All Terrain (AT) Tyres Feedback
Submitted: Friday, Nov 09, 2007 at 22:49
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Simon75
I have a current model Pajero with 18 inch
wheels and live in the
Pilbara, a couple of months ago I changed the factory fitted H/T tyres with some A/T tyres. The unfortunate thing with large
wheels, is there isn't currently a large range to choose from. I have fiited Goodyear Wrangler Silent Armour 265/60R18 onto the Pajero, and have not had any punctures yet! The first time I went offroad with the standard tyres, I got a flat.
At 500 dollars a tyre they aren't cheap, but are better then the standard H/T tyres supplied on the current Pajero VRX & Exceed.
Reply By: pop2jocem - Saturday, Nov 10, 2007 at 00:18
Saturday, Nov 10, 2007 at 00:18
simon 75
having spent some years living and working in the
pilbara i know how harsh the environment is on everything but especialy tyres. 500 bucks apiece certainly sounds expensive but what would you rather do? spend the day enjoying your 4wding or fixing flats?
cheers
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Reply By: Member - Hugh (WA) - Saturday, Nov 10, 2007 at 10:36
Saturday, Nov 10, 2007 at 10:36
Simon75,
It sounds as if you have already made your choice. Another option may have been to store the 18"
wheels and HT tyres, then for similar $ to what you spent on tyres buy 16"
wheels and new tyres. 16" would give you a significantly wider choice of tyres with profile likely better suited to driving in the
Pilbara.
Happy travels on the GY SAs.
Hugh
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Follow Up By: Simon75 - Tuesday, Nov 13, 2007 at 21:57
Tuesday, Nov 13, 2007 at 21:57
Hugh,
I have had these tyres on the vehicle for awhile now, and been on some rough terrain. With alot of the new vehicles from manufacturers, they are coming standard with 17inch and 18inch
wheels, these are required to fit larger diameter brake rotors and 4 spot calipers. This is a benefit in vehicle braking power
Hopefully tyre manufacturers come up with more choices in rubber for bigger rims.
Unfortunately for now, it isn't cheap for people buying this sized rubber.
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Follow Up By: Member - Hugh (WA) - Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007 at 00:58
Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007 at 00:58
Hi Simon,
I have a friend with an NM with 16" so I just thought they'd fit. I wasn't aware that the latest Paj had larger dia brakes - bugger!
At $500 a tyre I'm sure that you are glad the SAs are performing
well. A colleague at work just had these fitted (265/75/R16) and is happy so far - early days. He was lucky enough to pick them up when GY had their "buy 4, pay for 3" sale. Do you find that the lower profile impacts the off-road performance?
Regards,
Hugh
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Reply By: NFI - Tuesday, Nov 13, 2007 at 18:15
Tuesday, Nov 13, 2007 at 18:15
Simon whats the verdict??
Are you still happy with these tyres??
Would you buy these or Cooper ST's??
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Reply By: hotfishez - Friday, Nov 16, 2007 at 12:39
Friday, Nov 16, 2007 at 12:39
I am in
Tom Price and run the Toyo OPAT tyres on my 80 series and 79 seires td work ute. These are nothing short of bulletproof in this area and I give them an absolute hiding traveling from site to site with excessive loads in the ute across all access roads, pits and back tracks and still get over 60k out of them. Over the past two years I have only had 4 flats and 3 were all repairable, The fourth was on tha
Karratha rail access road, I get the Toyos out of
Perth at a buy price of $240.00 each for 265/75/16. Definatley a tyre worth looking at.
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