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Mickey Thompson MTZ radials

Discussion in 'Wheels & Tires' started by Oh_Six_Taco_4x4, Sep 6, 2008.

  1. Sep 6, 2008 at 11:41 AM
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    I just bought a set. Other than being a sexy looking tire, how does it perform? Any tesimonials on Milage, noise, rain?
     
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    How do you like them now that you've had some time with them?
     
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    That is an excellent resource, I refer to them a lot! I spent hours and hours over there reading, great site. I talked to Mickey Thompson tech support directly on everything from trail performance, to road noise lug designs, rain and hard pack snow traction performance (MTZ's are siped) and tread wear. They seem to be the tire I'm looking for but my only remaining concern is average tread life.
     
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  5. Jan 19, 2009 at 5:56 AM
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    The tread wear is okay so far. I have about 5k miles on them without much wear. Performance wise, I couldn't be happier. I've been through sand, mud, rain, super super sloppy mud and street. Sorry, no snow here in Florida. There is very little road noise. I was expecting more from a M/T. +1 for the MTZs!!!
     
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  6. Mar 30, 2009 at 9:17 PM
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    what size tires are you running? is there alot of rubbing or alot of trimming?
     
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    Ya badass tires, my friend got em for his Jeep last summer! Whered you get them around Jax and how much? :thumbsup:
     
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  8. Apr 3, 2009 at 5:52 PM
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    Got a set of 5 this week, $211 ea plus free shipping.. Thanks for the insight guys. :headbang:
     
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  9. Apr 3, 2009 at 6:01 PM
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    how much trimming was done and rubbing with 33x12.5?
     
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    Cab mount is cut back, plated and painted. The rear fender corners are trimmed just a little more than what I had for 285's. Same for the front fender corners, but I'm not hacking them anymore because I'll have a front bumper in a few more weeks so that will open everything up. I am going to pound the pinch weld a little bit tomorrow. I need to pull a leaking icon out and swap in my spare during the rebuilds. I'll be able to check that a little better then.
     
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    FOX 2.0 RESIS,LRUCAS,BILLY 5100S ON THE REAR.MAGNAFLOW 11264,COLOR MATCHED GRILL,YELLOW FOG MOD.OVER HEAD DVD,FEDERAL COURAGIA M/T
    ahhhhh that snoboarder,hes got long sleeves with tricks up them.sounds like the mod bug brought freinds.lol.
     
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  13. Apr 3, 2009 at 7:35 PM
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    :rofl:Definately caught the spring mod bug!
     
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  14. Apr 3, 2009 at 7:39 PM
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    id say,way cool.just put my new tires on tonight.wifes preety pissed right now.oh well shell get over it or get out......lol
     
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  16. Apr 7, 2009 at 11:04 AM
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    I just put similar tires on mine and also cut the mount back. I haven't plated in yet, but I'm going to try to get to it this week. I was curious what the pinch weld is? I am still having some rubbing on bumpy turns and it annoys me. Any advice??? I think I've caught the bug too! [​IMG]
     
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  17. Apr 7, 2009 at 11:23 AM
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    Here's a good pic. It is behind the plastic. I pushed the tire full stuff with the coilover removed to determine exactly where to trim. You can see my cab mount mod courtesy of AtoZfabrication.com


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