Thread: Chinese made Maxis tyres

bighorns are the same..

there one minute, gone the next

BUT

it was a BIG there one minute i have to say.. others have let go long before..

i was really searching to find what the boundaries were and wont be going back there again, by choice anyway...

but yes.... they are very black and white so to speak.

I have bought new Maxxis road tyres twice for VW Kombis. I wasn't really pushing the limits to try to find the boundaries, but we did travel to WA and back and used them for years in a car that was a family car that often had 10 people in it. The tyres were very good. No frights, and good wear and good predictable handling. But with ten people in the car I'm not going to try to find the boundaries ...

Willem

its like the more capable your 4x4 is, just means that you are going to get bogged in a more inaccessible place.

its the same for performance cars, or any car really, the more stick you have the quicker the let go will be.
or another way the more stick you have the more melt you will get when they do let go.

back in the day of my HK on crossplys belting around ravel roads and going side ways as often as i could. foot to the floor more often as not. couldn't drive like that in a commodore.

My E36 M3 had them (235.40x17) on when I bought it, as they are the used car dealer's tyre of choice when needed for a roadworthy.

As said by Stepho_62 I found them not to inspire confidence, and feel Nibbly when cornering.
As they got older they became much more slippery, so much so that my wife was hanging the tail in roundabouts, and she is not a fast driver.

I bought a set of Bridgestone 751 on Ebay from a slightly dubious tyre company of middle eastern origin, and I suspect they were imported from Japan in a container of used tyres as they were not listed in teh Bridgestone Australia cattledog.LOL

The difference is enormous. The ride is MUCH better, the predictability MUCH better, the outright grip MUCH better, and they are very quiet.

They also have a rim protector which helps safeguard my very expensive wheels.

I spoke to a guy in Kununurra who had Maxxis on a Prado and he was quite happy .

Regards Philip A

this is a common problem i used to have with my fiat sports cars, michelins were "pretty good" allround and predictable when they were going to let go and easily recoverable, the bridgestone potenza of the day were excellent (remember them guys) would hang on a fair bit longer and you could push harder, but when they let go, it was in a big way and almost unrecoverable. I think its that the level of adhesion was higher, so when they did let go, everything was going harder, i.e speed, g-force etc. they michelins were more drivable, but didnt hang on as far but i was way less likely to get into troulbe with miche's than brisgestones.

We had them fitted to a V8 high performance VT wagon we had. While they are not quite as good as the $600 plus Bridgestones they are a great tyre for the price. At the time I think we paid $220 a tyre for low profile 40's. The advantage is they last a lot longer than the $600 Bridgies by about triple the mileage. Similar category Bridgestones were around $400 ea and Goodyears $500. They are probablly about equivalent to the Bridgestone Adrenalins in performance. They get about double the meileage. When the Bridgies on the Stato wear out I will be replacing them with Maxxis.
There are many tyres when you reach their limit just let go, that is fairly normal and you maybe just pushing them a bit hard.
If you want to race or push your car you will need to go to a $600 - $1000 tyre, but they will be really soft and not ideal for every day or general driving.

Interesting thread this. I drove a new MX5 (current gen) at QLD raceway a couple of years back and was very impressed (I don't think the previous gen was as good). It was playful and forgiving.

I know manufacturers have budgets and so on... but I also know they pick a tyre and then the good ones tune the suspension for the tyre. Hence, when I replace a tyre I will try and put on exactly what came with the car. If it's not possible, then I try and get close.

Hi Folks,

thanks for your replies. I'm rather intrigued that most other people seem to confirm my suspicions. Eventually I'll replace them with yokohamas. IMHO they are the only way to fly with these sports cars.

Here is a funny thing, I brought the car from a dealer and honestly, they were a_holes. They lied, cheated, and generaly tried t rip me off. I'm an ol dog so you have to be quick to put one over me.

8 days after purchase I was about 1Km from home and there was a dreadfull shrill grind sound from under the bonnet. I drove it home, stuffed it into the carport and rang the dealer and told them to come n get it.

To cut a long story short they took the car away, repaired the damage, and gave it back to me. BIG PROBLEM, the bonnet didn't fit properly. It took me about 5 minutes to work out what they had done but rang them and informed them that they had damaged my car and I expected them to fix it. They had it for a day and later admitted, very red faced, that they had put the suspension tower brace on back to front and consequently the bonnet wouldn't close properly. D'Oh .

I laughed my head off n said "i know".

This is what she looks like, named her Misty