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Tyre Poll

Tech Talk for Suzuki owners.

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What brand of tyre do think is the best for all round 4x4


Poll ended at Tue Jul 06, 2004 12:08 am

BF Goodrich
11
29%
Goodyear
10
26%
Simex
10
26%
Mickey Thompson
2
5%
Cooper
1
3%
Other (Post choice)
4
11%
 
Total votes: 38

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Tyre Poll

Post by HRZOOK »

Poll to see what tyre people would like to drive.

Post the style of tyre from the manufacturer you choose



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Post by patrolman »

i picked simex, coopers are shiat

why didnt you post this in general tech?
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Post by sierrajim »

I do believe that there is no such thing as "all round 4x4".

What type of vehicle do you have, what size are you looking at, where do you intend to travel, are they do be used for day to day use?

The cooper tyres have a tendancy to scallop out, i know of three such vehicles that have on the SST) not sure about their MT's

The BFG's have been around a long time, spares are readily available, size selection is good, not all that aggressive however for hardcore

The Simex are excellent, some say too hard for light weight zooks, probably the best in my opinion. However not so good on the road but who cares about that.

Motorway Mongrel pretty good also, but for the small price difference, may as well go the simex.

Goodyear MTR, much like the BFG but they seem to have a better contact patch and better road manners, good on the rocks

BFG all terrains, good for a shopping cart that needs to drive down a dirt road to get home.
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Post by HRZOOK »

patrolman wrote:why didnt you post this in general tech?


Cause I wanted to know what Suzuki drivers prefer

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Post by stumped »

i voted BFG... muds obviously ;) u said best all-round, and i'd choose either these or the wranglers for daily drivers. gives you a reasonable tyre onroad, and pretty good offroad. not hardcore maybe, but will get u most places. i think the wranglers are quieter onroad, but wear quicker from what i've seen. a little bit better on the rock, but not quite as good in the mud. so i like my bfg muds... good allrounder

that said, i'd prolly go swampers or simex ETs for hardcore
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Post by antt »

for an all-around tire i'd go the goodyear wrangler mtr
for an offroad tire only, i'd go super swampers
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Post by suzy ted »

i have been using Maxxis mt 754 Muds on my sierra and find them excellent 30/9.50r15 rubs the guards though
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Post by bigsteve »

Swampers









No more to say
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Post by CHOPZUKI »

I voted for goodyear MTRs cause they are the shiat in the rocks ;)

they would probably have the best road manners out of them all too.

also they arent too bad a price.

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Post by DeWsE »

I posted goodyear but really I don't have enough experience to really vote. All I know is buy the right size the first time round!
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Post by grimbo »

What a ridiculous poll.

It is impossible to say the best tire. I know you said all round tire but what does that mean. For me a Swamper is because when it is running I am willing to compromise any on road benefits for the massive off road benefits of the type of terrain i drive on. But if you were doinf heaps of road kms and only a little bit of sand driving a basic AT would be fine. But if you had mud instead of sand but didn't like the sound a MT gives then maybe a Cooper St.

Too many variables: Cost, driving style, terrain, road vs terrain etc etc
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Post by HRZOOK »

grimbo wrote:What a ridiculous poll.

It is impossible to say the best tire. I know you said all round tire but what does that mean. For me a Swamper is because when it is running I am willing to compromise any on road benefits for the massive off road benefits of the type of terrain i drive on. But if you were doinf heaps of road kms and only a little bit of sand driving a basic AT would be fine. But if you had mud instead of sand but didn't like the sound a MT gives then maybe a Cooper St.

Too many variables: Cost, driving style, terrain, road vs terrain etc etc


Just a simple poll ....it requires a simple answer....

What do you cosider to be the best tyre for your own senario and you can post why

If it is so ridiculous why did you vote :finger: :D :finger:

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Post by bigsteve »

I don't think its ridicoulous.

Perhaps something more along the lines of:
"What tyres have you owned and what were there pros and cons". Might have got some more technically usefull data, rather than babble.

Would have also kept Grumpo happy but hey who gives a F#$k

Graham you shouldn't knock the person on the way they have structured a question if the question is valid.
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Post by grimbo »

HRZOOK wrote:
grimbo wrote:What a ridiculous poll.

It is impossible to say the best tire. I know you said all round tire but what does that mean. For me a Swamper is because when it is running I am willing to compromise any on road benefits for the massive off road benefits of the type of terrain i drive on. But if you were doinf heaps of road kms and only a little bit of sand driving a basic AT would be fine. But if you had mud instead of sand but didn't like the sound a MT gives then maybe a Cooper St.

Too many variables: Cost, driving style, terrain, road vs terrain etc etc


Just a simple poll ....it requires a simple answer....

What do you cosider to be the best tyre for your own senario and you can post why

If it is so ridiculous why did you vote :finger: :D :finger:

HRZOOK


Bearing in mind I didn't vote. And just trying to make a point. So many people post these polls that don't have a clear objective. All it takes when posting a subject is a little time to re read what you are asking and make sure it is asking something that will generate some thoughtful tech. Just my opinion but alot of stuff is turning into just padding or chit chat instead of tech.


(yes I know some of my responses to threads are silly but they most certainly aren't padding :finger: but when I do start a thread I try and make it sensible)
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Post by DeWsE »

With that attitude grimbo I have a feeling that your patrol lifestyle is taking over your childish, fun loving, easy going zook life.

And yes you have made a point thankyou for your imput.

Grimbo votes swampers as his tyre of preference. Reason coz hes a hardcore mud wrestler.........
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Post by HRZOOK »

grimbo wrote:
HRZOOK wrote:
grimbo wrote:What a ridiculous poll.

It is impossible to say the best tire. I know you said all round tire but what does that mean. For me a Swamper is because when it is running I am willing to compromise any on road benefits for the massive off road benefits of the type of terrain i drive on. But if you were doinf heaps of road kms and only a little bit of sand driving a basic AT would be fine. But if you had mud instead of sand but didn't like the sound a MT gives then maybe a Cooper St.

Too many variables: Cost, driving style, terrain, road vs terrain etc etc


Just a simple poll ....it requires a simple answer....

What do you cosider to be the best tyre for your own senario and you can post why

If it is so ridiculous why did you vote :finger: :D :finger:

HRZOOK


Bearing in mind I didn't vote. And just trying to make a point. So many people post these polls that don't have a clear objective. All it takes when posting a subject is a little time to re read what you are asking and make sure it is asking something that will generate some thoughtful tech. Just my opinion but alot of stuff is turning into just padding or chit chat instead of tech.


(yes I know some of my responses to threads are silly but they most certainly aren't padding :finger: but when I do start a thread I try and make it sensible)


The point of the poll is to see what type of tyre peolpe prefer to drive and as we all drive mud, rock sand and road all choices will be a comprise on at least one of the surfaces ...so we try to make the best tyre choice for our situation and I was interested in that choice and why!

If we waited for valuable 'TECH' and every newbie did a search and found some old post on what they were looking for we would never discuss anything in here.

Nuff Said

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Post by RB zook »

probably goodyr mtrs

good on the rocks, and fairly good onroad

but i find they are a little to soft and seem to be wearing quickly.
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Post by lay80n »

Agree with Ryan, the MTR's are the goods. Though they seem to be pretty soft, are wearing a bit, though im a lead food sometimes, so that may be something to do with it. Anyone else notice that they dont clean too well in the mud compared to bfg muddies (my old tyres).
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Post by bigsteve »

lay80n wrote:Agree with Ryan, the MTR's are the goods. Though they seem to be pretty soft, are wearing a bit, though im a lead food sometimes, so that may be something to do with it. Anyone else notice that they dont clean too well in the mud compared to bfg muddies (my old tyres).
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I was far from satisfied with My MTR's in everthing but rock, they were particular poor in slippery stuff, didn't self clean at all
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Post by HRZOOK »

TTT

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Post by RB zook »

bigsteve wrote:
I was far from satisfied with My MTR's in everthing but rock, they were particular poor in slippery stuff, didn't self clean at all



they only think about cleaning themselfs when doin 40k's and above :?
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Post by Guy »

Simex for me, I picked it as it has the possability of being road legal (if you choose to get it engineered), but still performing very well off-road even though the sidewalls are kinda stiff. So some form of beadlock may be nessecary

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