BF Muddies

Submitted: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 18:14

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Kimba10

Hi all, I called in today to order some BF muddies for the prado, $374 each and at least a 3 month wait. 90 on order and only 23 been delivered in the first delivery with the others not far behind so will definately be more then 3 months I reckon. I also want to keep the same diameter tyres that it runs from the factory which is 265/65 17, but they can only supply 265/70 17, which is a bigger rolling diameter.I dont want the bigger size as firstly it will put my low range gearing out (worse off) speedo out by approx 6k (eg speedo will show 100 but Ill be doing 106) I can cope with that my main concern is low range and also extra fuel pushing bigger tyres round and also will have to buy a fifth tyre as been AWD 120 prado I was informed must all be exactly the same size also if I go a bigger tyres I wont be able to fit the cover over spare wheel on rear door. Does any one reccomend a good quality mud tyres that is as good as the BF's in side wall strengh etc and apparantly the BG muddies are supposidly the best on road as far as noise goes ( i no they will be noisier any mud tyre will be but some more then others) Heard some wranglers on a jeep the other day wholy hell they were noisy and that was with my window up. Any help appreciated, dont want to wait 3 months or more but am after quality. (one tyre Im not interested in is the coopers) Dont want to start a war over coopers virsus BF's like nissan or toyota. I am also running a seperate set of steel rims for the muddies and keeping the alloys with road tyres for around town.................Regards Steve

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Reply By: Kimba10 - Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 18:22

Reply By: Member - Mark G Gulmarrad - Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 18:22

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Reply By: Member - Tezza Qld - Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 18:36

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 18:36

Hi Kimba

Had the same problem trying to get BFG's so bought Mickey Thompson MTZ'S

Although mine are an easy size 265/75/16 They seem ok at present.

Would I buy them again? yeah maybe . Might try Toyo's next depending on the travel planned for the 12 months ahead.

Whatever I buy they won't be Coopers

Cheers Teza

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Follow Up By: Kimba10 - Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 19:08

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 19:08

Funny I was talking tyres today at work and one bloke reckons the mickeys are the ant pants then the other bloke sitting at the table reckons they are the worst tyres he has ever had and will never buy again due to uneven wear, absolute crap in the wet, and ripping lugs off and numerous puntures, was getting quit heated at the table LOL all over tyres. Have heard also Toyo put out a good tyre but havnt read anywhere about peoples opinion of them good or bad ?? Will have to do plenty of googling tonight, mind you some times the more you read the more confusing it becomes LOL, was easier buying my house. Same as wranglers, some reckon the best ever while some reckon they would never purchase again (read a fair bit about them already tonight) due to extremely low wear rate, but the set I heard the other day on the Jeep were extremely noisey, I had a look at them beside me at the lights and still had heaps of tread on them and they say tyres get noisier when they get low, wow he will need ear plugs soon. Regards Steve

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Follow Up By: Member - Tezza Qld - Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 20:40

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 20:40

Yep some people get pretty opionated about their tyre selection. The MT's I've got at present are getting a bit noisy. I bought 6 and the two I removed from the rear after 16000 ks at about half worn. Now these tyres have done mostly off track work over shale and rock supporting the rear end of 3.7 tonne. Yes one lug was ripped off and I suffered one puncture. Can you blame the tyre? No way. My previous tyres were Khumo muddies but unfortunately in my size were only 8 ply. Out of 10 tyres , 6 suffered seperation issues. I don't blame the tyres as most of the work they did was off road or off track with low inflation and carrying a heavy load. They didnt chip and wore well. Very noisy when half worn though. Toyo MT's got quite a good wrap from Mick O on this site and because we carry similar weight and cover a lot of off track work I may well try these next.
As you well know tyre pressures play a large part in tyre noise , wear, wet weather handling, and make the shoulders work harder when deflated.
I think you have to look at your intended destinations and the vehicle weight
before you can decide what tyre may be right for you. My truck only gets driven for trips or tours and spends the rest of its life in the shed so a bit of tyre noise on the bituman does'nt bother me. It is also, as I said before 3.7tonne, and as there is 100 mm difference in width between the front and rear axle I may even go to a narrower tyre, say 235/85/16 for our next North Simpson adventure. Ahh will we ever find the perfect tyre ?

Good luck choosing

Cheers Teza