20" Nitto Terra Grapplers

I really like this D4, find every excuse I can to drive it and have now done over 10,000 k's in less than 3 months. And 9,000 plus of those kilometres have been on the Nitto's which still look like they are brand new.

Only been off road once with them at the D3/D4/RRS weekend and they did the job well given some of the tracks we did.
For $260 each fitted I reckon they are a true bargain, they handle well in both the wet and dry and are still very quite. Looking at the wear on them I reckon these tyres are going to do some impressive mileage before they need changing out.

Anyway I will keep reporting in on them every 10,000 k's or so and or if anything goes wrong etc.

There's nothing quite as nice as the sound of a healthy V8 amongst the birdsong :)

That's about my annual km's driven in 3 months Terry !

Well priced tyres, my last set of GG ATs were $300 ea but my current Wranglers were $300 ... For the set !

Are those Nittos audible on the road and particularly at highway speeds ?

They are very quite Mick, how quite? the centre consul fridge fan is louder believe it or not.

That's impressive. My old GGs were louder than a failing wheel bearing. I might take a look at them when I toast the Wranglers which provably won't take too long.

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Originally Posted by Celtoid

Hi Mate,


I don't know .... there may be more than one way to save money on a tyre.


I don't quite get 'Parallel Imports' anyway. Old stock, defective stock, somehow shifted through a 'side' network?


Anyway, back to my point. A local Brisbane dealer that I know, does not use the local Pirelli distribution network and chooses to deal directly with a Sydney based dealer who imports from the OEMs. The savings are in the range of $200/tyre for high end tyres.


All genuine, all current, just less middle men!


Your tyres could fall into that category.


Cheers,


Kev.

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Kev do you mind PM me the Brisbane dealer as I will be in need of some AT on the D4.

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Originally Posted by Hatchy

Kev do you mind PM me the Brisbane dealer as I will be in need of some AT on the D4.

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Will do mate.


Kev.

I've had 265 50 20 Terra Grapplers fitted for about 6 weeks now. They work well in the dry and although there is a little noise you have to listen for it.

In the wet they are a somewhat disappointing, the ABS kicks in early and understeer is never far away. I would say my 245 70 17 BFG KM2s are better on wet roads. At least they don't aquaplane like my old Pirellis did when nearly worn out.
I haven't been off road with them yet and if I do it will likely be very mild.

Overall I'm happy with them, if they can give me 50K and the wet weather performance doesn't deteriorate, I will be considering them next time.

ive done about 20,000klms now and love these tyres....they're awesome off-road on the beach ! Highly recommend them !

Totally agree Muskie.

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Originally Posted by Celtoid

Anyway, back to my point. A local Brisbane dealer that I know, does not use the local Pirelli distribution network and chooses to deal directly with a Sydney based dealer who imports from the OEMs. The savings are in the range of $200/tyre for high end tyres.

All genuine, all current, just less middle men!

Your tyres could fall into that category.

Cheers,
Kev.

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Kev,

I'd appreciate a PM for the tyre place in Brisbane too. I'm in the market to replace the original 19" Wranglers on my D4.

Cheers,
Scott