Tyre advise from Mickey Thompson

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Originally Posted by CheekyD1

, the most aggressive Radial tire is the Claw, that’s why I chose them.

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Not sure I agree with that comment Gary. Maybe in the Mickey T range, or a 33" size, but Treps and Krawlers are both radial. Both IMO are better that the claws. There are others too.

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Originally Posted by CheekyD1

, Having said that I went off road with these ¾ flogged out MTZ last weekend.
2 MTZ’s on the front (33 x 11.5 on 10” wheels) and 2 Claws on the rear (33 x 12.5 on 8” rims)
I am not sure if it was the rims, but the MTZ’s felt much surer than the claws.
The front felt more planted than the rear.

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This could have been down to absoloutely anything, such as tyre pressures, weight over the relevant axle. It would be interesting to do a scientific comparison but it wouldnt be easy to do. Also I am with grimace and wouldnt run a 10" wide rim. Even with my 13.5's I run an 8" rim and drove around coffs for 3 days at 8psi with no bother.

One other thing to contemplate on the MTZ is the mixed reports all over the place. Some people have been horrified with them while others have been exstatic.
There is even some talk on the interweb about faulty castings etc etc...

I was tossing up between the mtz and the bighorns for my road/everyday tyres and after reading all the reports I was a bit hesitant to buy a second hand set of mtzs on my own assumption (propbably a false one) that they were possibly being sold due to the original buyer not being satisfied with them overall.

Keen to hear more feedback and hopefully another year of usage will bring more solid responses from peoples personal opinions.

Choosing tyres can be a PITA!

For me (being a tight arse :() I go on price and value for money and refuse to pay too much. The Federals I got recently were dirt cheap for a 285/75R16 and have seen them on Shepps Disco and being impressed with how they went on a couple of trips they were the reasons for my choice. The Mt117 sports I do like off-road but they're bloody awful on the road, plus too many people in the club now have them too so time for something slightly different and not as common.

Also my Rangie doesn't get used on-road daily so a cheaper and slightly more aggressive tread is fine by me addto that I don't do touring or 'easy' trips (Fraser or any of the islands is the easiest trip I'll do, anything else is a waste of my time).

i can't talk about their 'offraod abilities' but on road i traded them in after a few short months as they howled like no other, they were supposed to be my dailys being a 33 x 12.50 and i had to get get rid of them as they were louder then my pedes or creepys!!

i now have a set of the new mtr's (35 x12.50s) as dailys ( same width though) and are wisper quiet and handle soo much better!!

one day i will trial them off road, but its hard to not to take sticky treps in swaps for mtr's!!

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Originally Posted by aquarangie

For me (being a tight arse ) I go on price and value for money and refuse to pay too much.

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Originally Posted by aquarangie

The Mt117 sports I do like off-road too many people in the club now have them too so time for something slightly different and not as common.

Also my Rangie doesn't get used on-road daily so a cheaper and slightly more aggressive tread is fine by me addto that I don't do touring or 'easy' trips (Fraser or any of the islands is the easiest trip I'll do, anything else is a waste of my time).

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Ahhh the good old Silverstone Sports - I reckon the best bang for your buck tire going - super aggressive - cheep and up to 33 inches of grip, who could want more?
They are so good, that I reckon that your club should have a Control tyre for Tough trips, and the big Silverstone Sports would be a good choice.

A control tyre would level the playing field like in V8 supercars, let the best driver win.
Also save everybody a heap of money and you would not melt your brains bickering about the best tyre.

HiHo Silver Away :twisted: