Silent Armour
Submitted: Monday, Feb 12, 2007 at 18:07
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Phil G I purchased a set of the silent armours today, look forward to see how they travel, much quieter, will like to take note of the noise when it is dry as it has been bucketing in
Sydney.
Took a about a week and a half to get them in, the dealer had to get them from all over the place obviously they are short of stock at the moment.
Hope this doesn't happen if I need a replacement in the middle of no were.
In regards to the conversation that we were having last time about the tyre insurance, while I was waiting for the tyres to be fitted at Goodyear I looked at their policy for their 4wd tyre insurance, now good year and beaurepairs are the same company even reading the policy it was almost word for word but the exclusion for the warranty for 4wd use was not mentioned, In fact it actually mentioned the cover for recreational four wheel driving.
Reply By: Hunjy - Monday, Feb 12, 2007 at 18:32
Monday, Feb 12, 2007 at 18:32
Salties
I have had the 285's on the 100 series for a couple of months now and could not be happier. Sand and dune (beach) driving fantastic and very quiet on the road(hence the name I suppose).
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Reply By: RovingOz (QLD) - Monday, Feb 12, 2007 at 19:01
Monday, Feb 12, 2007 at 19:01
Had ours only a short while and they handle
well in the wet, quiet too.
** Make sure if they sourced them from here and there that they are all brand new!
When we got ours fitted I bumped into the people who I sold the troopy rear seats to & they had just had their troopy spare replaced with a SA and as I was standing there at the back door talking I noticed the edges on the supposedly new tyre were slightly worn!
This was pointed out to the dealer who acted genuinely surprised and swore he was going to tear a strip off whoever was responsible. He suggested it may have been used on a display vehicle or similar and put back in circulation.
He said this was more common than people thought. He'd heard of tyres being fitted to a display vehicle for a 4wd weekend at Landcruiser Mountain Park and then sold later as new. I've dealt with this tyre dealer before and he has always been excellent making sure you're happy etc.
I still quietly checked that all my 6 'new' tyres were 'new'.
John
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Reply By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Monday, Feb 12, 2007 at 20:38
Monday, Feb 12, 2007 at 20:38
Hope you have a good run. First impressions are usually good with tyres. But I'm sure you'll have a good run out of them on the prado.
The only thing that bothers me about tyre threads is when someone takes your suggestion and then stakes one the next week :-((( Davoe knows all about this!!
I'll try
mine out in Tassie next week - might see a bit of mud which would be novel to a South Aussie.
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Reply By: Salties - Monday, Feb 12, 2007 at 20:44
Monday, Feb 12, 2007 at 20:44
RovingOz
Nah they all seem new had stickers on the tread and blue protection paint on the white wall writing and they were sourced in NSW. I did notice on the side wall that it displayed 6 ply + 2 x steel + Kevlar. The Cooper S/T that I had previously were 8 ply and was aware at the time that I could have also gone for the 10 ply but after talking to the importers they suggested to go for the 8 ply for the prado for the coopers. I take it that with the Kevlar the S/A would still be as good if not better then the 8 ply. Also noticed that load rating on the Cooper S/T are D and they are E on the S/A from memory speaking to the tyre dealers the S/A were over 120 for the load rating which is supposed to be high. Spoke to some guys in the outback and they use the load rating as a guide of the strength of the tyre as
well as the weight capacity. Looking at the pattern of the S/A compared to the Coopers S/T the coopers maybe more suited to mud as the blocks are wider apart but everything else the S/A seem to have a lot of good points, obviously the two wide grooves in the tyre must work
well for the water dispersion.
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Follow Up By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Monday, Feb 12, 2007 at 21:31
Monday, Feb 12, 2007 at 21:31
Salties,
The 8ply/10ply thing on tyres are all smoke and mirrors.
Your 8 ply Coopers were a "rating" which relates to how many plies were used in the old days when they were made of cotton. Coopers still write this on the sidewall because it sells tyres.
These days a "load index" is the valid way of assessing load carrying. So the number 122 on your Silent Armours means thay can carry more weight than say a 112 that came on your original Prado tyres.
Now the actual construction will be written on the sidewalls in "plies" just to confuse the issue. So your Silent Armours have Kevlar, Steel and Polyester plies, but that doesn't tell you how strong they are because the materials have different thicknesses and strengths.
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