Thread: Right then, Colorado

whatever tyres you buy make sure they are a relatively new model and wont be discontinued soon. i fitted 4 brand new goodyears on a vehicle 6 months ago then about 3 weeks back the wife managed to rip out a sidewall on one . i couldnt get a replacement anywhere so had to change both front tyres to keep them the same

Two points.

With regards to experience with tyres, I have never had Coopers. But I have had such an awesome run with a set of Kumho KL71 MT tyres that I would automatically have to put these at the top of any list I would consider.

As for the existing tyres, do what I did and get a second set of (steel) rims forma wrecker that fit your truck, and fit the MUDs / Offroads to these. It is not hard to swap a set over and it is very handy to have a complete spare set when you need them. Then if I am doing a long road trip or towing I get the road set on, and if spending heading off road or expecting to see slush I flick over to the Muds.

https://www.tyrepower.co.nz/shop/kum...ad-venture-mt/

Originally Posted by timattalon

Two points.

With regards to experience with tyres, I have never had Coopers. But I have had such an awesome run with a set of Kumho KL71 MT tyres that I would automatically have to put these at the top of any list I would consider.

As for the existing tyres, do what I did and get a second set of (steel) rims forma wrecker that fit your truck, and fit the MUDs / Offroads to these. It is not hard to swap a set over and it is very handy to have a complete spare set when you need them. Then if I am doing a long road trip or towing I get the road set on, and if spending heading off road or expecting to see slush I flick over to the Muds.

https://www.tyrepower.co.nz/shop/kum...ad-venture-mt/

That is interesting,good friends who have run them were very dissapointed?

What other MT have you run to compare them to?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

That is interesting,good friends who have run them were very dissapointed?

What other MT have you run to compare them to?

A mate had them on his Nissan ute and it always started to aquaplane at 65-70km/h with the slightest rain. Very uncomfortable feeling.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

A mate had them on his Nissan ute and it always started to aquaplane at 65-70km/h with the slightest rain. Very uncomfortable feeling.

It wont have been aquaplaning inless bald its just a combination of a small contact patch and a compound that doesnt grip wet stone well.

https://tyreshoponline.co.nz/shop/ca...4x4-tyres.html

Or if you want to keep the 18s. I would change though as more side wall is better typically.
https://www.4wdbits.co.nz/ProductDet...productID=5921

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

It wont have been aquaplaning inless bald its just a combination of a small contact patch and a compound that doesnt grip wet stone well.

About 8mm tread on at the time. I think the compound was too hard, but the size of the lugs didn't help either. A few people I've talked to had the same issue. Was asking around when I needed new tyres for the new wagon. I ended up buying fairly cheap stuff and they're half worn out at 35,000km.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

That is interesting,good friends who have run them were very dissapointed?

What other MT have you run to compare them to?

I'm pretty sure those KL71's are directional?? Who would want to run directional on a 4WD

They also suck at almost anything but full tread. Mate got sting buying a a set with 8mm tread. Absolutely useless.

Ok I'm about to get and her for suggesting "budget" tires but I have had a fair few as had the old man. I have had 2 sets of Good ride Mud Legend Tyres. Both have last in excess of 60,000kms. They don't get slippy in the wet as they wear like a bunch of Muds do. They are relatively quiet. They are also and almost pisstake in they are a blatant copy of BF Goodrich KM2s. The old man brought Cooper STT pros and they wore out in under 30,000kms needless to say he lost his shot and went and brought Goodrides in the standard "maxxis" type tread. These wore at a similar rate but we're much cheaper. They did however get slippy as they wore. He then got a set of the mud legends they same as mine and has done near on 50,000Kms with around 6mm tread left that is still actually able to grip the ground unlike some other brands. I have driven Hankook RT03s but they didn't have great grip off-road and were on the noisey side however they wore great. Have had the Bridgestone Muds they were worse than the Goodrides SL366 and not cheap. So now I run my second set of 285/75R16 Goodride Mud Legends SL386 (this model is very important) on my 09 Lux. My brother runs these on his 018 Lux. My old man runs these on his 70 Series Cruiser and the 265/75R16 version on his 2014 Lux. I can highly recommend them. Another perk is that for the price you can almost buy a set of new rims in 16 inch diameter and this will mean even if you don't like them you will be able to buy cheaper tires.

Has anyone had a good run out of maxxis? 764 bighorns to be exact

Originally Posted by Quest

Has anyone had a good run out of maxxis? 764 bighorns to be exact

i get a lot of feedback telling me they are noisy , but seem to drive ok

Originally Posted by madmaori

i get a lot of feedback telling me they are noisy , but seem to drive ok

yip very noisy but also very good on and off road plus they make heaps of smoke

I've been in the fixing cars game long enough and just want to point out there are 2 sides to every story. I've put the same new tyres on a truck that have done 80km one and 15km on another. The reason? The second bloke went out off road on a regular basis and never checked anything afterwards. Came in for WOF and I knocked him on both front tyres because both steering rack ends were bent causing both front wheels pointing in different directions and hence shit tyre life. How he couldn't feel it drove like shit is beyond me and besides the point. All I'm trying to say is if you don't look after your tyres particularly the pressure and the alignment tyres will wear. Like I said 2 sides to every story and bad news always travels quicker

I went to see the Man with the BFG's in town today, the Coopers were just a stretch too far really.

Anyway, his advice was for me to run the tyres it came with untill coming in to next winter as he wouldn't give me bugger all more for them now than he would then and unless I was going to go nuts the ones on it would take me most places in the dry I needed to go.

Decent of him I thought.