Kevlar Goodyear MT/R's?????
 

I know it's a long shot, but anybody running the Goodyear Wrangler MT/R's? I have been set on the Duratracs, but noticed the MT/R's while I was in Goodyear today....thanks dudes.

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What sort of driving/wheeling will you be doing?
My money is on the Dura Trac's, I believe they are a better tire.

Well, my (Off-pavement) driving/wheeling is more geared towards exploration and back-country camping, mountain road driving, snow runs, etc,..nothing real aggressive like rock crawling just yet. But I hope to get into a little more aggressive stuff this summer as I have finally found a group of Rover folks to go out with and be able to more confidently push my Disco closer to it's limits.

I was thinking the Duratracs will be all if not more than I need, but those MT/R's are pretty sweet and the Goodyear folks said they will probably have a better on-road manners since they are directional and have the Kevlar insert.

(Right now I'm running the stock Michelin LTX's)

you'd be wasting your cash on the MT/R's if you dont plan on lots and lots of aggressive off road use. being a mud tire they will wear more quickly on road then a Duratrac.

i have duratracs on my rig. best tire for multi purpose rigs on the market. i off road in snow,slush,ice all winter and have yet to have traction issues. at worst i have had to air down a bit.

on road they behave well and track well. not like a factory installed POS tire, but well for a fairly aggressive tire. not very noisy, but a very little hum.

and your gonna spend A LOT less on a set of DT's vs. MTR's

they are trying to oversell you big time!!!

i went to buy my DT's at a goodyear shop near me and i left their angry that they kept trying to oversell me on tires and trying to upsell me on what i did not want. finally got a quote for a set of DT's at $220 per tire. went to discount tire in totem lake and paid $198 per mounted and balanced. and they sold me exactly what i wanted. not what they wanted to sell me

There is a Goodyear shop next door to my office and they give me a "neighbor" discount so I'm not too concerned about oversell, but in the end it's their in business to make money. I just asked for a quote on the MT/R's to get the highest estimate possible so that I can bring it to my wife to plug into the budget and not get in trouble when I slap a grand + on the credit card:)

I think I'll stick with my original plan and go with the Duratracs. Thanks for the input and your reviews in other threads.

On a side note : My OME springs and Sport Shocks came in today, I am so effing excited!:D Shipped ALL the way from ARB in Renton, to my house in Renton:D

I have driven both tires. Based on what you want to do with your truck, I think you will be happier with the DT's. I have them on my rover now, and love the way the DT's can handle all I throw at them. The wife also doesn't object to the DT's, but she hated the MT/R's... Not sure if this matters for you, though.

weekend project!!!!

my OME steering stabilizer came in today. that'll give me something to do in the morning for 10min haha

^This^ is a VERY important (if not the most important) aspect of my tire decision, she drives it daily to her vanpool up to work. THANK YOU for your input:) Going with the DT's...now if that silly tax return would just hurry up:rolleyes:

Man I wish! Besides it being ball$ cold it was a great weekend to do some vehicle work in the greater Seattle area!....got the oil changed, but I'm not quite ready to slap on the springs/shocks just yet. I pulled them out of the big shipping box and stared at them for a while with a big dumb smile on my face though:D

I bought a TF steering stabilizer 3 weeks ago and it still hasn't come, L8 said they are running low on all Terrafirma stock so the shipping is backed up a couple weeks.