Is Everyone Happy with their Goodyear MTR'S

or the chicken's lip! LOL

The ducks guts

Hang on, I don't use them; just got carried away .....

Hee hee, yeah tell me about it. I got a full length 5mm masonary drill bit stuck in one of mine (the tyre never went down). It went all the way thorugh so you could barley see that it was in the tyre. I used multi grips and a massive srew driver to lever it out. Then thought crap, I don't have any spare plugs. So I used a hammer to hammer the bit back into the hole. I drove on it for a week without it loosing any pressure got some pugs and some time and fixed it on the vehicle.

I have recenty taken a 2" nail out of another tyre and I gotta say the only drama with the MTR is trying to plug the mongral bastards. They are SO tough you need to use a hammer to hammer the tool in that makes the hole big enough for the plug and then to try and actually make the whole big enough is a major mission. They plug well though! Bloody tough, obviously not as tough as nails though! LOL ;-)

In contrast we plugged a cooper discoverer tyre the other day with my kit (same tools etc) and it was like working on cardboard. Only took a few seconds, the tyre was so bleep weak. Ironically that cooper tyre then got destroyed last sunday when it copped two massive cuts in the side wall on a limestone track from bleep y little rocks.

Muzz,

Did you find out what ply side-wall the silent armour does have? They are marketing these new tyres extensively and I am tempted to buy. Tread pattern looks appropriate for my needs, I'm just looking for a bit more info on puncture resistance.

Regards,

Mark

I'll bet ya that even with 2 ply sidewall the Goodyear Silent Armor got
better (thicker) sidewall than Cooper ATR/Cooper STT/BFG AT etc, etc....
But we need to cut one to make sure ;)

Waggs, they did not state anything. They went way beyond a simple answer, which was......

I have been told your "silent armor" have a 3ply sidewall, just like your very popular MTR. Is this true?

The answer......

Thank you for your enquiry.

The new Goodyear Wrangler Silent Armor has Durawall (TM) Technology - which gives added sidewall reinforcement.
The Goodyear Wrangler MT/R is the only tyre currently in Goodyear Tyre's range of 4WD products to have a 3 ply sidewall.

The outstanding features of the Silent Armor are it's Armor Zone made with Dupont (TM) Kevlar (R) - Provides 5 times greater strength than steel and Quiet Zone made with Dupont Kevlar - dampens noise frequency peaks - helps reduce road noise for a smooth quiet ride.
Kind regards

Stan, I doubt the Silent Armor would be any better than BFG AT's or Cooper STT. Although the Cooper are a brand new product, which havn't been around long enough for more than one or two people to wear a set out, the BFG are proven for the purpose they have been manufactured for.

I get the feeling that people have been let down by the BFG AT's because they have put the tyre through a harsher life than they were designed for. I'm very happy with mine, but I do not do desert trips, nor jibber roads or sharp rocks. my tyres get used for mainly coastal tracks, lots of sand, and a fair bit of highway driving. I'm happy with them and will buy them again.

Cheers,

Muzz

I'm using the Silent Armour after a very good run out of MTRs. So far one staked sidewall out of 3 Simpson desert trips (2 with me and one with a mate). No chipping on outback tracks. Staked tyre was replaced at no cost with the Beaurepaires $16 warranty. They seem a good tyre so far.

I would be surprised if the sidewalls were as strong as MTRs - they are 2 ply, and do bag out more than the MTR. And the Kevlar belt is just in the tread. But Goodyear do say they use their Puncture resistant technology - whatever that is.

Cheers
phil

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