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« Reply #20 on: September 22, 2009, 12:55:39 PM » |
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Here we go, i found the cord, ok stacey found the cord. here are some pics of the tyres, Goodyear Wrangler MTR's with Kevlar, new design only released in Oz this year. Price $390 a tyre fitted, plus $12 a tyre for replacement warranty. If i bust one i pay a pro-rata replacement fee for a new tyre. Eg if i rip one open and its non-repairable and its 30% worn then i only pay 30% of the replacement cost.    |
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« Reply #21 on: September 22, 2009, 12:58:35 PM » |
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That's a different sort of tread hey but they look ok how have you found them thus far....
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« Reply #22 on: September 22, 2009, 01:00:10 PM » |
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That's a different sort of tread hey but they look ok how have you found them thus far....
they are really good on the road, very quiet, well very quiet for an agressive muddy. Off road they are like the simex's they just keep digging till they find grip, and they have pleny of that. I rate them highly. |
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« Reply #23 on: January 23, 2010, 07:57:20 PM » |
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They look good Mat.
I have had two sets and never had a drama with them. Been over the desert twice with them with out a flat.
I have a set in the shed to go on the 80 when the BFG's wear out in 265/75x16.
Can't wait to get them on.
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« Reply #24 on: January 24, 2010, 06:56:32 PM » |
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They look good Mat.
I have had two sets and never had a drama with them. Been over the desert twice with them with out a flat.
I have a set in the shed to go on the 80 when the BFG's wear out in 265/75x16.
Can't wait to get them on.
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« Reply #25 on: January 30, 2010, 10:25:08 PM » |
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No they are the old ones.
A set I used on one of my desert trips.
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« Reply #26 on: January 31, 2010, 09:32:28 AM » |
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No they are the old ones.
A set I used on one of my desert trips.
yeah i saw those on your prado on the Spanish Steps trip. Im very happy with the new design, much more agressive than the old one |
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« Reply #27 on: February 28, 2010, 06:08:46 PM » |
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they look like biased tyres......
they have an inside and an outside........looking at the tread.....which forces you to mount them with the white writing
on the outside......
its free advertising for them.......cos you pay for it all.......they should be giving those away........
a bit cheeky i think.......
anyhows......they are a really good tyre and wont dissapoint........
the first few mm of tread wear pretty quickly.....then the wear slows down a lot........
and if you dont abuse tyres too much on road by braking and cornering hard.......they will last even longer......
i was also gonna add accelerating hard......then i remembered its a tdi........
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« Reply #28 on: March 17, 2010, 04:19:54 PM » |
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I actually dont mind the white lettering, breaks up all that black. but some steel wool removes it pretty easy if you dont like it
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« Reply #29 on: March 21, 2010, 05:49:50 PM » |
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steel wool wont remove it....... its actually white rubber molded under the black......
if you do a lot of touch parking against gutters......you end up with white wall tyres......
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« Reply #30 on: March 21, 2010, 06:05:53 PM » |
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steel wool wont remove it....... its actually white rubber molded under the black......
if you do a lot of touch parking against gutters......you end up with white wall tyres......
Im not into that look, but i dont park by feel either so im good  |
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« Reply #31 on: March 21, 2010, 06:09:34 PM » |
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neither am i.......
it looks really ugly on a car to have a whitewall tyre on the near side front.......and all the others are black with white lettering.....
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« Reply #32 on: March 21, 2010, 06:23:18 PM » |
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neither am i.......
it looks really ugly on a car to have a whitewall tyre on the near side front.......and all the others are black with white lettering.....
i dont mind the Raised White Lettering, or RWL as i believe it was named on AULRO. I can handle that. |
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« Reply #33 on: April 05, 2010, 09:30:19 PM » |
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I thought the asymmetrical tread pattern looked kinda wierd on the pics I saw earlier but they look good on
your rig.
Just replaced my STT's on the Patrol with 285/75 R16 MTZ's. Cost me $310 a corner from Tyre King, Baulkham Hills.
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« Reply #34 on: April 11, 2010, 03:27:23 PM » |
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I thought the asymmetrical tread pattern looked kinda wierd on the pics I saw earlier but they look good on
your rig.
Just replaced my STT's on the Patrol with 285/75 R16 MTZ's. Cost me $310 a corner from Tyre King, Baulkham Hills.
thats a top price Dave, the cheapest i found for the MTZ's when I looked for the 265/75's was $320. Im glad i bought the MTR's though, they are wearing well. |
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« Reply #35 on: April 11, 2010, 11:01:28 PM » |
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most of the mud tyres with the deep tread seem to wear very quick at the start......
then they slow down and seem to last forever after that........
what actually happens is......the tread blocks actually compress from the weight of the vehicle.....
and its not really a guide as to how long they will last......but it will make you think that at this rate.....
you will need tyres again in 30,000kms.......
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« Reply #36 on: April 12, 2010, 08:28:37 PM » |
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most of the mud tyres with the deep tread seem to wear very quick at the start......
then they slow down and seem to last forever after that........
what actually happens is......the tread blocks actually compress from the weight of the vehicle.....
and its not really a guide as to how long they will last......but it will make you think that at this rate.....
you will need tyres again in 30,000kms.......
the last set i had did that but these ones dont seem to be doing that, but having said that im not doing the k's I used to. |
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