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Maxxis Bighorn

Post by tommyk »

Who on this forum uses Maxxis Bighorns? How do you find them? and how much did you pay? the sizes im looking at is a 33 or a 35 and anything in between if they make them.
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PM "Bigears", he's had a set for a while now...............
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Post by B.D.R »

G'day mate, i've had mine for a while now and am stoked with them, lasting pretty well and they are fairly cheap :D .

But they are getting louder as they get older, but no mmore than any other muddie :D .

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Post by Steve F »

I'm running 32" Bighorns and am very happy with them so far, they've done almost as many KM's offroad as on so far and they grip well in everything I've thrown at them although haven't really hit mud much yet.

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Post by kevdog »

u guys who are running bighorns.... sorry for the hijack but i eyeballed one mounted on a rim at a tyre shop the other day and thought that the tread footprint looked noticably smaller than an equivalent sized tyre in a different brand..( silverstone from memory)... is this the case?

i was lookin at a 285 75 16...

tyre guy said it was because it was a 6 inch rim and he would be right to an extent but still looked thin on the tread to me... measured it with my hand and i' reckon it was about an inch narrower on the contact part of the tyre...maybe half to three quarter of an inch really...

any thoughts?
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Post by tuffsahara »

i had a set on my old 60 couldnt of been happier with them hooked up real well on the dirt gravel and rocky stuff great on the road do get noisy but hey your gonna get that with any mudder i sold them to my6 mate who was running mongrels and he swore by them now converted him to bighorns he was really impressed by them id reccomend them to anyone


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Post by bogged »

what ballpark prices are 285's/33s compared to others?
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Post by Steve F »

My 32's were $215 fitted and balanced if that helps, if I'd chased around some more I probablycould have gone them a little cheaper but this was local.

I also found the bighorns to b very close to the stated size. A 32" is 31.9" etc.

Here's a pic of the 32x11.5 next to the 31x10.5 Nankang Mudstar that came off. Both are on rims here, the 31" on 15x7 and the 32" on 15x8

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Post by B.D.R »

I paud about $250 a tyre fitted for a 33x12.5x15 :D .

Like i said earlier i can't be happyer for the money

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Post by tommyk »

Just an update, ive been quoted for the bighorns in a 35 for $315 a tyre, or the trepador in a 35 for the same, the 33 was 280, do you guys reckon these prices are alright?
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Post by bogged »

I dont reckon they look any better than a BFG/MTR ??

The new Kumho MT looks good in the pattern, almost Xterrian style, but sidewall could be dodge.
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Post by MUD EMPIRE »

kevdog wrote:u guys who are running bighorns.... sorry for the hijack but i eyeballed one mounted on a rim at a tyre shop the other day and thought that the tread footprint looked noticably smaller than an equivalent sized tyre in a different brand..( silverstone from memory)... is this the case?

i was lookin at a 285 75 16...

tyre guy said it was because it was a 6 inch rim and he would be right to an extent but still looked thin on the tread to me... measured it with my hand and i' reckon it was about an inch narrower on the contact part of the tyre...maybe half to three quarter of an inch really...

any thoughts?
A 285 75 16 should be mounted on an 8 inch wheel. Whoever put that
wheel and tyre together is'nt a tyre fitters A-hole. When measured on the
correct wheel the Maxxis product is very happy. The style of tread does
make these tyres "look" thin, I do agree.
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Post by tuffsahara »

tommyk wrote:Just an update, ive been quoted for the bighorns in a 35 for $315 a tyre, or the trepador in a 35 for the same, the 33 was 280, do you guys reckon these prices are alright?
sounds about right if you ask me shop around could get em a bit cheaper i bought mine when i worked in a tyre shop got em for 250 each so do some bargaining you might be abkle to get a bit better than that
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Post by its aford not a nissan »

i have them on my patrol and have done around 40k on them with heaps of tread left as stated above for a budget tyre they perform really well everywhere
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Post by kevdog »

MUD EMPIRE wrote:
kevdog wrote:u guys who are running bighorns.... sorry for the hijack but i eyeballed one mounted on a rim at a tyre shop the other day and thought that the tread footprint looked noticably smaller than an equivalent sized tyre in a different brand..( silverstone from memory)... is this the case?

i was lookin at a 285 75 16...

tyre guy said it was because it was a 6 inch rim and he would be right to an extent but still looked thin on the tread to me... measured it with my hand and i' reckon it was about an inch narrower on the contact part of the tyre...maybe half to three quarter of an inch really...

any thoughts?
A 285 75 16 should be mounted on an 8 inch wheel. Whoever put that
wheel and tyre together is'nt a tyre fitters A-hole. When measured on the
correct wheel the Maxxis product is very happy. The style of tread does
make these tyres "look" thin, I do agree.

bloke did explain that the tyre was mounted like this as a customer request to fit a new hilux... not something i would do but anyway...anyhoo as i have been shopping around i have found some competitive prices on mickey t mtx's and they look better...perform? will find out i guess... $315 a tyre for 285/75/16...
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Post by tommyk »

the mtx's are cheaper than $315 for a 285, u must of meant the mtz's?
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Post by DIDZ »

tommyk wrote:Just an update, ive been quoted for the bighorns in a 35 for $315 a tyre, or the trepador in a 35 for the same, the 33 was 280, do you guys reckon these prices are alright?
In perth but quoted $285.00 fitted/balanced for the 35" I am still trying to decide what to use as my daily driver but these are looking good at this price?
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Post by ISUZUROVER »

Big_Pete wrote:
tommyk wrote:Just an update, ive been quoted for the bighorns in a 35 for $315 a tyre, or the trepador in a 35 for the same, the 33 was 280, do you guys reckon these prices are alright?
In perth but quoted $285.00 fitted/balanced for the 35" I am still trying to decide what to use as my daily driver but these are looking good at this price?
Where from??? (feel free to pm). I will be buying some soon...
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Post by tommyk »

Just got my tyres sorted from Fourby's at Marooka, the deal ended up being a lot cheaper than i expected, in fact i got the tyres cheaper than any other prices mentioned in this thread. Im stoked!
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Post by 1patrol »

Ill tell you guys how mine go i pick em up tomorrow 285/75/16 $285 a pop...gonna be a good weekend :twisted:
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