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Quite a few people say good things about Maxxis - and Ive seen them on everything from Suzukis to Jeeps to Tojos and Patrols. Maxxis tyres are competitively priced - check out any Bob Jane dealer for Maxxis MT 762 Bighorn or MT 754 Buckshot Mudder (see BJ Website).
Dave
How do you get the 4 for 3 sale? Direct from the manufacturer? Through all dealers?
The 4 for 3 sale is through Goodyear Autocare shops during March. The good thing about it is you only pay for 3, the bad thing about is they charge you the list price for those 3. So for 33x12.5xR15 you pay 3x$460 ish... which yes is expensive, as you can get the tyres from other places for around the $400 mark if you try hard enough... but if you x3 and divide by 4, you get $350/ea (comparative) which suddenly sounds nicer!
I ended up deciding on the Goodyears as my current/previous set did 80k clicks for me and I never had a problem and the new design is meant to be better again... but the Bighorns were a very close second... just so happens the ATO was nice to me this year! next time if I am feeling a bit poorer I would look very hard at the Maxis's
I was looking at the new MTR's but they're directional now aren't they? That's the main thing that puts me off them. I think I'll be going Bighorns again just wish they had the kevlar sidewalls like the MTR. Now just need to decide on 33's or 35's.
Cheers
Steve
Jax at Blacktown quoted me $350.00 each for Mickey Thompson MTZ's, 33 x 12.5, 15's on Saturday when getting tyres for the better halves commodore there.........
Not a bad tyre from what I heard from different folk's around the place?? Anyone with personal experience lately??.......
steve i run MTZ's on the JK, to be honest i expected more out of the tires, they do wear extremely well though but in the mud they dont clear out as well as i would have hoped, i think my next tire will be trapador's either in 35's or 37's (depending if i wanna lift it more or not)Quote:
Originally Posted by stevet
One or two people in the club run Radial Claws , im curious - having read quite a few views on this tyre some people love them and others hate them, and there seem to be comments about poor lateral grip. Anybody like to comment? (I think Casey runs Claws on the Colonel doesn't he?).
Incidentally the tread on the new MTR's is so wierd - I think they call it an asymmetrical tread pattern - not very pleasing to the eye, but I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder :-)
Yeah it is an asymmetrical tread on the new MTR's, but I don't think that means directional... there is no indication on the tyres, or in the documentation that they are directional...
Stevet, try Tyre King in Baulkham Hills, I think my quote from them for MTZ was a touch cheaper than $350. From my reading on the web, they are meant to be a very capable tyre, and seem quite popular in my "survey" for the tyres I saw on various 4wd while walking the streets!