New Tire Option???

[ChesapeakeRover]

I was looking around tire rack and found these a new tire from Dunlop, its called the Rover M/T Maxx Traction. It has a Load Range E, and looks pretty promising.

Its seem to be some what of a hybrid between a all-terrain and a mud-terrain, and seem to be priced fairly well.

At $185 a tire, thats a bit more than the Nittos, but you get a bigger, more aggressive tire.

And yes, i do realize you would have to run the rod mod to run these, but just wanted throw these out there and see what you guys think of them, they could be a cheaper alternative to the Goodyear MT/ Rs and Cooper STTs.

So what do you think?

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires...&partnum=765QR8ROVMT&fromCompare1=yes&place=0

 

[Houm_WA]

Looks pretty good....it would be nice to see in-person to determine how much space there is in between the outer lugs....great NAME for the LR3 though!

 

[ChesapeakeRover]

I know right!!! ITS MEANT TO BE, GREAT PRICE AND ITS CALLED ROVER!!!!

Might try to find um locally to see what they look like in person, i'll post up my reaction if i find um

 

[Houm_WA]

That would be cool. With the "E" rating they must be pretty tough...the tread looks pretty aggressive...and the price is very reasonable.

...looking forward to your report.

 

[drzjoint]

There are a few guys running them on lrrforum and they seem to like them alot.

 

[ChesapeakeRover]

Went to 3 tire places, and no luck. All said it was "A special order tire" and they don't have it in stock

Oh well, might make some phone calls tmmw to some other stores, see if they got any

DR, do you have the the link to the LRR thread(s) that talk about them?

 

[Disco Mike]

What size tire are you going for?

 

[Houm_WA]

Drz, I thought the other guys were running the Goodyear Duratrac....This one is a new one.

 

[ChesapeakeRover]

275/65 R18

 

[ChesapeakeRover]

The Duratrac looks really cool too, but are a tid pricey ($40 more than Rover M/T's)...lot less than the MT-Rs though