Thread: Hey BB, sitrep on MTR's

and while on the topic has anyone used the new cooper stt.

they look really impressive.

The July 2004 issue of "Land Rover World" says the Goodyear Wrangler MT/R are the tyres chosen to equip the G4 challenge vehicles as they were tested and can cope with the range of varying condition encountered. It will be interesting to see whether BB's (and anyone else's) experience matches with this.

And yeah the new Cooper STT's look impressive and are due to be reviewed in the upcoming edition of Australian 4wd Monthly, I understand.

The MT/R's have a very aggressive pattern,,

Too noisey for Toorak? :wink:

good old tyre debate

which is best ?????

my thoughts are it all depends on how much road versus off road driving
your tyre's are going to be doing

i use the pirelli scorpions as my road tyre and dry 4wd only
they have been great tyre's and not to expensive
and last along time

when i go serious 4wd i put the simex 35inET on [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

Ok first up see the story in rants and yarns.
I was with out the Fender for a while because of other problems.

But the Wranglers are going great.
Dont a bit of sand driving in them and havnt found them to dig down because of the agressive tread.
No mud up here so that will have to wait a while yet.
Rock hopping has been few and far between but did ONCE(oh yay) and with slightly lower pressure(25psi) they worked a treat.

ON ROAD
I can feel they are there and hear them,
But they grip and I havnt felt unsafe with them on road yet.
Havnt had a wet road up here to try them on but will see what happens next cyclone. :wink:

do you think a bit of wind will cause you problems 8O

Originally posted by Pedro_The_Swift
do you think a bit of wind will cause you problems 8O

It has in the past.. ops:



Oh you mean the cyclone.
Well normally when they arrive they bring loads of rain, in 5 minutes we can get enough to turn the dust to slush.
So THEN I will be able to try out the wet roads and the slushy mud.

Comprende Pedro :wink:

Beautifull, sounds good then. I was reading on discoweb that a lot of those yanks were complaining about skidding under brakes using MTR's. I asked the tyre shops in town here about the new Cooper STT but no one stocks them. The general opinion was that theyre a good tyre but not worth the extra dosh. The opinion on BFG muddies was interesting aswell. Again thought of as a good tyre but they reckon the heat in the roads up here chews the crap out of the rubber compound really quickly. Leading to premature (for a muddie) wear. Well its definately going to be the MTR's im gonna hassle the bloke again tomorrow, he's hinted he may be able to get his hands on some from another store for me.
cheers
Mick