A tyre question.

86-surf · Post by **86-surf** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:40 pm

What would be the best and cheapest offroad tyres for a 86 surf i want them to be 33x12 or 31x12 if posible

any help would be apressiated thanks! again

This is where i was looking

4wdbits.co.nz

thats the only place ive looked so far but yea any sugestions would be good:D

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:04 pm

go look where you were, get the price, then go to tonys tyre service and they'll beat it.. well, did for me.. the sellin factor was the $10 tyre replacement guarantee... love that deal..

as you were..

86-surf · Post by **86-surf** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:06 pm

lol thanks i havn't heard of that plac
e here in rotorua?

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:08 pm

okey dokey...

go online through here and get a quote from them via email's etc.. theyre pretty onto it..

http://www.tonystyreservice.co.nz/

they have a few stores around, not sure about rotavegas, but ya might get lucky.....

86-surf · Post by **86-surf** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:12 pm

noope no tonys tyre shop in rotorua. . .

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:13 pm

how far to the nearest depot of tonys? worth a drive? possible someone may be goin past? failin that, not sure sorry bud..

86-surf · Post by **86-surf** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:14 pm

sweet as and i think the closest one whas umm wangas

coxsy · Post by **coxsy** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:20 pm

Sumitomo Serengeti SL840 Mud Terrain these go good on a surf

86-surf · Post by **86-surf** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:21 pm

thanks

skid · Post by **skid** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:25 pm

work out what you want

there are plenty of topics on here that give you the best and worst advice.

so look thru them and decide what you want and then start pricing them up.

I work in a tyre shop in Taupo (not far to drive) and I run these on one of my wagons and find them good.................

http://www.4wdbits.co.nz/ProductDetails ... ductID=220

Not much of a saving, but I can do them for $250 per tyre for you.

as I said though, look around, work out what you want and get prices.

Petemcc · Post by **Petemcc** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:30 pm

I had a set of maxxis buckshots on my surf and they were pretty crap. for arround the same price i would get the sumitomo serengetti. you get what you pay for. the buckshots where good for me when i had them. I now have goodyear wrangler mtrs and they are way better. still apparently dont clear as well as other brands ( you have to spin them quite fast) but have reasonable side wall grip and good on rocky stuff and they are still pretty cheap. I would probably be looking on trade me to get a good deal.
It all depends how much money you have.
Pete

86-surf · Post by **86-surf** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:31 pm

thanks skid i will do what you say haha

skid · Post by **skid** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:42 pm

Petemcc wrote:I had a set of maxxis buckshots on my surf and they were pretty crap. for arround the same price i would get the sumitomo serengetti. you get what you pay for. the buckshots where good for me when i had them. I now have goodyear wrangler mtrs and they are way better. still apparently dont clear as well as other brands ( you have to spin them quite fast) but have reasonable side wall grip and good on rocky stuff and they are still pretty cheap. I would probably be looking on trade me to get a good deal.
It all depends how much money you have.
Pete

as you can see ,there is all sorts of advice on ORE.

I'm not saying Pete has bad advice.

In fact what he has is just plain old advice, which is the same as what I've given you.

If you read most topics on here, most people will say that its there 2 cents worth. thats exactly what it is.

my 2c is completely different to Petes 2c, so you have a lot of reading to do and a whole bunch of decision making at the end.

Good Luck :roll:

Petemcc · Post by **Petemcc** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:46 pm

I agree totaly you have to listen to what everyone says. The reason I didnt like the buckshots is that they did not have any side wall grip and did not throw mud like my mtr's do. However you will get about 80000 ks on a set. They were good for a start but i wouldn't go back.
(not trying to get at you skid, im sure you have your resons for liking them like you said just my 2c :lol:

)

TJ · Post by TJ » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:50 pm

Petemcc wrote:I had a set of maxxis buckshots on my surf and they were pretty crap. for arround the same price i would get the sumitomo serengetti. you get what you pay for. the buckshots where good for me when i had them. I now have goodyear wrangler mtrs and they are way better. still apparently dont clear as well as other brands ( you have to spin them quite fast) but have reasonable side wall grip and good on rocky stuff and they are still pretty cheap. I would probably be looking on trade me to get a good deal.
It all depends how much money you have.
Pete

Just so that everybody is really clear, MT in Wrangler MT/R stands for Maximum Traction and NOT Mud Terrain. MT/Rs were never designed or marketed by Goodyear as dedicated mud terrain tyres. They are known to be really good in certain conditions, including mud of sorts, but I just wanted to clarify that.

86-surf · Post by **86-surf** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:53 pm

thanks guys. . . how do you tell if they are a good tyre lol

skid · Post by **skid** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:53 pm

Petemcc wrote:I agree totaly you have to listen to what everyone says. The reason I didnt like the buckshots is that they did not have any side wall grip and did not throw mud like my mtr's do. However you will get about 80000 ks on a set. They were good for a start but i wouldn't go back.
(not trying to get at you skid, im sure you have your resons for liking them like you said just my 2c )

yup gotta agree there.

2 different uses for the same tyres.

you used yours off road and mine were mainly used on road on my tow vehicles.

on the road they have done about 10000km and look as good as the day they went on.

I have heard and seen that the serengetis wear down real fast on the road and some of our customers who use the wranglers off road for hunting have been complaining that the sidewalls are too soft and they are picking up too many sidewall punctures.

alas, as we have both alluded to, there are a million different pieces of advice.

We have offered ours and there will be many more :roll:

radar21 · Post by **radar21** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:54 pm

i shoped around 4 ages looked at heaps of tyres and went 4 32/11.50/15
buckshot mudders at 215 per tyre was the best deal i could get 4 my surf
had fedrales mt before them and they where ok but only got 25000 out of them

86-surf · Post by **86-surf** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:55 pm

what do yous think about these pupys?

http://www.4wdbits.co.nz/ProductDetails ... ductID=926

skid · Post by **skid** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:59 pm

86-surf wrote:what do yous think about these pupys?

http://www.4wdbits.co.nz/ProductDetails ... ductID=926

did you win lotto or something

86-surf · Post by **86-surf** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:59 pm

nope birthday pressie lol .

i wish i did

skid · Post by **skid** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:02 pm

86-surf wrote:nope birthday pressie lol .

i wish i did

fuk it, if someones buying ya tahs for ya birfday, then you'd better be buying simex or swampers of sumfink real expensive and good. :lol:

86-surf · Post by **86-surf** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:03 pm

its from my mumy and i havnt talked her into getting them yet lols hahahahaha i wish i could get those..

what is the cheapest swampa cant find any of them?

radar21 · Post by **radar21** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:05 pm

i agree stuff the tame stuff get chunky as f**k ones

86-surf · Post by **86-surf** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:07 pm

http://www.4wdbits.co.nz/ProductDetails ... ductID=776

are those the ones you were talking about with the thin side walls?

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:09 pm

yup.. its each to their own though...

86-surf · Post by **86-surf** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:10 pm

where would i fine super swampers?

86-surf · Post by **86-surf** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:11 pm

um nah i think i will try go aslight on my mums pocket as posible aye? lol dnt feal like been meen to mum lol she got me the truck afta all

skid · Post by **skid** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:11 pm

86-surf wrote:where would i fine super swampers?

usa

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:12 pm

http://www.intercotire.com/site33.php

expensive though...