Rob Stanton replied:

I have had a set of Kelly AWRs on my 89 Hilux for 3.5 years now and done 56,000 km. Theres still at least 5,000 on them.They started to get noisy at about 40,000, but that was fixed with rotation - probably would be getting more out of them if I had done it sooner.Most of my off road work is in sand (beaches and sandy deserts (eg Murray sunset, border track, Coffin bay) andŒthey have performed well.The car had (I think) the Safari HPRs on it when IŒbought it, and they fell apart on a Centre and back via Old Andado trip. (bulges on the tread surface of all but one) The local Kelly dealer looked after me pretty well and did a good deal on the AWRs, explaining that the ones fitted were not really suited for serious off road - more for Light truck on road work. The AWRs have shown no signs of this problem.Bottom line? Will probably get another set when these wear out.