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  1. 25th November 2007, 11:58 PM #1
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    Kelly Tyres

    Was told by the Tyrepower people at the Perth 4WD & Camping Show that the American made Kelly tyres for 4WD's will be available in Australia again in about April / May next year. I had the Kelly Safari AWD's on my last Disco and was very impressed with them. Very long life and not noisy. In the photos below, these have over 75,000 k's on them and were still in good condition when I sold the Disco. Unfortunately, couldn't swap the wheels / tyres over to the D2.

    Have been looking around for new tyres for the D2 for a while now - think I'll wait until the Kelly's are back on the market again and see what they have available.



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  2. 26th November 2007, 02:42 PM #2
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    Kellys would have to be one of the worst tyres I have ever seen.

    When working in a tyre shop 8 or so years ago, we fitted a heap of Kellys to all sorts of cars and it nearly drove the boss broke as we had heaps of recalls and blow outs as well as hugely out of balance on fitting as well as separations shortly after fitting.

    There were the odd good set and you must have got one but there were quite a few bad batches so we stopped selling them.

    A Kelly Mud Terrain also cost my mate a Hilux and nearly his life and his GF's and it was only a couple of years old.

    Im not saying that they will be the same as then as most likely they wont but I wont be buying any at any time soon.
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  3. 26th November 2007, 03:04 PM #3
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    I borrowed a set of Kelly 35'' muds approx 2 years ago and got 2 punctures in one day trip to Gembrook.

    Never considered using them again

    Unfortunatley, this is the only experience I have had with Kelly tyres.

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  4. 26th November 2007, 03:51 PM #4
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    My father travelled with a friend through the Tanami and he got 5 punctures whereas my Dad travelling on BFG AT's had none. They were running the same pressures, travelling same speed and similarly loaded. I dont think it was just bad luck...and think they were just bad tyres.

    But its like every brand of tyre I guess...people might swear by them whereas other people swear at them! lol

    Hey if you were happy with them last time and want to run the risk again go for it.

    Angus
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  5. 26th November 2007, 04:15 PM #5
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    Kelly make **** road tyres & **** offroad tyres....

    Theres better out there....

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  6. 26th November 2007, 04:33 PM #6
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    Well...looks like the feedback is fairly negative I reckon...

    Angus
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  7. 27th November 2007, 01:57 AM #7
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    Oh well - doesn't sound too good. Thanks for the feedback. One thing that I have heard is that there Australian made Kelly's and American made Kelly's - and the Australian ones are crap.

    Don't know if this is true or not and can't even remember where I heard it.

    Will have to think a bit more about which tyres to replace the Michy's with. Definitely liked the Kelly's on the D1 though.

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