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Tyre Topic - Maxxis Bighorn

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Big Horns

Post by KIZ »

Hi Guys/Gals,

Any idea where the best place to go to get a good deal for Big Horns is in WA??
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Re: Big Horns

Post by SIM79 »

KIZ wrote:Hi Guys/Gals,

Any idea where the best place to go to get a good deal for Big Horns is in WA??
Don't buy from a Maxxis retailer and they will be heaps cheaper.
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Post by Turbo Tonka »

bob jane seeems to be the cheapest ive found lately

4 years ago i bought 32x11 bighorns for my hilux for $220 each,over the years i drove mud,rock,sand road and love them.done around 24000ks on them and they had about 60% left after not really looking after them.aired too low on road for months at a time or not aired down at other times for the bush so they had a few cuts

i sold them 5 weeks ago and got 33x12 bighorns from bobjane for $240 each fitted :cool: love them,they are a great all rounder IMO,quiet onroad,and good on rock.A mate got some last week for $207 in a 33 so they have to be one of the best value tyres.He has gone from running 33 BFGs on his zuk and first trip on the bighorns last weekend really impressed him
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Post by chunks »

Just got my 2nd set of Bighorns, this time in 285s on my GU. Hopefully I will be as happy with them as my last set.
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Re: Big Horns

Post by madmacca »

KIZ wrote:Hi Guys/Gals,

Any idea where the best place to go to get a good deal for Big Horns is in WA??
try these guys I get all my tyres from them
Kewdale Tyres
Address: 625 Dundas Rd, Forrestfield, WA, 6058
Phone number: (08) 93591444
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Post by Pinky »

I had the 33’s on my 40 they r a great all rounder . I got 125,000km out of mine :finger: very happy with that :D

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Re: Big Horns

Post by KIZ »

madmacca wrote:
KIZ wrote:Hi Guys/Gals,

Any idea where the best place to go to get a good deal for Big Horns is in WA??
try these guys I get all my tyres from them
Kewdale Tyres
Address: 625 Dundas Rd, Forrestfield, WA, 6058
Phone number: (08) 93591444
Thanks Guys, will give bob Jane and Kewdale Tyres a ring next week.
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Post by Sammyboy »

Pinky wrote:I had the 33’s on my 40 they r a great all rounder . I got 125,000km out of mine :finger: very happy with that :D

PS: if anyone won’t a spear they can have them for free ....send me a PM
Wow, that's pretty awesome! How did you get 125,000km out of them? If I can get close to 100,000km on my old Paj, I will be very happy! :D
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Post by jezzaGQ »

i got mine a couple months ago been pretty hard on them on road driving and off and they havent worn out at all i payed $1180 for mine 35/12.50/15 they do the job perfectly i cant really fault them. but its personal preference
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Post by Pinky »

Sammyboy wrote:
Pinky wrote:I had the 33’s on my 40 they r a great all rounder . I got 125,000km out of mine :finger: very happy with that :D

PS: if anyone won’t a spear they can have them for free ....send me a PM
Wow, that's pretty awesome! How did you get 125,000km out of them? If I can get close to 100,000km on my old Paj, I will be very happy! :D
I rotated them every 5,000km to 10,000km ;) ;)
....and i had a 2F in the 40 then so i cod not do burnouts :oops:
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Post by SIM79 »

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/MAXXIS-BIGHORN-4 ... 2eaca2ddec

Have look at how cheap these are in big sizes!! I think my next set of road tyres will be these.

315x75x16 $ 330
35x12.5x15 @ $310
33x12.5x15@ $265
31x10Rx15 @ $219
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Post by BadMav »

I had Horns on both my last two trucks (33x12.5x15s), excellent tyre off road, bag down really well, alright in the sand too. I didn't find them too noisy on the road tho, not for a muddy anyway. Between them and BFG MTs they are the only sets of tyres I have ever worn out. Not sure of the kilometres, but over 2 years with a detroit front and welded rear diffed daily driver they did very well. When the Centipedes wear out on the mav (came on the car), a set of Horns will go on. Very happy :D
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Post by alien »

anyone have 31x10.5r15's they can do a real-world measurement on? I know maxxis are notoriously undersized and while my simex's arent due for replacement for a while i'm getting as much research done as possible now =)
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Post by ajsr »

alien wrote:anyone have 31x10.5r15's they can do a real-world measurement on? I know maxxis are notoriously undersized and while my simex's arent due for replacement for a while i'm getting as much research done as possible now =)
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Post by alien »

ahh cool - good to know - would hate to buy 31's and find they were measuring a low 30!
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Post by flyinwall »

i had a set of 33's on my 80 series and they lasted about 40,000 km before i replaced them (stupid me replaced them with micky t mtz's) but i only paid $800 for my set of 4 (brand new check ebay they are being sold there for around $900 at the moment)
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Post by joshellis_69 »

i have had mine for 3 weeks now and managed to put a hole the size of a tennis ball in the side wall, but i think that might have had more to do with running 42 psi and rolling onto a root. other wise i cant fault them, dosent matter any way now that some one decided to borrow my truck while i was asleep and put it thru a brick fence :twisted:

oh there is also no metal what so ever in the side walls im running 33 x 12,5 r 15s
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Re: Tyre Topic - Maxxis Bighorn

Post by RockyF75 »

Bought a set of these 2 years ago now (paid around $260ea fitted in 33's), done about 35 000ks on them and can't say enough good things about them. My set have seen a good mix of road, hard 4x4ing, and touring on the oodnadatta track and around alice springs. Didn't even get a puncture.

Most still have about 8mm tread left (two got badly worn due to my wheel alignment) but if it wasn't for that I don't see any reason why I wouldn't expect to see 60 000 + out of them if rotated regularily.

And they seem to perform well everywhere, last weekend I was out in the mud and made it up the greasy hills easier than a locked GU with MTZ's.
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Re: Tyre Topic - Maxxis Bighorn

Post by chunderlicious »

my 285-70-17s are 2/3s worns after 2o,000km of medium to hard driving. they were wearing great for the first 10g but now i live in the sticks and the speed is constantly over 110kmh they are wearing down so fast i can almost tell the difference between the start and the finish of the 30min trip to town
turbos are nice but i'd rather be blown
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