4x4 tyres

With the recent snow i decided that i needed some" proper" tyres . I found a site called redpath tyres . I was gong to buy a set of grabbber at2 s . Instead bought a set of remoulded tyres called marix panthers which have more or less the same tread pattern , £ 200 cheaper, they may not last quite as long . Seems a good baregain to me . Marix gets quite a good revew on the web

RE-MOULDS!!!!!!

nothing rong with re-moulds.

Personally wouldnt touch them.

juiceyv8 said:

Personally wouldnt touch them.

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most lorries run remoulds

G-man said:

most lorries run remoulds

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That why you see lots of blown out tyres on motorways.........??

juiceyv8 said:

That why you see lots of blown out tyres on motorways.........??

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You might see 1 or 2, but how many trucks have passed by!! Besides discos don't run at over 30 tonnes.

remoulds are fine, all insa tyres are remoulds and I've had no probs with them at all.

They are not called remoulds any more , either "re-treaded or more more pc "ecologically " reconditioned . Any way couldnt find at2 anywhere and i didnt want another argument with a snow drift . I was running the disco on the rubber i bought it with 2 x nexian roadians on the back and a wrangler hp / good year eagle ls on the front . Wrangler was barely legal . Tc was cutting in all the time . We have about 2 feet of snow up here . The damn thing was ok in a straight line but on a corner the font end came loose a bit sharpish for my liking . Hopefully sorted now . Bring on the next lot of snow !!!

You see a lot of lorry tyres on the side of the road because they come apart because the driver does not know that it was flat.
As the lorry is driven on the flat tyre it disintegrates because of the weight and the heat generated.
That's nothing to do with the tyre being a remould.
Remoulds are good enough for a lot of different vehicles so will be fine on a Land Rover.

Yeah remoulds are fine - as said, Insa Turbos are remoulds and they're some of the best A/T and M/T tyres around.

I know a number of people that run Insa's and Kingpins without any prblems, and they give them some stick on and off road, when I need new rubber yes I'll be getting some as well.

I run Camac Terras. They seem to be good too.

kt64 said:

With the recent snow i decided that i needed some" proper" tyres . I found a site called redpath tyres . I was gong to buy a set of grabbber at2 s . Instead bought a set of remoulded tyres called marix panthers which have more or less the same tread pattern , £ 200 cheaper, they may not last quite as long . Seems a good baregain to me . Marix gets quite a good revew on the web

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Hi there, did you buy your new tyres to use predominently on the road? And was the main motivator for change the wintery conditions?

If the answer to the above questions was yes, I would argue that you should have bought proper winter tyres.

Winter tyres have a different 'recipe' for the rubber such that they are designed to work best at below 7°C and have startling better performance that summer or all-year-round tyres - irrespective of the tread pattern.

Have a look at this:

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlYEMH10Z4s"]YouTube - Tire Rack Tire Test - Winter/Snow vs. All-Season vs. Summer Tires on Ice[/nomedia]


As you will see the winter tyres were still able, somehow, to give grip on pure ice.

They work well in all conditions, snow, ice and rain so are ideal for the winter months. Having seen all the people sliding around in the last days can you imagine the difference it would make to us all - less accidents, less injuries, less insurance claims, less hold-ups.

In many European and Scandinavian countries winter tyres are mandatory. All you need is a set of steel wheels (save those pretty alloys for the better weather) with winter tyres. Swap them over 1 Oct and 1 April and Bob is your Mums best friend.

Aircraft use retreaded tyres.

Not to mention that a lorry tyre is blown up to 110 psi, so when they go, they go!!