Not a lot of tyre options

[HeavyPizzaz]

My comments in blue textbelow;







Find a tyre that suits your needs and realistic expectations. All tyre's will fail, just some will fail more regularly and in milder conditions than others.



IF you spend $400 a tyre for 5 tyre's that is $2000, if they last 80,000km of trouble free use, that is only 2.5 cents per km travelled. Compared to the cost of 80,000km of diesel at $1.60 a litre and getting 10litres per 100km, every km cost you 16 cents!

Taking the gamble on lesser tyre's is playing Russian Roultte with your passengers and your life, the lives of other road users. Buying tyre's in rural and remote areas, you have limited choice and premium pricing so you can end up paying $400 for a tyre that would only cost $250 in the city.



Tyre's that are not fit for purpose will let you down and cost you more!



OJ.

Thanks OJ I appreciate your comments and experience. Would u consider the Toyo OPAT 2s a lower quality tyre? They seem to get good reviews and they’re still Japanese made by the looks of it.


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[old Jack]

Thanks OJ I appreciate your comments and experience. Would u consider the Toyo OPAT 2s a lower quality tyre? They seem to get good reviews and they’re still Japanese made by the looks of it.


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The Toyo OPAT AT2 in a 10ply / E Load Index is a strong, good mid range tyre with a mild AT tread pattern. For touring on bitumen and good gravel/dirt, beach and milder off road they are much much better than the factory HT Passenger cronstruction tyres and stronger than the 8ply D Load index Bridgestone D697. The Toyos are on par with the Cooper AT3LT 10ply. They are not as tough as 10ply BFG ATKO2 but are better on wet bitumen and quieter. As soon as you go to a AT/MT hybrid, like Kumho MT51, Mickey Thompson AT3 P3 or Cooper ST Maxx you get a much tougher and durable tyre for heavy loads over rough tracks, but you do get more noise and less fuel economy.

It is all about what compromises you are prepared to make and limitations you are willing to accept.

OJ.

[dean]

Thanks OJ I appreciate your comments and experience. Would u consider the Toyo OPAT 2s a lower quality tyre? They seem to get good reviews and they’re still Japanese made by the looks of it.


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Hey Heavypizzaz, I wouldn't consider Toyo Opats "lower quality", they are less expensive, that's all. From all the brands I've used my preference is BFG's. They've been around for ever and are an excellent tyre.
When I bought the Opat's the BFG's weren't available in my size at the time, so I gave the Opat's a go. They have performed just as well as the BFG's in all conditions that I've had them in.
Dean

[HeavyPizzaz]

Hey Heavypizzaz, I wouldn't consider Toyo Opats "lower quality", they are less expensive, that's all. From all the brands I've used my preference is BFG's. They've been around for ever and are an excellent tyre.
When I bought the Opat's the BFG's weren't available in my size at the time, so I gave the Opat's a go. They have performed just as well as the BFG's in all conditions that I've had them in.
Dean

Thanks mate, I’ve looked at more options too such as Falken Wildpeak AT3W, Kumho MT51, Toyo Open Country R/T (not available in my size) and I keep coming back to the OPATs. The car’s my wife’s daily driver so I think the KO2s and more aggressive ATs will be slightly more noisy and the OPATs seem good value.


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