My ute is a daily driver and I live in a particularly wet place, so wet weather performance is important. I don't drive crazy and I don't need high performance tyres, just safe ones.
I'm running 15" wheels, so Eagers are out of the question.
I'd like to run 215/65R15 on the front and 235/60R15 on the back, so from what I can find, I'm looking at BFG Radial TAs, Mastercraft Avenger GTs, maybe Cooper, Hancook, Maxxis...I'm not sure what else is available here without spending stupid money getting tyres from the states.
Anyone's opinion on these tyres would be appreciated. I'd just ask that you give as much detail about how they perform as you can, rather than the look.
Submitted by Triple D on Wed, 08/08/2018 - 10:42.
I now Goodyear use to do a All Weather tyre with raised white letters, a guy in my car club runs them but his car is on club rego, so im not real sure about them.
Submitted by SqueeHammer on Wed, 08/08/2018 - 10:59.
Submitted by fx48_eh64 on Wed, 08/08/2018 - 13:02.
Submitted by SqueeHammer on Wed, 08/08/2018 - 13:16.
Thanks mate. That seems to be a fairly common opinion. Some people swear by them, others say they will never use them again. But some of those people are talking about 3 or 4 decades ago, so it's hard to tell what the current tyres are like. Either way, any thoughts on wet performance are welcomed! Cheers.
Submitted by hx308 on Wed, 08/08/2018 - 17:24.
haven't used BFGs for 30 yrs so cant comment. I am currently using Mastercraft avengers 215.65.15 and 295.50.15. 7" & 9" rims on a one tonner, so far have done 50,000ks and have probably 10-15,000ks left. Before that i had the same size rears on my Torana (10" rims). Both daily drivers. Have also used Hercules HP/4000 and cooper cobra rears, both 295.50.15. In the wet you have to be very judicious with the loud pedal with all of the wide rubber but ive never had a problem with the skinnier front tyres and i dont think the 235s would be too wide. Just drive to the conditions..
Submitted by SqueeHammer on Thu, 09/08/2018 - 09:02.
Submitted by kel on Wed, 08/08/2018 - 18:26.
Submitted by SqueeHammer on Thu, 09/08/2018 - 09:04.
I've seen this a fair bit in my research. Looks like there are a few companies making custom letters. Cheers.
Submitted by Ctrl-Alt-Delete on Wed, 08/08/2018 - 18:30.
my experience is dated...I ran BFG radial TAs 245 50 R14 and 265 50 R14 on the front and rear of my Hx Van in the 80s...being a 4.2 auto van it wasn't exactly a ball of flames and I didn't drive like a maniac...so I found them ok...at the time for me it was more about looks than performance and they look good on those era cars..inc a Hz ute..these days tyres have a standardised performance score rating inc noise, wet weather performance, wear rating and so on...so you can probably look that up for the tyres you are considering and see how they compare relative to others..
Submitted by SqueeHammer on Thu, 09/08/2018 - 09:05.
I didn't even think to check that stuff. Cheers.
Submitted by aussiblue on Wed, 08/08/2018 - 18:44.
Submitted by Old is good on Thu, 09/08/2018 - 09:38.
Would you have to get all your wheels balanced after putting the letters on?
I think they would weigh enough to throw the balance out.
Other than the balancing question, I think they are great.
Submitted by kel on Fri, 10/08/2018 - 09:48.
I made mine out of 1mm thick white rubber.