Skoda Yeti 4x4: Fitting Tuff Torque Steel Wheels, Falken Wildpeak AT3WA Tyres, Noise Test And More!

[@Tigermoto]

They look badass on that Yeti guys. Strange how we've gone from steelies to good looking alloys back to steelies (albeit much better looking than old ones.)

[@ScottandAlana4x4]

Thanks Tigermoto 👍. I do think that there is a really nice sense of nostalgia with steel wheels 😁. Maybe if the roads ever get fixed, we can go full circle again and be back at really nice alloy wheels 😄. - Scott

[@Seadog26]

Not the wheels & tyres, but when you were both sat inside how long before you give it another black injection with rear window tints like your Freelander 🤔

[@ashleywright1991]

Bigger sidewalls are always going to be softer and less harsh

[@zeb3144]

I got a set of General Grabber AT's few months ago on my FL2. They're quite good in the mud and road noise is OK...except on a particular dual carriageway where the surface changes colour and noise increases. Fortunately, its only a short stretch of road around 1000 yards.

[@ScottandAlana4x4]

General Grabbers are a great tyre. The only thing that made us go with Falken Wildpeaks for the Freelander 2 and Yeti is that they are slightly cheaper per tyre. 😀 We have a small bit of road near us that sounds like the car has a puncture 😄. - Scott

[@ashleywright1991]

There was a lot of people saying the more worn grabbers get the more noisey they are

[@zeb3144]

@@ashleywright1991 Only done around 2k since fitted so may have to turn radio up the more miles i clock up!

[@zeb3144]

@@ScottandAlana4x4 Thats what we have round here. Even my Transit van sounds like you have a flat tyre on this stretch of road.

[@arweldavieswoodturning]

Looks good!!

[@Mikey850t5]

Did the same on my octavia scout, the 215 65 16 are perfect, mine is also raised by 40mm, does very well on green lanes.

[@ScottandAlana4x4]

Hi Mikey 👋. Just seen the shorts you've posted on your channel, and your car looks epic 👌. - Scott

[@Mikey850t5]

@ScottandAlana4x4 thanks, it's been on a few laning days and done very well, I might put some more footage up as I have loads more. I have also just bought a Dacia Duster to do some laning in as the lift on the Skoda still isn't quite high enough and the bumper overhangs too much, the yeti will be much better for this. You planning on doing laning?

[@ScottandAlana4x4]

@Mikey850t5 I have subscribed to your channel in case you do upload any more footage 👌😀. We were toying up between a Dacia Duster and the Yeti. One of the reasons that tipped the scales in the Yeti's favour is that a Skoda should be easier to do the odd maintenance job here and there. 😀 All being well, the Yeti will be used for green laning and the odd pay 'n play once we have got 1 or 2 more jobs done on it 😀. - Scott

[@Mikey850t5]

@ScottandAlana4x4 awesome, I have just put 3 more vids up with some wheel lifting. The ground clearance and being able to lock the diff sold the duster for me, it's going to be lifted more and bigger AT tyres very soon. The haldex on the Scout has been so impressive though, not sure what generation haldex yours is, mines gen 5. I love it when I've been told the car would never get through the lanes and it does it as with no dramas! Such a good feeling!!

[@ScottandAlana4x4]

@Mikey850t5 Just watched those shorts that you put up. It looks like you were having a lot of fun. It almost looks so wrong, but yet so right for a Skoda to be offroading like that 😄. I'm not sure where abouts you are located, but you seem to have some quality lanes to use 👌. From what I've seen from Adam the explores videos, the Dacia Duster is a very capable car when it's taken off-road 😀. Our Freelander 2 has the Gen 4 Haldex, and the Yeti has the Gen 5. The Freelander 2 is another car that people laugh at and don't expect it to do very well when it heads off-road. 😁 We look forward to surprising a few people when we take the Yeti off-road 😄. - Scott

[@jasonpickering8570]

Got some 6 weeks ago for my fl2, fantastic off road and guessing Sat/Sun will test for the white stuff.

[@ScottandAlana4x4]

There is nothing more satisfying than fresh Wildpeaks 😁. Enjoy putting them to the ultimate snow test 😄. - Scott

[@Raysnature]

Personally I always think alloys look better (steels are so 1970s), love the tyres though.

[@Yeoblade]

Was that much of an insurance cost for the non spec change?

[@ScottandAlana4x4]

Hi Yeoblade 👋. There wasn't any increase in insurance premium for us. 😀 - Scott

[@tea.55.35]

What is the weight difference between this wheels

[@ScottandAlana4x4]

Hi Tea 👋. - Scott

[@SgHawk144]

@@ScottandAlana4x4 ouch, is that including tyres?

[@ScottandAlana4x4]

@SgHawk144 I have to apologise. In my flu ridden mind 🤧 I gave you the wrong information 😄. I've just been out with the bathroom scales and weighed one of the alloy wheels and tyres, and it comes in at about 24 KG with the steel wheels being about 25 to 26 KG each. 😀 - Scott