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Kumho Road Venture MT-71 Studio Overview

Welcome to the Kumho Road Venture MT-71 Studio Overview We are looking at the new Kumho Road Venture MT-71, which is a seriously chunky piece of rubber. Checking out the features of the MT-71 in our studio & what Kumho is saying about this new 'low road noise' mud terrain tyre. Find out more in the vid. The Kumho MT-71 tyres will be put onto our long term 200 Series Landcruiser for a good 10.000km review. Full Transcript: - Today in the warehouse, we've got the new Kumho Road Venture MT-71. Hey folks at home. It's no secret that I'm a huge fan of chunky rubber. And this is some of the chunkiest rubber that I've seen in a while. It's the new mud terrain tyre from Kumho. It's the Kumho Road Venture MT71. And now this is a brand new tread pattern from them, it's supersedes I think it's the old KL71, so that one's gonna be disappearing. This one's gonna the new one and you could certainly say that it's a lot more aggressive than the old KL. So even though they're saying it's newer and more aggressive, they're actually saying it's still low road noise for a mud terrain tyre so, interesting to see how low road noise this is. Once I actually show you the tread pattern, you'll understand what I mean by that. Why the little fingers going up and down. And they're also saying there's gonna have extra durability and cut and chip resistance. And so in terms of sizing, it's actually generally on your lighter sizes. So in Australia at the moment we have between 31 inch and 35 inch tyres, but it is only just coming out at the market at this stage so that may increase as they bring more ties into the country. So let's take a look at the tread pattern. Come over here, come over here, come on, come on. That's it. That's it. So looking at the sidewall to start off with, it's interesting because they've actually got a super aggressive sidewall. It's actually the same on both sides, but they've sort of got these little crown shaped things going in looping patent and they actually stick off the sidewall by maybe five mil or something like that. Maybe even six mil if I'm being accurate. And so that's really gonna help you dig out of those ditches. And it's probably some of the most aggressive sidewalls that I've seen in a while. Quick update, since filming this video, we found out that Kumho's actually offering this tyre in three ply in most of the sizes, however, some of the sizes are actually only two ply sidewall. And so that's all of the 15 inch size tyre, so that's the 31, 33, 35 inch tyres in the 15 inch, and also the 255/75R17 is also only two ply sidewall. The rest are three ply. And apparently they're actually releasing more sizes once this whole coronavirus thing comes down. So look out for them anyway, back to the office. I think this has been designed for the Australian market, because look at these boomerangs. It's basically got this set of alternating boomerangs one, two, and then repeated again and again and again and I think actually now that I think about it, that's actually the Kumho logo isn't it? I'll have to confirm that one folks later on, but look at the massive void in this tyre. This is approximately 33 inch tyre, but I can almost fit two fingers in that one. And then we've got alternating blocks here as well. And you can see alternating skull of patterns here as well. So this is super aggressive. If you don't rotate this tyre, you're gonna know about it, so make sure you rotate this tyre. Only five or 10,000 Ks at the most. You can also see here they've got these ejectors which are actually gonna help really get the mud and crap out of the tyre pattern. So we're actually sticking this onto our longterm test rig, which is the 200 series big black land cruiser. And it'll be interesting to see how they go in terms of road noise but also on the road for the daily commute and also off the road as well. So tune in at about 10,000 K's and don't forget to subscribe so that we actually, you actually hear about notifications when we put up new videos, that'd be great. And also maybe let me know in the comments, what you think about these tyres and yeah, tune in 10,000Ks and we'll tell you all about how they've been.

Nitto Ridge Grappler Tyre Review Studio Overview

The Nitto Ridge Grappler tyre was one of the first tyres that attempted to combine all terrain and mud terrain tyres. We're going to put these bad boys on our Tyre Review Ford Ranger for a good 10.000km to see how they will perform. In the meantime, check out our video and find out what makes the Nitto Ridge Grappler tick and what its features are. 10,000km long term review over here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTO0aLdmhok Full Transcript: - Today in the studio, we have the Nitto Ridge Grappler. This is one of the pioneers of that crossover A/T M/T market. So this the Nitto Ridge Grappler, and way back in 2016 or earlier than 2016, there was no real tyres that crossed that line between an all terrain and a mud terrain. So if you wanted to get serious off road, then you would have to choose mud terrain. If you wanted to go for trips and longer distances, then you go for the all terrain. You couldn't have something that blended both. The Nitto Ridge Grappler was one of the tyres that came along and changed that. So it's basically a blend between the AT and the MT. It's got the A/T central blocks, and then the M/T inspired shoulder blocks. One of the interesting things I noticed about the Ridge Grappler as well is that it actually gives you the choice between two ply sidewalls and three ply sidewalls. So basically, you can choose to have side walls that are more comfortable. So going to be a little bit better for having the family in the car, or three ply sidewalls are going to be a little bit stronger, less comfortable, but tougher off road. And so it's pretty cool you actually get that choice. It really depends on the size that you choose that they make it obvious which one has how many plys. Just getting them out of the box as well I noticed that these, the compound feels stickier than a lot of the other A/T M/T tyres that we've had and through the warehouse. So it'd be interesting to see how that translates into where on the road as well because this will be going onto our long term test vehicle the Ford Ranger. In terms of the sidewalls, we've got differing sidewalls on each side. So this has sort of a square block with a bit of a daggers thing. The other side has square blocks with square blocks. Both of them look like they're going to offer pretty good protection, but they're not necessarily going to help you with that digging. They don't have angled sort of blocks that some of the other tyres have. So that's an interesting side of that. Let's have a closer look at the tread pattern. Hear them squeak. So these tyres have an alternating shoulder group. So you can sort of see here there's basic blocks, sets of two blocks. And in between every second set or so between every set, there's this stone ejector here as well. And they've also got this stepped block edges as well, so you can see in here how there's extra little fancy work in-between. And they also have this staggered shoulder lugs so you can see how it's a bit sculpted out of every second lug as well. Apparently the blocks are actually reinforced underneath. So reinforced block foundation, and a variable tread pitch pattern. So can sort of see how it's repeating patterns of blocks.So the entire interface is for you know, that's the all terrain inspired section, which is going to make it quieter on road. And then you've got these spaces here on the shoulders which is the mud terrain inspired section. So, theoretically the variable tread pattern will make it quieter on the road. However it's still going to be interesting to see how these extra voids in the shoulders contribute to that road noise. So these are actually an E rating tyre. So this is the two nine five 70R17. This is the three ply side wall. It actually has a 10 ply face. So you know there's 10 layers of fabric and steel and sorts of stuff in there, and also these tyres are made in the USA as well. So again, you know that you can get, that they're manufactured somewhere where it has a good manufacturing industry. So these tyres come in a range of sizes between two six five six five R 16 and 37 12 and a half R 22. So they're going to cover a huge range of sizes from your stock standard Hi Luxes or Ranges or whatever, all the way through to your series off road 37 inch tyres. So for all the enthusiasts out there there's pretty much going to be a size for anyone. Out of the box they come with between 13 and 14 and a half mil of tread. So that's pretty decent amount of tread in comparison to some other tyres. So that's the Nitto Ridge Grapples, we're going to stick them on our Ford Ranger. We'll report back to you in 10000 k's as to how they go and don't forget to subscribe and hit the little bell thing if you're on YouTube as well so you can keep up with what videos we're releasing over the next little while.

Tyre Review Continental Cross Contact ATR Studio Overview

We check out the Continental Cross Contact ATR in our studio this time. Continental's aim is to provide a tyre that can take care of city driving and the occasional bush driving by creating a mix of All Terrain & Highway Terrain tyres. Let's have a closer look at the features of this tyre in the video Full Transcript: - Good day. Today, we're going to be looking at the new Continental Cross Contact ATR. G'day, welcome back to Tyre Review. And today, we're looking at the new Continental Cross Contact ATR. Conti are billing this as the tyre for those who live in the city but go out to the bush, or up to the farm, or to the Highlands or whatever every now and then. So they're not a full-on all-terrain tyre but they are gonna fill that gap if you get stuck in a tricky situation. This is actually a brand new tyre which they are releasing in Australia, or they've released in Australia for a while. They're more limited brand of patents so you can get them into 16 and 18 inch, or 16, 17, and 18 inch size at the moment and roughly between 60 and 70% profile, so that's the depth there. But I have seen that they will getting them up to 20 inches in the near future. Did notice that there's no LT construction so they're more aimed at your SUVs and utes that aren't going to be doing a huge amount of towing and that sort of stuff. Let's just have a look at some of the features of the tyre. So these tyres, these all-terrain tyres, have a pretty good density of tread across the centre here, which is gonna mean that they're better rolling resistance or less rolling resistance. But let's talk about these great wide channels on the outside here for both dispersing water, which means they're gonna be less likely to aquaplane, they've got less channels through the middle here, which theory decrease the aquaplaning potential but also all the sipes through here is something that Continental points out as really helping that too. But they do actually have this chunky shoulder-blocks, and the tread actually wraps around the shoulders here too which is something that you don't see much in the lighter duty all-terrain tyres, well not up until recently. And they've also got these things here which look like they're actually stone ejectors too, so they're less likely to get stones stuck in these big gaps in the shoulders here. Means it's less likely to actually get to the punctures. These are the sipes through here, which is gonna help with water dispersion and also these bigger grooves through here and this bigger groove again on the shoulder. Conti are also billing this as a quieter tyre as well. All-terrains can be reasonably noisy, so they've got these little noise blockers in here, which is actually where they've joined the individual shoulder-blocks together with these little strips of rubber, which is actually theoretically gonna block more noise from making it into the cabin. The other thing I like about these tyres as well, is that they've got these rim protector strips around the outside, which means if you're unlucky enough to actually hit the curb with these tyres on the fancy wheels won't take the brunt of the force. The tyre will actually take that instead. That's a good asset if you've got nice wheels on your fancy new SUV. This tyre is actually going on our Subaru Outback test vehicle for the next 10,000 Ks, so we'll report back after those Ks and just let you know what our tester thought of them.

Tyre Review - Studio Review of the Dunlop SP Sport Maxx 060 Plus

In the Studio Jared breaks down some of the huge leaps in tyre design and technical features of the Dunlop SP Sport Maxx. With a massive 40% longer road life than the previous tyre, we are keen to hear your experiences now that this tyre has been out for a couple of months. Other upgrades include a whopping 52 tyre size break, stiffer side walls, 14% more road contact, A grade EU rating and most importantly for the mall, Nano Black Side Wall Engraving. Jump to some of the features: 0:15 - Intro 0:52 - Vehicles 1:22 - Features 3:40 - Wet handling and tyre tread design 4:20 - Sizes 4:44 - Features 7:36 - Outro Thanks for watching and like always, don't forget to head over to www.tyrereview.com.au and review your tyres. We would love to hear your thoughts on the Dunlop SP Sport Maxx

Tyre Review - Studio Review of the Michelin Latitude Cross

We got very excited about this tyre! The Michelin Latitude Cross is the perfect in-between tyre when looking for a good touring tyre that is capable of tackling some off-road fun! In this studio review, Jared breaks down the features and design of the Latitude cross. Where this tyre would best perform and the vehicle it would best suit but like always, what is your experience with the Michelin Latitude Cross? Let us know by leaving a review over on the website www.tyrereview.com.au

Tyre Review Cooper Discoverer ATT Studio Overview

Cooper Tires has created a new Cooper Discoverer ATT (All Terrain Tyre) tyre aimed mid range to larger SUV vehicles. So, perfect for people that live in the city with the occasional trip off road or gravel roads. Cooper says that they have put some cool features in this tyre, so let's have a look.

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Yokohama Neova AD08R Studio Review

We take a look in the studio at the Yokohama Neova AD08R semi slick tyre - what sets it apart from other tyres, and what's the marketing guff from Yokohama about it. It'll then be equipped to our Tyre Review Subaru WRX STI for a long term test over at least 10,000km. Full Transcript Welcome to Tyre Review. Today we've got some new tyres in the workshop to go on our test Subaru STI. These are the Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08 Rs. These tyres are basically semi-slicks. They're as close as you can get to a race tyre, but for a road going type car. This means that you can use your car during the week when you want to go to work, but then you can also use it on the weekend it when you want to use it on the track. Normal race tyres they can only go through one heat cycle, which means that they can get hot, and they're really good, but they can only do that once. Whereas, semi-slicks like these ones are able to go through lots of heat cycles, which means that you can take them out to the track on lots of different occasions. They work really well for both situations. They're a good cost saving measure for those who want to get the maximum performance out of their car, but not pay for race specific tyres every time they go out to the track. These tyres have a single uni block outside edge, which means you can see here there is always some sort of outside edge of the tread pattern on the road. There's no grooves in here, which means they're gonna have much better roads sticking capability. It also features a new R compound, which has much better initial grip, and better handling, and much better lap times. This tyre has more carbon for dry traction, more silicone for wet traction, but it also has Yokohama's trademark Orange Oil technology. What they've done is they've squeezed a whole bunch of these things, or some sort of citrus, and they've injected Orange Oil into their tyres, which means that they're actually much better for in the wet, but they also maintain some longevity as well. They actually get more miles out of tyres that have Orange Oil in them. We're really excited to get these tyres onto our Subaru STI both for day to day life because that would [inaudible 00:01:46] driven about 40ks to work and back, but also on the track. We'll be taking them out to Baskerville to actually see if we can better our lap time as we got on our previous tyres, and see exactly how they feel on the track as well. We'll be using them day to day in our long term test.

Yokohama Neova AD08R Studio Review

Falken Wildpeak AT3W Studio Review

Join us in the studio as we take a look at the brand new Falken Wildpeak AT3W All Terrain tyre, which will be equipped to our Ford Ranger as a long term test vehicle. The Falken Wildpeak AT3W is an upgrade from the Falken Wildpeak AT with the added benefit of having an increased wear, winter and wet weather performance. Hence the 3w! Check out the long term review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7wOgv3S2XE Don't forget to subscribe & hit the bell to stay up to date with any new reviews and information coming out. Full Transcript: Hey, welcome to Tyre Review. We've got a new tyre in the warehouse today and it's the Falken AT3W which is a brand new, all terrain tread pattern from these guys. So it's not the old Falken AT. The new version has all sorts of new technology built into it but I'm really excited to get this one because they say it's the AT3W because it's built for wear, winter, and wet weather performance. So there's three W's in there. So this tyre has sipes that really lock the tread together and provide solid blocks that really resist high torque wear and provide that handling but also, when you are going slower, the tyre is actually more conformable so it can go over those rocky, rough terrain when you are forward driving. So an interesting thing about this tyre is, make sure you looking at this when you are getting them mounted, is they actually have different lettering on each side so one side has raised lettering and other side has lower lettering. This is to give one side a more aggressive and the other side less aggressive tread pattern or look from the side of the car. So these are also a snow rated tyre. We've got this little snow symbol down here next to the AT3W which means that it is actually meant for snow and ice. So I'm really excited because these actually are going on my personal Ford Ranger. We're going to be testing them for the next 10,000K's over a variety of different terrains but I like them because they are such an aggressive looking tyre. And one of the reasons why people buy mud tyres these days, is because of that aggressive look whereas on the car these are going to look great and I'll be putting them through lots of different water, snow, hopefully, off road, we'll be going down to Pelverata Falls. So we'll report back in about 10,000K since we'll have put through their paces.