Continental MPt81 Tires?

[fallguy]

Anyone on here run em i was thinking those would be a good street/trail/mud tire. maybe wont wear out as fast as a swamper. from what i have read they are supposed to flex better than the michelin military tires which would be great. and they are cheaper at a new price. i was looking at boggers but i cant justify spending that kind of cash on a larger tire & it get worn bad from occasional street use.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

I hear they're big with the Unimog and expeditionary folks. Might want to track down forums for those. I was considering them now that the supply of 11.00R16 Michelins is drying up but ended up selling Big Ugly so no point now.

 

[fallguy]

i'm thinking about running them, if i do it will be around income tax time. i'll post some pics when the time comes.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

What kind of rims? My thoughts were just the non-blingiest 20's I could find with 4" or so of backspacing.

 

[DEMON44]

those look decent too. if you find a supplier let me know too.

 

[fallguy]

What kind of rims? My thoughts were just the non-blingiest 20's I could find with 4" or so of backspacing.

i have'nt even thought about rims yet, something non blingy is definently what i was thinking. Backspacing is still a big for me, i dont know what everyone is running. i had a d44 front w/ crossover steering before, (all ORD stuff) & the 16.5"/39.5" tsl's i had rubbed the joint that attached the draglink to the steering arm. I'm building my d60 right now so all that is changing. any suggestions on the backspacing?

 

[fallguy]

those look decent too. if you find a supplier let me know too.

expedition-imports.com has them listed on their site. pricing seems reasonable & it sounds like a lot of the guys on the unimog sites purchase from them.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

Backspacing...4" ish. Maybe down around 3.5".

 

[DEMON44]

I'ver got 20x11 rims to fill up with something.....

 

[AJMBLAZER]

Kinda wide for most of those Continentals.

Unless you're going with the wide but tall stuff.

 

[DEMON44]

the mpt81 335 are 41" tall by 12 or 13 wide.

 

[Stomis]

Every get anywhere with looking into these more? The 41in size sounds nice but theyre listed for $500 a tire! I could get 40 KM2s for that...

 

[DEMON44]

No more info at this time. But sure you could get 40" BFGs for that price range, but they would be junk in comparison.

I'm thinking to sit tight on the 37s that I have now. then in time nail down some 46" XZLs or Goodyear 395/85 MV/T's which still are my fav tire.