Thread: Tyres cheap vs nasty

Originally Posted by Ace

I ended up buying retread muddies for the disco, for two reasons

1) they only get used on weekends for off road trips so i didnt see the point in spending $1200 plus on 4 tyres when 90% of the time they will be sitting on the floor in the shed.

2) As mentioned the likely hood of destruction as opposed to wearing out is a high possibility and i know i would rather replace my $100 retread as opposed to a $300 good one.

The verdict, money well spent, they are identical to BFG muddies, and are on different carcasses one or two are khumo not sure what the rest are, but they go everywhere the same treaded BFG goes and i got a set for $100 more than the other person paid for one tyre. For everyday driving i wouldnt use a retread but i would have looked at the cheaper tyres. Matt

I did the same & blew 1 out at 100 kph, luckily it was a back 1 or I probably wouldnt be writing this. U still have 2 get 2 where you`re wheeling. I dont think I`ll be bying any more of those!
Just my experience.
Cheers Dean.

im in the industry and these days it does not may any differance weather you buy a cheap tyre or a dear tyre i went from 3 sets of tyres now i just run a set of 255/85 bfg muddies and i find they are the best all rounder

regards josh
ex 82 rangie
97 300tdi 110

Amazingly, the four skinny (205) Bridgestone DD M+S on this Disco have been excellent, I have no complaints. (unlike the Michies on my previous 1995 Rossignol Disco, two of which fell off the rims...)

but, in a year from now, the tyre issue will be in my mind...time for a new D3

tyres, tyres, tyres; a never ending thread of opinions

here's mine.

Tried:
BF Goodrich MT's : utter rubbish, (now only use as spares)
Hancook AT's very durable, pretty good.
Nexen MT's, (el'cheapo non-remould) $150 ea and good for the price

All up if it's a weekender or you want a spare set just for weekends and cash is tight go the cheapo's

buy used and you'll never know why they are being sold until it's too late.

Originally Posted by 97discotdi

I have tried a few different tyres on the disco's since 1994. The original Michellin are brilliant on the road 100,000k's but chop out on outback gravel/rock in 15,000k's. Bridgestone A/T great all round tyre but bloody expensive. Toyo ok on road but get off the black top, carry a repair kit. Kuhmo good all round tyre reasonable milage and can handle off road without too much damage, great value for money for the outback tourer. I am going to try Maxxis next 8ply 215/85 (lpg injection on 300tdi) to try and reduce puncture repairs on the Canning. Will let you know how they go.

When are you doing the Canning?

A friend of mine believes you should just buy the cheap ones, because where he goes they get so much damage from steaking that you are probably going to have to replace them anyway because it's the safest thing to do. I fear this will be the end of the grabbers this upcoming trip but we'll see how we go.

Originally Posted by 953

I did the same & blew 1 out at 100 kph, luckily it was a back 1 or I probably wouldnt be writing this. U still have 2 get 2 where you`re wheeling. I dont think I`ll be bying any more of those!
Just my experience.
Cheers Dean.

I check them regularly for damage, i wont keep them as long as i would a set of proper tyres though.

I just replaced the Michelin X 4x4 that were on the Fender when I bought it, they had done over 120k.

SWMBO bought 4 cheap tyres for her Liberty at $40 a corner fitted (China), they are wearing really fast and are bloody dangerous in the wet, I would of rather spent the $100 up front.

can l politely point out the flaw in your question, the price someone sells a trye at has nothing to do with how good it is for the purpose you intend to put it to. Tyres like anything else are sold with variety of pricing considerations, brand name, advertising, market share etc.

Question is for your budget the dollars you are prepared to spend what is the best quality trye you can buy.

quality will mean different things to different people

suitability for the task of 4wding
highway noise
longevity
anti puncture resistence
grip on different types of surfaces