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Need Help Choosing Tyres

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Need Help Choosing Tyres

Post by bendev »

Hey guys,
I Own a 99 Jimny
I have just purchased a set of King Spring 40mm springs for my Jimny.
Now, what I need is a set of Mud tyres.
A lot of my driving is on the road but I have decided that I'm getting Muddies.

So which Mud tyre do I go for?

Hankook have a set of RF03 I can get them for $190 each.
They have an overall diameter of 27.9 inch
Or
I can get the BF Goodrich for $230 each.
They have an overall diameter of 27.9 inch

What tyres do I go for?
Need Help Choosing Tyres


The Hankook
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The BF Goodrich
ImageAs you may have seen from my other post, I have just purchased a set of King Spring 40mm springs for my Jimny.
Now, what I need is a set of Mud tyres. Which Mud tyre do I go for? Hankook have a set of RF03 I can get them for $190 each.
Or I can get the BF Goodrich for $230 each.
What tyres do I go for? Need Help Choosing Tyres
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Post by Fearhoza »

Well lots of people use and have good results with the BFG. It's a very common tyre for a reason. Long tread life, not too noisy onroad, grips well in the wet stuff.

Hankook generall arent too bad. But for some reason that tread pattern just doesn't look that aggressive to me.
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Post by cjdeane10 »

What sort of rims have you got?

BFG are a good tyre - have used them on Hilux's and could not fault them. Actually performed better once they had worn a bit.

Do you know of a good tyre in 30x9.5x15?
Are BFG's available in this size?
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Post by Itsuki Style »

Do you know of a good tyre in 30x9.5x15?
Are BFG's available in this size?
Yeh ive got that exact size BFG muddies on my hilux.
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Post by built4thrashing »

For $190 per tyre i'd look at the silverstone MT117 sport. Alotmore agressive and have a soft sidewall that lends itself towards the light weight zooks
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Post by bendev »

cjdeane10 wrote:What sort of rims have you got?

Do you know of a good tyre in 30x9.5x15?
Are BFG's available in this size?

I dont know what the rims are but here are a few photo.
and yes you can get them in that size.
http://www.bfgoodrich.com.au


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Post by Highway-Star »

built4thrashing wrote:For $190 per tyre i'd look at the silverstone MT117 sport. Alotmore agressive and have a soft sidewall that lends itself towards the light weight zooks
I didn't think Silverstone made a muddy under about 33"? I agree though, they are quite an aggressive tyre, and well priced. I do question how easy it would be to stake one though?
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