Thread: New tyres required

OK Gents (and any ladies out there),

The jury is in. MT ATZ P3's it is. :-)
I will have them fitted in 2 weekends time. It's a shame I have to wait so long, but am away this weekend in Albany getting my first service done.


Speaking of which..... Getting my service done in Albany [$395] (450 km away), is not much over half the price of getting the service done by either of Perth's 2 dealerships [both $715]..... I won't name and shame them, but they are owned by the same company, and seem to think they can charge what ever they like.....
To check out the validity of the Albany price, I rang an independant company that only services/repairs Landies and Rangies, and they would charge $420. They only use the top of the range oils, and are still competitive. Problem is, they won't do first services as generally map/software upgrades etc need to be done at first service.

So a weekend in Albany, a service for my toy, a couple of mornings fishing, and I still save money..... Amazing. :-)


Cheers,

Phill.

G'Day Gents,

Just thought I would give an update on my Mickey Thompson ATZ P3's.

OK..... They have done 3K now, and I have played with the pressures to work out what is best with them.
Noise wise, they are really good. I can use blu tooth at all speeds. I can hear the them, but it's certainly not oppressive.
I did notice this morning that I was getting some vibration at speed until the tyres warmed up. It was 4?C. Steering was still perfect though.
They seem to be great in the sand. I owned the beach where my mates in their various 4WD's had to have my help to keep going. I had to try really hard not to rub that point into the obvious wounds. :-)
On the rocks they seemed to go great. Excellent grip. On the gravel they certainly don't have the grip of the MTR's that came with it, but you are certainly not slipping all over the place either.
They seemed to handle the mud nicely too. they self cleaned, and kept traction. I will have to wait till full on winter before I can really push the mud envelope.


I am running them at 34psi. This is the lowest pressure that provides perfect handling under emergency braking conditions. The wear pattern isn't perfect, but having full control is far more important than the minor loss of wear. The outer 20mm on each side isn't touching , as verified by the puddle test, but it doesn't miss by much. Give it another 10K Km and it will probably wear across completely. If my vehicle was heavier, then it wouldn't be a problem. :-) And then I could get bogged on the beach as easily as everyone else..... It's really hard having a real 4WD some days.

28psi gives almost even wear across the tyre, and super quiet. But handling leaves alot to be desired. The outer 12mm on each side isn't touching, shown via puddle test. This is about as close to each side as I could get it, as the tyre design is what stops it from going further until it is down to lower pressures.
32psi would almost be ideal, as long as you never did an emergeny stop because the tyres still give a slight wiggle that ultimately could cause a serious problem.


Cheers,

Phill.