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Post by christover1 »

Has anybody tried the Mongrel tyres, 32 x 11 on a Suzuki, or other vehicle? my mate Joey wants first hand info to help with his tyre choices..
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Post by skjtb »

these tyres have a simillar tread pattern to the simex which works very well. they are also at a good price and I think he should go for it. If I had the $$$ I would fit a set too. :lol:
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Post by JK »

Damo has a set, but I don't think he has had them offroad yet... poor bugger is having a few probs getting his truck finished...


Let us know how they g0 when you have tried them Damo.
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Post by Damo »

I took em for a few runs b4 I stripped the zook down. The Mongrels are marked as 32x10.5 but measure 31" (I think I measured this off the car, on an 8" rim at about 30 PSI). If you currently run 31s I would suggest you be careful when fitting them as the slightly larger diameter makes more difference than I thought and consequently I did not trim enough under my front guards. Hence the side lugs are cut up pretty bad on that pair.

My observations...

    They are noisy on road, but not as bad as I thought they'd be. And they ride on road pretty well (i think because of the 2 rows of centre blocks that run the centre of the tread pattern). I'd be quite happy to daily drive these tyres although I have not tested their performance on wet asphalt (which I predict will be very average). I was thinking of experimenting with some siping of the centre blocks, which will probably help with traction on the rocks too.

    On a lose dirt hill climb they seemed to do fine, even not aired down.

    In sand a normal MT will dig u in quick if you're not careful. These bastards are like a 1 way ticket to Beijing. To get any performance on sand you're going to need beadlocks & single digit pressures I reckon.

    Mud! I'm not a big fan of mud but these tyres are. In the name of testing (OK, I was trying to get my mate in his TJ stuck) I was stupid enough to drive through a mangrove swap (yes, it was salt) and was pleasantly suprised when I didn't get stuck.


IMO they are a pretty good match for a mildly modded zook, and there is no other tyre I know of that is that aggressive for that amount of $$$. The only downer is that there is only 1 size.
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Post by qten »

Oh Year and now the truth comes out,

Don't forget about the part we had to winch the Zuk out of the mud pit. :finger:

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Post by Damo »

Yeah it got bogged, but i'd like to see the *eep get anywhere near where I was... :roll: I am sure the sills are still 1/2 full of that crap :x

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Post by grimbo »

Damo wrote: The only downer is that there is only 1 size.


not anymore available very soon in a variety of sizes :D
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Post by Damo »

Good point Grimbo

I've just found out in the last couple of days that these are soon to be available in 33x12.5 and 35x12.5, as well as their metric equivalents (SP?)
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Post by OVERKILL ENG »

I drove on a set of these for the first time on Saturday night and I must say I was very sceptical about there performance but I was very impressed on how they went. Even on road they drove very nicely if you ignored the noise which wasn't as bad as I thought they would be as well.
For an inexpensive offroad tyre they are worth considering.
As being a dedicated Goodyear Man I would still prefer tham as they do work better in the rocks but the Mongrels Are better in the sloppy stuff.
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Post by oozuk »

my mate and i were sponsored by Mongrel for the winch challanges when we were running the suzuki ute, and at 8PSI they worked briallialnty

we also used some BFG AT's to drive on to the event and we got the shits with them and found that the Mongrels drove heaps better

there a low pitch droning sound it's loud but bearable, my MTR's are louder and a higher pitch sound which is really anoyng
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Post by stephen »

I watched Sams Mongerals with interest the other night. They did work very well, pretty much on par with the MTR'd zooks ( tyres not driver and veicle ability), the one part of the track I thought they where letting him down it turned out he had just forgotten to put his locker in.
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Post by JK »

stephen wrote:the one part of the track I thought they where letting him down it turned out he had just forgotten to put his locker in.


Was that the first big step on Slippery?

They were impressive. It looked like he had all the traction needed every time I saw him.
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stephen wrote:the one part of the track I thought they where letting him down it turned out he had just forgotten to put his locker in.


Was that the first big step on Slippery?

They were impressive. It looked like he had all the traction needed every time I saw him.


No the last climb where Tim popped the bead .
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Re: Mongrels

Post by bigsteve »

christover1 wrote:Has anybody tried the Mongrel tyres, 32 x 11 on a Suzuki, or other vehicle? my mate Joey wants first hand info to help with his tyre choices..


Perhaps Nigel might be an option,

Last time I spoke to him he was not phased about his zook and was wanting to offload the mongrels.

Is Joey running Mongrels now???
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bigsteve wrote:
christover1 wrote:Has anybody tried the Mongrel tyres, 32 x 11 on a Suzuki, or other vehicle? my mate Joey wants first hand info to help with his tyre choices..


Perhaps Nigel might be an option,

Last time I spoke to him he was not phased about his zook and was wanting to offload the mongrels.

Is Joey running Mongrels now???


Sorry bigsteve - note that this thread is over a year old... :?

i think joey is aiming at something more like a 35x10.5 centipede now :cool:
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bigsteve wrote:
christover1 wrote:Has anybody tried the Mongrel tyres, 32 x 11 on a Suzuki, or other vehicle? my mate Joey wants first hand info to help with his tyre choices..


Perhaps Nigel might be an option,

Last time I spoke to him he was not phased about his zook and was wanting to offload the mongrels.

Is Joey running Mongrels now???


How long ago was this Steve .. and any idea what sort of $$ he was looking at ??
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love_mud wrote:
bigsteve wrote:
christover1 wrote:Has anybody tried the Mongrel tyres, 32 x 11 on a Suzuki, or other vehicle? my mate Joey wants first hand info to help with his tyre choices..


Perhaps Nigel might be an option,

Last time I spoke to him he was not phased about his zook and was wanting to offload the mongrels.

Is Joey running Mongrels now???


How long ago was this Steve .. and any idea what sort of $$ he was looking at ??


It was 3 weeks ago, I have PM'd you his mobile
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greg wrote:
bigsteve wrote:
christover1 wrote:Has anybody tried the Mongrel tyres, 32 x 11 on a Suzuki, or other vehicle? my mate Joey wants first hand info to help with his tyre choices..


Perhaps Nigel might be an option,

Last time I spoke to him he was not phased about his zook and was wanting to offload the mongrels.

Is Joey running Mongrels now???


Sorry bigsteve - note that this thread is over a year old... :?

i think joey is aiming at something more like a 35x10.5 centipede now :cool:


Looks like I'm on the same stuff as Guy & Stumped
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Post by christover1 »

me could be interested in nugels mongrels too, christover
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Post by bigsteve »

christover1 wrote:me could be interested in nugels mongrels too, christover

PM'd you his number matey
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