Thread: All terrain tyres

Ive just bought a set off, BF Goodrich AT KO2, in 265/75 R16 for my chev diesel, Bit curious as to what they are worth in New Zealand, (que MadMaori)
$265 Cad, fitted, 5% gst on top.
thus far they seam to be pretty good, at least in the mud, on the mine sight, better than previous wranglers. I swap to studded coopers in the winter, so summer tyres last me ages.

Originally Posted by southernman

Ive just bought a set off, BF Goodrich AT KO2, in 265/75 R16 for my chev diesel, Bit curious as to what they are worth in New Zealand, (que MadMaori)
$265 Cad, fitted, 5% gst on top.
thus far they seam to be pretty good, at least in the mud, on the mine sight, better than previous wranglers. I swap to studded coopers in the winter, so summer tyres last me ages.

that tyre over here you would be looking at around $365 fitted and inclusive....some shops you would be looking at more though , if you were just to walk through my doors thats what you would pay

Originally Posted by madmaori

that tyre over here you would be looking at around $365 fitted and inclusive....some shops you would be looking at more though , if you were just to walk through my doors thats what you would pay

Thanks, that's liveable, 7mm WSM's reply had me concerned, the price you pay, for mags and bigger rim's is painful at times.

Originally Posted by southernman

Thanks, that's liveable, 7mm WSM's reply had me concerned, the price you pay, for mags and bigger rim's is painful at times.

I think the massive difference in price for the Goodrich we see above ties in with what I was saying earlier about needing to be a bit of a hard nose bastard when shopping around.

We used a Cross Country rental Hilux for 6 months last year, it came with rubbish Bridgestone ATs and we needed a premium new MTs to get into the project areas, so we did a deal with Cross Country that we’d buy the tyres through their supplier and pay a millimetres of tread based price at the end of lease.

Well we were quoted insane numbers by the fleet supplier, eye wateringly expensive and I just said ‘no’, don’t know whether he thought I was a fool or what anyway we bought the exact same tyre from a local supplier at 72% of first quote (I just checked the file from that job.... that’s a saving of almost a grand on the set).

There’s also another issue in play, and that is IMO a lot of guys are running rims and tyre combos that are unnecessarily large, and commensurately more expensive. There aren’t that many applications where you need very tall tyres, which also come with the need to regear diffs if you want to get the best out of your truck.

There’s no doubt @madmaori / brad is very competitive and we should support that wherever possible. Talking of which Brad I’ve got some more ideas re my Surf tyres I’ll be in touch about at some point.

Originally Posted by Flyblown

I think the massive difference in price for the Goodrich we see above ties in with what I was saying earlier about needing to be a bit of a hard nose bastard when shopping around.

We used a Cross Country rental Hilux for 6 months last year, it came with rubbish Bridgestone ATs and we needed a premium new MTs to get into the project areas, so we did a deal with Cross Country that we’d buy the tyres through their supplier and pay a millimetres of tread based price at the end of lease.

Well we were quoted insane numbers by the fleet supplier, eye wateringly expensive and I just said ‘no’, don’t know whether he thought I was a fool or what anyway we bought the exact same tyre from a local supplier at 72% of first quote (I just checked the file from that job.... that’s a saving of almost a grand on the set).

There’s also another issue in play, and that is IMO a lot of guys are running rims and tyre combos that are unnecessarily large, and commensurately more expensive. There aren’t that many applications where you need very tall tyres, which also come with the need to regear diffs if you want to get the best out of your truck.

There’s no doubt @madmaori / brad is very competitive and we should support that wherever possible. Talking of which Brad I’ve got some more ideas re my Surf tyres I’ll be in touch about at some point.

Didn't you know that if you run with bigger rims and tyres then the bigger ya weka is?!
Yea i believe that a lot of people put unnecessary fitments on their vehicle for the type of driving that they are doing , i can only offer them my honest advice about what they need and if they don't want to listen then that's their call.......tried to talk a mate out of putting muds on his ute a few weeks back because he doesn't need them......guess who he rang when he went through his first heavy downpour of rain on a roadtrip?!!

Had the 265/70 R17 and they were good, around $400 nzd each four years ago.

Good tyres alright. Have run the silverstone version of these on my spray truck, 31/10.5/16. Amazing grip , had a few cockys wanting out after one round of a paddock D
Not the best mileage onroad though. Chew a set out in 15000k.

16 inch wheels is what you need with MT ATZ

Just fitted a set of highly rated Kumho AT51 ,they definitely live up to the good reviews the price was pretty good as well.
Highly recommended.

Originally Posted by von tempsky fan

Just fitted a set of highly rated Kumho AT51 ,they definitely live up to the good reviews the price was pretty good as well.
Highly recommended.

What sort of price do those run? I'll be needing a couple of new ATs for the Terrano soonish so this thread is useful info.

265/70R15 on it at the moment, I wouldn't mind going a bit taller and narrower but the other 2 are nearly new... crap ones though, 'hi-fly vigourous' thanks to previous owner. Anyone know how big will fit an R50 Terrano on saggy standard suspension?

$300 each fitted for 265/65/r17

Just been for a good drive today on the new Cooper AT3 bloody impressed, been tarmac so far and quite enough with a bit of gravel. Tend to flick a bit of gravel into the underbelly if it's the right size gravel. First really trip today and they held up well for 38psi. Little bit of mud for 100m heaps of rocky bits over erosion Gully over track and then some big arse potholes. Followed by far too much high speed gravel compositing to the potholes and hoping they aren't too deep.

Bloody good day and happy with tyres and new truck.

Will add I got them done at cats tyres in kaiapoi, bloody good service got the spare done as well, not much change from $2000... (dodge those sharps rocks) but warranty for 80,000kms

Originally Posted by 223nut

Just been for a good drive today on the new Cooper AT3 bloody impressed, been tarmac so far and quite enough with a bit of gravel. Tend to flick a bit of gravel into the underbelly if it's the right size gravel. First really trip today and they held up well for 38psi. Little bit of mud for 100m heaps of rocky bits over erosion Gully over track and then some big arse potholes. Followed by far too much high speed gravel compositing to the potholes and hoping they aren't too deep.

Bloody good day and happy with tyres and new truck.

Will add I got them done at cats tyres in kaiapoi, bloody good service got the spare done as well, not much change from $2000... (dodge those sharps rocks) but warranty for 80,000kms

Did you go up to the 70 profile or stick with the 65?

I got a price for cooper at3 400 fitted but they wouldn't take my as new A22 dunlops as trade so went with the kumbos from a different place they gave me 80 bucks each so the kumhos only cost me 220 fitted.

Been trialing out the brand new Cooper AT3 tyre for the last couple of weeks and very impressed , bloody good handling even in the wet and super quiet.
Yet to try them properly off road but dare say they will go pretty good for a A/T.
5 stars so far