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Well, now that the mongrel tyres have been out for a while, and a few people from here have been running them, i'd like to know how they have fared over the km's.

how many kays have you done on em? how much on/off road with em? any other comments?

antt wrote:Well, now that the mongrel tyres have been out for a while, and a few people from here have been running them, i'd like to know how they have fared over the km's.

how many kays have you done on em? how much on/off road with em? any other comments?

HEY ANTT pm damo... hes done a big trip to brissy etc from up here he wood be able to help ya out

nice pic jake - did you c the car fly! I think it was taken at a gymkhana on the sunshine coast if i am correct

ahah what does his pic have to do with the the blokes question about how the rubber is wearing!... we have PM's for that, or the chit chat board

Slayer wrote:ahah what does his pic have to do with the the blokes question about how the rubber is wearing!... we have PM's for that, or the chit chat board

yes, bugger off you hijackers

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antt wrote:Well, now that the mongrel tyres have been out for a while, and a few people from here have been running them, i'd like to know how they have fared over the km's.

how many kays have you done on em? how much on/off road with em? any other comments?

I've got 32 x 10.5s on the Rangie at the moment..
they're a really good tyre, especially considering what you pay for them..
as for wear, yeah, they're wearing pretty bloody rapidly. Also, I've ripped of some of the small inner lugs on sharp, rough, rocky tracks..
other than that they're a bit cut up etc, but nothing tooooo bad..
most of the wear I think is from driving them on the road.

I got some 33 x 12.5s on my step dads 75 series, which is 99% used on a farm, and after a few thousand k's they still look pretty perfect.. but they don't see the beating that mine do.

conclusion: For the price, they're great..

Flange Raider wrote:

antt wrote:Well, now that the mongrel tyres have been out for a while, and a few people from here have been running them, i'd like to know how they have fared over the km's.

how many kays have you done on em? how much on/off road with em? any other comments?

I've got 32 x 10.5s on the Rangie at the moment..
they're a really good tyre, especially considering what you pay for them..
as for wear, yeah, they're wearing pretty bloody rapidly. Also, I've ripped of some of the small inner lugs on sharp, rough, rocky tracks..
other than that they're a bit cut up etc, but nothing tooooo bad..
most of the wear I think is from driving them on the road.

I got some 33 x 12.5s on my step dads 75 series, which is 99% used on a farm, and after a few thousand k's they still look pretty perfect.. but they don't see the beating that mine do.

conclusion: For the price, they're great..

thanks for that flange raider, do you run them all the time on your rangie, or are they just play tires? how many kays do ya reckon you'll get out of em?

I've only got about 2000kms on mine at the moment. They drove from Tvl to Bris fine though. Not even as noisy as I thought they'd be.

Or was it just that I couldn't hear them over the gearbox?

There a bloke down here who runs them and they are wearing quicky and some of the lugs have tare's under them ........... But they are Cheap.....

antt wrote:

Flange Raider wrote:

antt wrote:Well, now that the mongrel tyres have been out for a while, and a few people from here have been running them, i'd like to know how they have fared over the km's.

how many kays have you done on em? how much on/off road with em? any other comments?

I've got 32 x 10.5s on the Rangie at the moment..
they're a really good tyre, especially considering what you pay for them..
as for wear, yeah, they're wearing pretty bloody rapidly. Also, I've ripped of some of the small inner lugs on sharp, rough, rocky tracks..
other than that they're a bit cut up etc, but nothing tooooo bad..
most of the wear I think is from driving them on the road.

I got some 33 x 12.5s on my step dads 75 series, which is 99% used on a farm, and after a few thousand k's they still look pretty perfect.. but they don't see the beating that mine do.

conclusion: For the price, they're great..

thanks for that flange raider, do you run them all the time on your rangie, or are they just play tires? how many kays do ya reckon you'll get out of em?

yeah, they're full time on the car.. when I step up to some JT2s or the like next year they'll just be my on-road tyres.. hehe...
aaah.. well, my odometer is busted, but I'd say I do between 150 and 300 km's per week.. I've had them for about 7 or 8 months I think.. they'll easily last till the end of next year, but tread will be getting low by then, and that's no good for off-road.. but for me, they'll just have to be legal (as I'll be using them on-road only). As for the noise, I find them pretty bloody loud, and I'm used to them.. though, they don't make as much noise as a mate's claws, though they're bigger.. regardless, you've just gotta learn to love the howl, it shows you're not driving around on michelins or something..

wow... my posts are long today.

aay,
well i'm sold on mongrels for when i finally get my 4wd, but how's the road handling for them?
my dad runs motorway broncos, would they handle similar to them?
even tho the broncos are all terrain types, but they're cheese cutters too,
btw ave you heard the mongrels are now in 33x12.5R15,
SWOIIIT

'cheers'

BushBoy wrote:aay,
well i'm sold on mongrels for when i finally get my 4wd, but how's the road handling for them?
my dad runs motorway broncos, would they handle similar to them?
even tho the broncos are all terrain types, but they're cheese cutters too,
btw ave you heard the mongrels are now in 33x12.5R15,
SWOIIIT

'cheers'

on road they're ok... I never really push my rangie ON-road.. wouldn't see the point.. it's built for off-road, and the mongrels are great off-road.
as long as the they do the job on-road, perfect..
and yeah, I said in a previous post about the 33s.. they're much nicer than the 32s.. motorway have been trying to release 35" mongrels for years, but that just doesn't seem to be happening..

they arrnt releasing 35" mongrel coz they cant get any carcasses for em
they are goin to begin to import 35" carcasses from america now
therell be a 35" mongrell soon

Problem is you still use a second hand 'anything' case, with ?? sidewalls...

how much is a 33x12.5x15 mongrel?

got my 33s from Pro Comp in Narre Warren..
with 15 x 8 rims, they did a great price, can't remember exactly.

I'm pretty sure they're number is: (03) 9705 6677

or PM LOCKY on here..

the 33"s, i read somewhere they are about $220 ea.

i think

would they turn alright without power steering, or same as other tyres?

cheers

BushBoy wrote:would they turn alright without power steering, or same as other tyres?

cheers

I had no power steering for a couple of days when a belt snapped in the rangie..

it wasn't much fun I tell ya!!! but that's probably coz I'm used to power steering.. and wood grain.. and nice scotch.. after all, I drive a Range Rover, remember!

Yeah did the same thing in my car with power steering, its then becomes harder to drive than a car with no power steering to start with, cos it's not made to do that,
my dads troopy has ps and is easier to drive than my brothers car that has no ps, well that was before he wrote it off anyway,
geez now he has taken to driving my car as i dont have a licence yet

i'll bring this topic back up again,

my local motorway distributor claims it's too hard to get 33" mongrels in cos they aren't that common, has anyone else had this trouble?

cheers.

BushBoy wrote:my local motorway distributor claims it's too hard to get 33" mongrels in cos they aren't that common, has anyone else had this trouble?

cheers.

the answer to many a question on this forum:

Pro Comp Tyres in Narre Warren.
can't remember the number off my head..
you could also talk to LOCKY, who works there.

I got 33 x 12.5 mongrels off them, in stock etc..