Yokohama Geolandar X-AT G016 Long Term Review

We've taken the Yokohama Geolandar X-AT G016 around the block for over 10,000K's. Playing around in mud, sand, on the farm & highway to see how the Yokohama X-AT's hold up.

These tyres are designed as a balance between mud terrain tyres and all terrain tyres. Essentially making it a mud tyre in a business suit.

Let's see how the Yokohama Geolandar X-AT G016 went during our long term review.

Full Transcript:

- Gudday, Jared from Tyre Review here, and I've spent the last 10,000 Ks on the Yokohama X-AT, that's the GO16 for those playing along at home. And we brought it up here because this is where it belongs. We're on a muddy track, and we've just got to the top of the thing and driven through a puddle that's right there. It's a bit bigger than your average puddle.

The GO16 it's an interesting beast. It's halfway between the all terrain and mud terrain. So, at the start, before I actually started driving on this tyre, I actually spent a little while on the mud terrain, just to give it a bit of a balance because I've used the all terrain before, but I hadn't used the Yokohama mud terrain.

And one of the things that I noticed about the mud terrain is it's the same as most mud terrains is that you can feel at low speeds. You can feel the tread prints and you can hear it at the highest speeds. And I was curious to see if the GO16 which is again, it's halfway between. So and it's also got the three ply carcass, which is very similar to the mud terrain tyre, but it's got a more all terrain tyre inspired tread pattern where you've actually got these sipes here, that are wider.

So you're actually gonna be better off road, but they've actually got a denser packed tread block in the middle. So I really wanted to see what characteristics they pulled from the all-terrain and what characteristics they pulled from the mud terrain. And I've gotta say, I'm impressed with them off road. I can get dirty and I had some fairly serious little spots coming up here and we've taken them in the snow and that sort of thing before. They get dirty no problem. It's more on the road where I want to sort of talk about this a little bit more.

So I'll get back in the car and we'll go for a drive down the hill and we'll talk to you again on the road. So we're on the gravel now, and these tyres also perform really well on the gravel. Like they're surefooted and I tend to drive fast as you know, and oh, sorry to the speed limit, and they're certainly well and truly capable of keeping up with me on that, and they're also really good on the blacktop.

The only spots that I've found, where they, are not quite keeping in mind that these are an aggressive all-terrain or at time mud terrain, depending on hey, look at it, almost think of it as a, like they've taken the mud tyre and actually stuck it into a business suit or at least a polo shirt so that, it's a mud tyre carcass with the all-terrain tyre grip. but in the wet, they sort of exhibit a little bit of the characteristics of a mud tyre and a little bit of the characteristics of an all terrain tyre.

So they've actually got a little bit of the mud tyre under steer, a little bit of the all-terrain tyre oversteer, so around a round about you can lose the tyre a little bit if you're going a little bit too quickly. You can lose the nose a little bit if you're going, if you're not putting your weight in the right place. So just be a little bit careful there. So drive to the conditions as you should be doing anyway, you shouldn't be driving like a nit like me, and also dry traction is just slightly down.

And so I noticed on some quick corners, but also if you're doing a quick turn on the bitumen, then you may find that they're just not quite holding on as well as an all terrain would, but again, these are mud tyres in a business suit so what do you expect? But otherwise great tyre, can't see any real problems with them. They perform fantastically.

And what I would probably recommend these tyres for is actually for the traditional Overlander. So have people who might be driving around the country, who would normally choose a noisy mud terrain tyre. Choose these, because these are the mud tyre carcass, but they've actually got a grip or trip patent that actually has some good grip, but it's still well and truly comfortable on the road and is not noisy.

There is perhaps a little bit of tyre whine that you might notice at around about 80 sort of Ks or that's what I got. But that's not noticeable. And for the trade off that you get for a tyre like this, it's totally worth it. So that's my review. The GO16 X-AT from Yokohama. Thanks, y'all.

[akar]

I've had these G016 on my Jeep for 20, 000Ks.
Review is very accurate. They are wearing fine, lots of tread left.
Off-road, haven't had any real issues. They are aggressive for an AT, but the gap between the tread blocks is not massive/not as great as a muddie for stone ejection - so stuff does get stuck in the pattern regularly. However they are surprisingly grippy, more than you'd think. Very clever tread pattern, overall great design.
On-road, like the review says, definitely have to watch out when going on roundabouts in the wet, I get lots of understeer, depending on speed/angle. Can be gnarly!

[jcarry]

By far the best review I have seen of this model. Lat time I bought tires I went with a similar competitor because they went on sale for an absurd price, but I've been doing my best to thrash them so I can get these instead. So far we've had the old AT and the MT in my house and they've treated us very, very well in desert, rocks, snow, mud, and highway but having the in-between will really be the ticket for me.

[RoyFJ]

Love this and the MT G003, two best tires on the market.

[squeek]

G day mate, I have just found your channel, and I enjoy your review, so I will give it a like an subscribe.

[istp]

Good honest review; even about driving styles 😎👍👍

[nathansharma]

Thorough review mate 👌 hardly anyone discloses the actual carcass construction.

[Lordoftheflatbush]

After 30k km: well made tyre and very sturdy. Hold well after abuse. The main con is that it is loud. More like an MT tyre. And it gets louder after more miles. The compound is hard making them slippery in the wet.

[ruley]

Another great review, curious to pull on the on road wet grip compared to the competition... so simply, worse than the Nitto RG and the MT Baja Boss AT in this area?

[bedlamite]

I put these on my TJ last year. Great during summer and off road, not so good in the winter here in the frozen tundra.

[pandadundee]

Sold - thank you for the review! Getting a set for my D-Max!

[MrTrenooo]

Good honest review. refreshing in this day and age

[sa-pd]

I had some issues in the mud with the go15 but the tyres had worn when I had these issues. So I went with wildpeak which have been good- no issues. I now need to get new tyres and I’m wondering whether I should consider these vs the wildpeak?

[kaiserx]

Is the g016 better on road, silent and better fuel consumption than the g015????

[rlaracue]

If you had a 1/2 ton truck and MT or XT didnt matter would you recommend the Yokos XTs or the General Grabber X3? X3 will be louder but they are built solid. Xpedition Overland swears by them but also is sponsored by General Tire. This would be for a 23 Tundra TRD used for overlanding and daily drive but low miles (8Ks a year).

[justinrobinson]

Maxxis RAZR at811 or Yokohama x-at... Which tire for dry road performance and comfort/less road noise?

[FourLowAdventures]

We like to drive tracks locally and do some overlanding. After watching a ton of your videos I guess we'll settle on these G016's. Have had Yokohama A/T (G015) and M/T on our last 2 vehicles and I liked them both. But damn they're expensive. Do you have any opinion on the Federal Xplora RT? It looks like they are trying to blur the line between A/T and M/T as well.

[rubiconned]

Great review mate. Was recommended these by a local (well respected) Tyrepower over the Maxxis RZR. This has me sold.

[danielcholewinski]

What would be better on the beach go15 or go16

[jdm]

How do they compare to the MT Baja Boss AT? For off roading which do you think is better? Thanks.

[tamersaid]

Do you think they will be fine on raptor gen 1 instead of using bf Goodrich