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I am looking at a new set of boots for my poorol not sure if i sould go simex peds or new silverstone extremes i have been told simex tear nobs off and silver stones wear too guick any one tryed both or got opinon cheers

It will really depend on what you are going to do with the truck???

A cheaper option for the pedes is to go with the motorway mongrel, they are a remold, and I've not heard of any major dramas.

I have had no dramas at all with my 36" Pedes, very impressed with them.

Had 35 simex, had 36 simex had 10.5, 11.5 and 12.5. simex is my choice for sure. silverstones would be similar.

all comes down what you wanna spend. youl phuck em all in the end!

different terrains have different effects on different tyres.

i get alot of bead troubles with my simex from mud if silverstone have better bead protection i would go them or have a really skinny rim to balloon out the tyre.

matto wrote:i get alot of bead troubles with my simex from mud if silverstone have better bead protection i would go them or have a really skinny rim to balloon out the tyre.

hi mate i think price will play alot with it as well simex are about $370 a tyre and silverstone are about $280 so i am think about silver stone thanks heaps mate

yellowrunner2 wrote:It will really depend on what you are going to do with the truck???

A cheaper option for the pedes is to go with the motorway mongrel, they are a remold, and I've not heard of any major dramas.

hi mate i had a look at mongrels but they dont do big engough 33's are the biggest they do? cheers bud

heathhoppy wrote:hi mate i think price will play alot with it as well simex are about $370 a tyre and silverstone are about $280 so i am think about silver stone thanks heaps mate

Are they really that much cheaper now?

When i got my pedes it was a toss up b/w s/stones or pedes. S/stones were a little cheaper, supposedly stronger sidewalls, but narrower (10.5" was widest 35")

I have been extremely happy with my pedes and i reckon i will stick with Simex in future.

heathhoppy wrote:

yellowrunner2 wrote:It will really depend on what you are going to do with the truck???

A cheaper option for the pedes is to go with the motorway mongrel, they are a remold, and I've not heard of any major dramas.

hi mate i had a look at mongrels but they dont do big engough 33's are the biggest they do? cheers bud

Oh crap, I didn't know that I've nver looked into them before, got the claws and thats enough for me.

yer at $350 a tyer for mongrels.thats wat i got qouted in vic.u can pic the silver stones up for about 320

adam penfold wrote:yer at $350 a tyer for mongrels.thats wat i got qouted in vic.u can pic the silver stones up for about 320

You're joking, what a rippoff! Mongrels used to be around $200ea. Maybe someone should remind them that they're remoulds not new tyres.

thats wat i thought mate.the tire mob aint around n e more either lol.maybe thats saying somthing

Well that throws the "the mongrels are the cheaper option" out the friggen window, I'd go with the M-117s after checking the picks on their sites the M-117s look a little more open and have better bead protection. Supose the only way to really know is put them side by side on the same truck and mud drag Maybe we could TopGear to do a segment on that.

I've used both on my truck for general 4x4 and for comps. 35x10.5/16 Silverstones ad 35x11.5/15 Simex.
The Silverstone is a far far more aggressive tyre. In hard slippery clay they are near unbeatable, BUT if it is soft, they dig like nothing you've seen.
The Simex has far better raod manners. It doesn't dig as big holes but is still really good in the mud. Fo general conditions the Simex is better but it is more of a comprimise. In the right conditions the Silverstone is tops, by quite way, but be aware the Silverstone is a small 35. Both have advantages but I'd go for the Simex if you are only going to have one set of off-road tyres.

nzdarin wrote: but be aware the Silverstone is a small 35.

I had heard this as well.
According to the simex tyre size info the 10.5 simex is quite a bit smaller than the 11.5 simex also.
At 4x4 shop the other day they had a silverstone 35/10.5 and simex 35/11.5
so I put them next to each other(not on rims)they were same height,dont think being on rims would make much difference.that would make the 10.5 simex even smaller if tyre info is correct.

At this stage we cant get the silver stones in NZ but thats going to change very soon I beleave

I have heared that the silverstones (centerpede style) work better but are more prone to cuts

Clarkie wrote:

nzdarin wrote: but be aware the Silverstone is a small 35.

I had heard this as well.
According to the simex tyre size info the 10.5 simex is quite a bit smaller than the 11.5 simex also.
At 4x4 shop the other day they had a silverstone 35/10.5 and simex 35/11.5
so I put them next to each other(not on rims)they were same height,dont think being on rims would make much difference.that would make the 10.5 simex even smaller if tyre info is correct.

At this stage we cant get the silver stones in NZ but thats going to change very soon I beleave

On rims makes a fair difference. The silverstones are smaller then the 35 x 10.5 simex.

The silverstones I have found are much more suited to smaller cars. Hilux etc

Rhysta wrote:

Clarkie wrote:

nzdarin wrote: but be aware the Silverstone is a small 35.

I had heard this as well.
According to the simex tyre size info the 10.5 simex is quite a bit smaller than the 11.5 simex also.
At 4x4 shop the other day they had a silverstone 35/10.5 and simex 35/11.5
so I put them next to each other(not on rims)they were same height,dont think being on rims would make much difference.that would make the 10.5 simex even smaller if tyre info is correct.

At this stage we cant get the silver stones in NZ but thats going to change very soon I beleave

On rims makes a fair difference. The silverstones are smaller then the 35 x 10.5 simex.

The silverstones I have found are much more suited to smaller cars. Hilux etc

hi mate how do you think they would go on a gq shorty with 3 inch lift with no body thanks heaps

you can get them in a 285 85 16 which is 35.5" bias ply simex patern or 305 70 16 which is 33.4" radial arrow patern, both are good tyres but depends what you are expecting from them. I would run the 305s for road n play and maxxis creapy crawlers for comp

heathhoppy wrote:

Rhysta wrote:

Clarkie wrote:

nzdarin wrote: but be aware the Silverstone is a small 35.

I had heard this as well.
According to the simex tyre size info the 10.5 simex is quite a bit smaller than the 11.5 simex also.
At 4x4 shop the other day they had a silverstone 35/10.5 and simex 35/11.5
so I put them next to each other(not on rims)they were same height,dont think being on rims would make much difference.that would make the 10.5 simex even smaller if tyre info is correct.

At this stage we cant get the silver stones in NZ but thats going to change very soon I beleave

On rims makes a fair difference. The silverstones are smaller then the 35 x 10.5 simex.

The silverstones I have found are much more suited to smaller cars. Hilux etc

hi mate how do you think they would go on a gq shorty with 3 inch lift with no body thanks heaps

They would go fine. Might scrub a tiny bit. nothing a body lift can fix but.

Perosnally I think the added width that simex provide mavers for a much better tyre, but this all depends on what conditions your driving.

Im running 10.5's atm and will be looking into 12.5's next time.

I've had 35x105 Silverstones and compared them to 35x10.5 Simex both on 8" wheels and they are very close to the same size but the Simex is slightly bigger. The 11.5 is alot bigger, in fact it is closer to the 36x12.5 than the 35x10.5.
I've heard plenty about the 12.5 Silverstone but so far it has been all talk. If it comes out and has the same pattern as the 10.5 thenit would be great on a Patrol. I found the 10.5 to be just a bit narrow and so sunk quite a bit. The Silversone works really well if you don't have HP due to the centre blocks being so far apart.

the current 12.5 (305 70 16 raidial) silverstone is similar to the old arrow patern (285 85 16 bias) Ive heared of reports of people getting 80 000 km out of them on the road

Lets hope they bring out an Xtreme in 12.5!