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Re: Is your rubber any good..?? A tyre guide for your 4x4...

Postby froggyrvr » September 14th, 2012, 8:58 pm

[quote="Paullct"]these are a couple pics i took of the KM2's next to my current set. they're the same size 33x12.5/15. i decided to wait until after the Morne Diablo run to change them. my KL71s are about 40% life now so a couple more runs won't hurt



ah see u buy these a lil while now how they r running off road is great but how is it on road comfort wise, noise and breaking want to buy some new one soon at or mt like the both... :?:

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Postby Paullct » September 15th, 2012, 9:56 am

the KM2s are GREAT on road so far. very comfortable, handles great and absolutely NO road noise whatsoever

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Postby froggyrvr » September 28th, 2012, 4:25 pm

hey quick service have sale on all tires buy 3 and get 1 free. bf at 275/70/16 $2,091.85 for 1 if u buy a set thats like $1,568.89 for 1 ...... bf mt/km2 255/70/16 are all they have in marabella sorry i did not get time to find out the price

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Re: Is your rubber any good..?? A tyre guide for your 4x4...

Postby RNR66 » October 22nd, 2012, 9:38 pm

Have 4 BF Goodrich All Terrain Baja Champion tyres for sale - 90% life left on them.
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Postby RNR66 » October 22nd, 2012, 9:38 pm

Have 4 BF Goodrich All Terrain Baja Champion tyres for sale - 90% life left on them.
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Re: Is your rubber any good..?? A tyre guide for your 4x4...

Postby Team Loco » November 6th, 2012, 8:04 am

Paullct wrote:the KM2s are GREAT on road so far. very comfortable, handles great and absolutely NO road noise whatsoever


agreed. but after about 4 mths, they get a bit noisy, but nothing bad. everyone asking why i sold my set. in the first place, my suspension is stock, so the 16s with the km2 tyres were eating my mudguards to a point i had to remove them. plus it was killing my acceleration. however, the km2 tyres are quick to cut uneven even if your shock is good but a little weak. my front left km2 started cutting very uneven, sign of a busted shock although the ride said otherwise. i removed the shock, realised it was perfect but it had covered 100,000kms .installed a new oem shock, rotated tyres and problem stopped.

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Re: Is your rubber any good..?? A tyre guide for your 4x4...

Postby Paullct » November 6th, 2012, 9:04 pm

^^ yeah i started getting SLIGHT road noise now after 10,000kms of use but nothing noticeable; especially as compared to the Kumho KL71 or the Maxxis Bighorns

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Postby lighthammer » November 11th, 2012, 9:28 am

paul hows the handling in wet of the KM2 compared to the KL71's?

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Postby Paullct » November 12th, 2012, 6:23 am

i honestly never had any problem in the wet with the KL71 and the same goes for the KM2

then again i don't drive in any way to "test" the handling in the wet

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Postby Val » January 19th, 2013, 9:52 am

Starting to get a slight unusual vibration with the Hercules Alltrac AT but nothing noticeable to anyone but me.

Still relatively quiet (for an AT, but louder than the Open Country) after about 20000kms use, smooth and absorbs bumps well.

Handles great in wet and dry, but I really haven't given it a serious test in the mud.

So far, I can recommend this tyre as an excellent budget AT.

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Postby gready123456 » January 20th, 2013, 2:27 pm

I bought some Firestone Destination AT for 1200 at M.Ramrattan . just going crossed 1000km on them, so far these tires are very excellent in the dry , very impressive in the wet and sand its alright in mud .for the price u cant go wrong , its on a navara 265/70/16 .

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Re: Is your rubber any good..?? A tyre guide for your 4x4...

Postby lighthammer » January 21st, 2013, 11:35 am

gready123456 wrote:I bought some Firestone Destination AT for 1200 at M.Ramrattan . just going crossed 1000km on them, so far these tires are very excellent in the dry , very impressive in the wet and sand its alright in mud .for the price u cant go wrong , its on a navara 265/70/16 .


You mean these?
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My good buddy 3stagevtec has them on his GV... works well on road and in wet conditions, but fails miserably in muddy condition. Will do moderately well in sand/dirt trails but that's about it.

However tire wear seems to be very good, he has them for about 2 years now and they still have good amount of tread life left (prob more than 60%).

For the price and expectation of the tire - I'd say it's a good value tyre.

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Postby neckto » May 1st, 2013, 8:43 am

guys

i need to change out tyres on my 4 X 2 i checked out prices for 235-70-15

so far i come up with

Firestone Destinations AT - 1035.00 @ Ramrattans

Maxxis AT - 1000.00 Mag Wheel Centre in vistabella

Hercules All Trac - 875.00 - Federal cip st

Khumo Road Avdenture AT(non white lettering) - 850.00

HIFLY (non white lettering) AT - 700.00 in penal

i never heard of HIFLY its a 6 ply, Chinese brand

i wish i took pics now, cause i see too many tyres and i forgetting, so which tyre u all think i should go with? i looking for durability and traction in wet and dry, i do plenty hard running highway and bad roads

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Re: Is your rubber any good..?? A tyre guide for your 4x4...

Postby lighthammer » May 7th, 2013, 7:12 am

neckto wrote:guys

i need to change out tyres on my 4 X 2 i checked out prices for 235-70-15

so far i come up with

Firestone Destinations AT - 1035.00 @ Ramrattans

Maxxis AT - 1000.00 Mag Wheel Centre in vistabella

Hercules All Trac - 875.00 - Federal cip st

Khumo Road Avdenture AT(non white lettering) - 850.00

HIFLY (non white lettering) AT - 700.00 in penal

i never heard of HIFLY its a 6 ply, Chinese brand

i wish i took pics now, cause i see too many tyres and i forgetting, so which tyre u all think i should go with? i looking for durability and traction in wet and dry, i do plenty hard running highway and bad roads


I can personally vouch for the Kumho at, if it's the kl78 road venture or even the kl61 sat. We had a set on our frontier for 70,000km on Highway and it did very well on wet roads.

The Firestone destination is also an excellent all terrain and the price ur getting it at is pretty good too.

Those two I would recommend for a daily driven, sometimes offroad (light trails or beach) vehicle /truck. They will give u the most longevity (with regular rotations and balancing of course every 5000 - 10k km) with good dry/wet performance.

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Postby neckto » May 7th, 2013, 9:02 am

hey bro............thanks

leaning towards the Firestone myself, as the khumo they have for my size dosnt have white writing lol.

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Postby neckto » May 7th, 2013, 11:03 pm

ok i went today at M. Ramratans got the Firestone Destination AT in 235/75/15, so i'll test them out and continue the review but i wanna say thanks to ALL the staff at the tire shop from the owner/manager to the salesman, and also the technicians, im hard to please and the service and the attitude of the staff was very good, im glad i went there today,

i got the tyres for 1050 VI installed which also included, speed balance, and valve change so all in all, good value for money too

cheers

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Re: Is your rubber any good..?? A tyre guide for your 4x4...

Postby DrunkenMaster16 » May 22nd, 2013, 3:21 pm

lighthammer wrote:
gready123456 wrote:I bought some Firestone Destination AT for 1200 at M.Ramrattan . just going crossed 1000km on them, so far these tires are very excellent in the dry , very impressive in the wet and sand its alright in mud .for the price u cant go wrong , its on a navara 265/70/16 .


You mean these?
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My good buddy 3stagevtec has them on his GV... works well on road and in wet conditions, but fails miserably in muddy condition. Will do moderately well in sand/dirt trails but that's about it.

However tire wear seems to be very good, he has them for about 2 years now and they still have good amount of tread life left (prob more than 60%).

For the price and expectation of the tire - I'd say it's a good value tyre.


Just bought a set today 4800. Nitrogen filled etc.. just need to go align and camber.

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Re: Is your rubber any good..?? A tyre guide for your 4x4...

Postby Kongorealm » June 29th, 2013, 3:08 pm

Hi guys, can someone update this post with current tyre prices? Thanks

I'm looking for some good road/highway rubber

I'm looking for 265/70R15 or closet match. Can I get these tires for around 800-1000 each or I'm I living in the past?
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Re: Is your rubber any good..?? A tyre guide for your 4x4...

Postby froggyrvr » July 1st, 2013, 7:58 am

Looking for mt 265/70/16 or 275/70/16 tires for my b2500 could y'all get some prices for me need this ASAP

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Postby Aaron 2NR » July 31st, 2013, 3:42 pm

Original tires started riding rough like a week now, coming down the highway last night, i started getting a pretty bad shake from the back. initially i thought balance was out since i balanced a week ago, so you know sometimes errors occur.
Dropped the van by MM this morning and they showed me why.... BENT Tire

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They was a little life in them still but safety before pocket right... MM were out of stock on tires for my spec so called around... Wheel Wizard had Proxes in stock... great service by the team!

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the ride is comfortably smooth, just like the day i drove out the firm. The previous tires were actually good but I was told once they get down to this wear, they start to get hard, ride rough and warp

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Postby bushwakka » January 29th, 2014, 11:56 am

I'm looking for some tyres to replace the Dunlops that came on a Navara from the firm.

I don't plan to do a lot of offroading with the vehicle (if any at all) and I would be doing a lot of highway driving.....does anyone here have a recommendation for a tyre that would give me great wet/dry traction on tarmac but will have a decent tread life as well?

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Postby Aaron 2NR » January 29th, 2014, 12:36 pm

Toyo

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Postby bushwakka » February 4th, 2014, 2:21 pm

^u talking about the same Proxes u bought i assume? How much for one.....and wheel wizard is chaguanas right?

Those only come low profile right? I looking for 16s (navara stock size)

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Postby Aaron 2NR » February 4th, 2014, 4:09 pm

I had 16s on my navara and never had any issues with them. The dunlops the navara came with is a pack of crap....I have toyos on my ranger as well 18s. Lovely tire....

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Postby tripplediamond » March 1st, 2014, 4:08 pm

Need help finding tyres guys... I have 305/70/16s, mickey thompsons but want to go for a cheaper mud tyre same profile. Help!...

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Postby kamakazi » March 1st, 2014, 10:23 pm

bushwakka wrote:^u talking about the same Proxes u bought i assume? How much for one.....and wheel wizard is chaguanas right?

Those only come low profile right? I looking for 16s (navara stock size)


I would like to recommend maxxis bravo...the 750,760 or 770

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Postby Dragular » March 13th, 2014, 10:26 pm

anyone bought Firestone Destination AT recently?
or
Toyo open Country AT

looking to get a set of 265 or 275 /70/16

need to know current pricing

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Re: Is your rubber any good..?? A tyre guide for your 4x4...

Postby lighthammer » March 19th, 2014, 2:17 am

Got some new shoes for the ol' datsun...

Replaced the worn out Dick Cepeck 305/60R18 with some Nitto Trail Grapplers M/T in 285/65R18

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The new tires were about 3/4" taller than the old worn out ones and they rubbed on full-steering lock at the corners on the fenders. Had to introduce Mr. Sledgehammer to Mr. Fender, and flip the fender liners behind the lip of the fender. Not much rubbing now... and ready for off-road!

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