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BigRay
Joined: Fri Feb 14, 2014 7:37 pm Posts: 132
Vehicle: 1999 Suzuki Jimny JLX
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Is there anyone that has run Simex Centipedes or the like on a everyday driven Jimny? If yes, how much were they and what do you think of them.
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Sookie

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Joined: Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:22 pm Posts: 704
Vehicle: Sj51t
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 I did, but run 235/75s now, still run them when it gets really wet. They don't like the black top they wear fast, I payed 500 for Myn with 95% on f100 rims in 31s 
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jdk81
Joined: Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 2372 Location: Ballarat, VIC
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32×9.5 on a sierra and was horrible. so noisy, so squirmy, so nasty in the wet. Didnt take long until I changed tyres.
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Joshyboy26
Joined: Thu Sep 01, 2011 11:48 pm Posts: 814 Location: kinglake, VIC
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There couldnt be a worse tyre on the road. In mud they are amazing but no way i would run them daily. Buy a cheap set of all terrains for daily tyres and change them for the weekends.
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alien
Joined: Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:30 pm Posts: 16343 Location: Perth
Vehicle: '92 Sierra, 1.6efi, SPOA, 31s.
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i daily'd 31x10.5 on my sierra and they were woeful... they did grip well though... but they wore like mad. IMO - Dont do it. If you MUST run that kind of tyre, mount them on a spare pair of rims so you can fit them when you know you're hitting the slop. Get one of these off ebay to make the change process quicker: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-Advanded ... 359&_uhb=1^^ You can get them as cheap as $50 delivered.
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PurpleZOOK
Joined: Sat Oct 05, 2013 6:34 pm Posts: 210
Vehicle: Sierra sj80
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alien wrote: If you MUST run that kind of tyre, mount them on a spare pair of rims so you can fit them when you know you're hitting the slop. Get one of these off ebay to make the change process quicker: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-Advanded ... 359&_uhb=1^^ You can get them as cheap as $50 delivered. I second that power impact wrenches are amazing!!!
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suzukikid
Joined: Sun Jan 14, 2007 10:30 pm Posts: 2803 Location: Melton Victoria!
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Daves4wd ran mongrels(a simex copy)on his sierra daily and they wore really quickly...
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Daves4wd

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Joined: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:17 pm Posts: 1286 Location: Melbourne
Vehicle: Swb Sierra twin lock 32s 6.5s
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That's because I had a spool hahahaha... They weren't bad in the dry but the wet it was like ice skating
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Mitchie.1
Joined: Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:54 pm Posts: 89 Location: Toowoomba
Vehicle: A shed full of pieces so far
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Most of the normal mud tyres are a lot softer compound these days and the advise I was given was that you would be better off running a radial mud tyre with some air in it than a bias type tyre with no air on a light car. I run Mickey T claws on my daily and with a good wheel alignment they don't make any noise at all and grip the road really well wet or dry.
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