DONT BUY mtz mickey thompson

[bushytas]

well guys you might be able to tell from what I’m about to type up here that I’m really unhappy with mtz Mickey Thompson tyres

I brought my tyres about 15,000 kms ago after reading all the stories about them in 4wd monthly and other 4wd mags.

I thought great they seem like a good set of tyres so I went out and brought 5 at $350 each 285/75/16 off I went I was really happy with them at first as in sand they were great mud great and road well let’s say they were ok.

My 4wd a Nissan patrol was not long of the show room floor and only had about 14,000 on her.

Wheel alignment was 100% tyre pressure was at 38psi as per the factory settings for that tyre well so I was told by the fitters.

Anyway to cut the story short I’ve done 15,000kms on them and well have a look at this and you make your own mind up

O and another thing I rang the factory that sells the tyres and they said poo happens pretty much they said there is no warranty on mtzs and pretty much suck it up you brought them?


poll's direct link is:

http://www.misterpoll.com/polls/456180


new 15mm of tread




15,000kms 6mm

[truckster]

Gee, careful, SIM will suicide!

[Yom]

The wear looks nice and even. You will find they wear quickly but will slow down the lower in tread they get (it will harden). Most people only report getting ~40,000km from them in road use on the big vehicles like the Patrol and Landcruiser. Which is expected of the sort of tyre the MTZ is.

Do you really want a tyre which lasts forever? You can't have everything. If it lasts forever it'll have crap traction and the grippiest tyre out there won't last long at all.

I see no tread damage so I assume you don't do any 4wding which stresses the tyre. Perhaps go for a more road biased tyre next time, like the Mickey T ATZ? Actually no you probably won't buy them ever again. How about the Dick Cepek FCII?

I'd be stoked to have that sort of wear after 15,000km...I kill tyres and I don't even drive that hard. My current tyres only 4200km old are 3mm lower than when they were new (compared to the spare). Rears worn quite badly, little chunks torn from the edges. Basically its wear induced by 460NM of tyre smoking torque....

[sim79]

Can we please swap tyres my MTZs are pissing me off also! Mine are wearing too slowly and I want new tyres( creepy crawlers) , mine when new were 16mm now after 45,000 klm I have 10mm left.
What am I doing wrong????

[Yom]

Originally Posted by sim79

Can we please swap tyres my MTZs are pissing me off also! Mine are wearing too slowly and I want new tyres( creepy crawlers) , mine when new were 16mm now after 45,000 klm I have 10mm left.
What am I doing wrong????

Driving it like a fairy.

Less flex more NOISE!

[sim79]

Originally Posted by bushytas

im running the air pres that i was told to run and that was 38psi

Are your tyres worn evenly?

[bushytas]

Originally Posted by sim79

Can we please swap tyres my MTZs are pissing me off also! Mine are wearing too slowly and I want new tyres( creepy crawlers) , mine when new were 16mm now after 45,000 klm I have 10mm left.
What am I doing wrong????

blood hell that ok but what 4wd have you got them on?

The wear looks nice and even. You will find they wear quickly but will slow down the lower in tread they get (it will harden). Most people only report getting ~40,000km from them in road use on the big vehicles like the Patrol and Landcruiser. Which is expected of the sort of tyre the MTZ is.

Do you really want a tyre which lasts forever? You can't have everything. If it lasts forever it'll have crap traction and the grippiest tyre out there won't last long at all.

I see no tread damage so I assume you don't do any 4wding which stresses the tyre. Perhaps go for a more road biased tyre next time, like the Mickey T ATZ? Actually no you probably won't buy them ever again. How about the Dick Cepek FCII?

I'd be stoked to have that sort of wear after 15,000km...I kill tyres and I don't even drive that hard. My current tyres only 4200km old are 3mm lower than when they were new (compared to the spare). Rears worn quite badly, little chunks torn from the edges. Basically its wear induced by 460NM of tyre smoking torque....

as for 4wding they have done everything rock sand mud grass **** loads of off road work but yes i do drive them on road but im still not happy with them.

for the money they cost they are **** wearing and i would rather buy BFGoodrich Tires Mud-Terrain

[bushytas]

Originally Posted by sim79

Are your tyres worn evenly?

yes mate all of them are 100% flat (even wear) lol i know someones going to say something smart to that so i thought i better edit that

[sim79]

Originally Posted by bushytas

blood hell that ok but what 4wd have you got them on?

gq swb.

[ZD30DDTi]

Get Toyo's A/T nice road / little off-road wearing, good off road grip... for an A/T

[marin]

On the same topic, nobody buy simex centipedes, I've had my 35's on for 5 trips now and they are wearing out too fast, especially when I am lazy and don't change them cauz i'm going out wheeling again the following weekend!

I never expected that from a tyre that is designed around it's offroad capability, has large lugs and large gaps between those lugs and are on a car that weighs 2 ton + to wear out fast!

[MY-TD6i]

AS said on another forum u posted on....I have 30,000k's on mine 285/75/16 they are half worn now, & I do a lot of road, dirt & offroad with them, I also carry a fair bit of weight all the time.

[evad]

for the money they cost they are **** wearing and i would rather buy BFGoodrich Tires Mud-Terrain[/QUOTE] Bfg are wearing quickly as well by this.

http://www.4wdmonthly.com.au/forum/s...ad.php?t=78512
This is one of the quotes off that link
MiMine have travelled arround 12000ks and are getting close to half worn.

Not very happy with wear but extremely happy with performance (except the one i ripped the side out of)

Size is 285/75r16

[truckster]

from outers.

Originally Posted by ferrit

My MTZ's are wearing Horribly- 285/75R16 on an LN106 Hilux.

15,000kms in, Mix of Highway, Offroad, Sand, and a 3000km offroad trek to Lake eyre, and im down at least 5mm of tread!

Not getting them again, Really dissapointed with how the 285's are wearing compared to the 31x10.5x15's i had before- They went 40,000kms before getting to 50% tread

[bushytas]

Originally Posted by truckster

from outers.

maybe its a problem with this tyre size

[sim79]

From another forum

Originally Posted by Peter @ Aawen4x4

We've got a set of 35" MTZ's on a heavy GQ TD 4.2T with 40,000 plus km on them, looking like doing 100,000km easy, possibly 120k; and the Claws are 33's on a slightly lighter GQ n/a TD4.2 with over 100,000 km on them, but they are nearly due for retirement. The next few wet weekends will see them hitting the discard pile I'd guess. We might make it to 110 k on them.

Certainly the Claws are an alright all rounder, but they do tend to tramline a little on grooved roads, either heavy transport indentations on the bitumen or grooves & ruts on the dirt. The MTZ's are better!

[bushytas]

I wonder if they are different compounds?

[alanbu1@optusnet.com.au]

I have done 85.000 km on my bfg muddies 33x12/1/2x15 no prob`s

[truckster]

Originally Posted by sim79

From another forum

Originally Posted by Peter @ Aawen4x4

Isnt he a tour operator?? be in his interests to say they are good for cheap/free tyres?

[B.D.R]

Originally Posted by marin

On the same topic, nobody buy simex centipedes, I've had my 35's on for 5 trips now and they are wearing out too fast, especially when I am lazy and don't change them cauz i'm going out wheeling again the following weekend!

I never expected that from a tyre that is designed around it's offroad capability, has large lugs and large gaps between those lugs and are on a car that weighs 2 ton + to wear out fast!

Big diferance between a Pede and a MTZ.

I would class a MTZ as a Road tyre, and as such would want a lot more out of them than that.

I don't know why every one is'nt running around on Bighorns