Goodyear Mtr's, Silent Armour, Cooper stt
Submitted: Tuesday, Jul 18, 2006 at 14:14
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DavidT
Hi
Further more to my tyre discussions, i popped into the local goodyear
shop and they recommend the mtr's or the silent armour for the GU series 4, what is everyones opinion and mileage experience with the mtr's or Silent Armour.
Dave T
Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Tuesday, Jul 18, 2006 at 16:57
Tuesday, Jul 18, 2006 at 16:57
Have a search for MTR's.. Perfect.
Steve (old scaley) has Silent A's on at moment but is touring as we speak.. wait for a reply
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Follow Up By: Member - Jeff M (WA) - Tuesday, Jul 18, 2006 at 18:24
Tuesday, Jul 18, 2006 at 18:24
MTR, best tyre I've ever had, held up to every type of terrain I've thrown at it (and heaps of suburb bashing too).
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Reply By: SantaAus - Tuesday, Jul 18, 2006 at 17:25
Tuesday, Jul 18, 2006 at 17:25
I just went though this with buyig a set for my Terrano. All said and done, I ended up with the MTR's. I was abit worried about thier performance in the sand, but as far I can tell they performed very
well. The are also and awesome tyre for out in the bush. Loads of traction.
SantaAus
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Reply By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Tuesday, Jul 18, 2006 at 18:44
Tuesday, Jul 18, 2006 at 18:44
They are both good strong tyres.
My 265/75R16 MTRs did 45,000k and still had 8mm tread left - mostly desert trips. No punctures but had a sidewall delaminate after some rough treatment - Goodyear replaced them under warranty.
I replaced them with silent armours. They are not as aggressive, but just did 5000k on the
Hay River and
Madigan Line and they were a bit better in sand than the MTRs. And between two vehicles, we got one puncture. There was no chipping, and no measurable wear so far.
IMO - just go for the one that looks the best. If you want an aggressive looking tyre, go for the MTR. If you want a less aggressive tyre, go the Silent Armour. If you plan on mud, go the MTRs.
Cheers
Phil
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Reply By: Member - Stan (VIC) - Wednesday, Jul 19, 2006 at 10:41
Wednesday, Jul 19, 2006 at 10:41
MTRs would be the pick. The only side note if you are planning to do any outback
trips I would recommend to fit tyre sonsors (even cheap ebay ones will do).
On the recent trip one car stuffed one MTR on the way to
the desert and
one stuffed one MTR on the way back. The main reason is that when the tyre
gets flat you don't notice it untill its too late and tyre becomes the throwout...
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Follow Up By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Wednesday, Jul 19, 2006 at 12:58
Wednesday, Jul 19, 2006 at 12:58
Stan,
I thought at least one of those was a Cooper STT (but looks like an MTR:-)))??? Saw a photo somewhere
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Follow Up By: Member - Stan (VIC) - Wednesday, Jul 19, 2006 at 15:00
Wednesday, Jul 19, 2006 at 15:00
Hi Phil,
STT was stuffed as
well, but if you compare stuffed MTR which only had bulged
sidewalls without any cracks and stuffed STT was completely disintegrated.
I'll see if I can uploaded stufed STT photo on here :)
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Follow Up By: Member - Stan (VIC) - Wednesday, Jul 19, 2006 at 15:10
Wednesday, Jul 19, 2006 at 15:10
Here is some Cooper STT photos:
and
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Follow Up By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Wednesday, Jul 19, 2006 at 15:14
Wednesday, Jul 19, 2006 at 15:14
A "hole in the sidewall" takes on a whole new meaning :-))
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Reply By: hound - Wednesday, Jul 19, 2006 at 15:38
Wednesday, Jul 19, 2006 at 15:38
Going through the same exercise at the moment and am leaning towards Mickey Thompson Baja Claws Radials or the MTX. The MTX looks like the best standard mud tyre on the market for the price and being able to handle mud better than rocks. Had a price of $260 each for the MTX or the claw radial in 31/10.5r16
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Follow Up By: hound - Wednesday, Jul 19, 2006 at 15:45
Wednesday, Jul 19, 2006 at 15:45
That was Mickey Thompson MTZ not MTX
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Follow Up By: Member - Stan (VIC) - Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 10:09
Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 10:09
MTZz not as strong as MTRs... but better than Coopers :)
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Follow Up By: hound - Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 14:07
Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 14:07
Its a hard to call MTR's stronger than MTZ etc both have the same sidewall plys. The MTR was designed as an offroad tyre mainly for rocks. The MTZ looks more suited to mud than the MTR, bigger lugs and tread pattern. Mickey Thompson already has rock tyres (Baja Claws etc) and designed this more as a offroad mud tyre.
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 14:53
Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 14:53
but there are differences in Ply's... thickness, how many, what they are made of etc.
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Follow Up By: Member - Stan (VIC) - Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 16:01
Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 16:01
In theory they should be the same strength, in practice they are not....
We just recently got from the Outback Trip and the result was:
1 car with Cooper STTs - 3 punctures, 1 destroyed tyre
1 car with Mickey Thomson MTZs - 2 punctures, 1 through sidewall and 1 through
the whole tread block!
7 car with GoodYear MTRs - 2 punctures in total for all cars...
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 16:09
Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 16:09
I think some people worry about bling these days over anything else.
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 16:09
Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 16:09
PS. if ya going to
Robe stan, check the club
forum :)
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Follow Up By: hound - Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 16:45
Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 16:45
The Goodyear is a strong tyre nothing wrong there, but its designed for rocks and after reading heaps of reviews etc from the states most indicate there are better tyres out there for mud and snow.
Its hard to rate a tyre on punctures, I've had plenty and quite a few would have punctured any tyre or brand.
Good site for reviews is www.jeepreviews.com , you can make what you want from reviews but it can give some idea
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