

[hash4u]

geolander is the best
first hand info from friends who used them
you can check discount tyres blue rea
or asad tyres pindi saddar

[waqasch1]

Geolanders

[tarqureshi]

Thanks for the advice, bought Yokohamad Geoland GO15, July 2025 production for 235K (4 tyres) from Japan Tyures, Blue Area

Ride improved with the new tyres

Checked the Stupni, it has 16inch rim as compared to 265-65-17, do i need to replace that as well or will it work?

Also advice is needed on softness of power steering of Prado, it is too soft even on high spped, is it normal? as this is a hydraulic power steering as compared to Electric power steering where the vehicle recieves lesser power assist to the steering when speed increases, however here i dont feel the softness decreases with the increase in speed.

Should i check it or it is what it is?

advice needed

[waqasch1]

Compare the stupni tire size vs 265-65/17 on any online tire size calculator, ideally they should be equal

Hydraulic power steering wont behave like an electric steering and it is fine as it is
Do get your front suspension checked, this model of prado has an infamous front ball joint failure