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« on: February 24, 2009, 02:00:47 PM » |
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New Goodyear Wrangler MT/R with Kevlar tackles off-road challenges
Publish date: Feb 23, 2009
When it comes to developing a tire that can take on tough terrain, such as exploring trails or crawling rocks, engineers at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company left no stone unturned. The new Goodyear Wrangler MT/R with Kevlar is the company's first off-road tire built with the rugged toughness of DuPont Kevlar for enhanced sidewall puncture resistance.
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The use of Kevlar, an innovative material that is, pound-for-pound, five times stronger than steel, brings superb sidewall cut- and puncture-resistance to an area of the tire that demands extra toughness when driving off-road. It also helps reinforce the sidewall for when drivers return to the pavement for the drive home.
"The new Wrangler MT/R with Kevlar updates the legendary off-road performing namesake, which has had a great reputation among serious off-roaders," said Melissa Montisano, Goodyear's general manager for light-truck tires. "This new tire will certainly get the attention of anyone who takes off-road traction seriously."
The Kevlar-reinforced sidewalls in the new tire help increase sidewall puncture resistance by 35 percent, compared to the original Wrangler MT/R, a tire well-known for its toughness.
However, sidewall toughness is not the only feature of the Wrangler MT/R with Kevlar. It also includes a "wraparound" tread for enhanced sidewall traction in deep mud, sand and rocks; an innovative asymmetric tread design that offers aggressive off-road traction while maintaining handling on the road; and advanced rubber silica in the tread for superb off-road and wet traction.
Further, the Wrangler MT/R with Kevlar offers these features:
* Tread Guards, to help resist cuts from stones.
* Advanced Mud-Flow Geometry, to help provide self-cleaning and traction in mud.
* Traction Blocks, to help provide additional biting edges on rocks, mud, dirt and sand.
* A Three-Ply Sidewall, with opposing cord angles for enhanced side wall cut- and puncture-resistance.
* Ramped Tread Blocks, for toughness in off-road driving.
* Staggered Sidewall Shoulder Blocks, to help provide enhanced traction on rocks and in deep mud.
* Durawall Rubber, a Goodyear exclusive, which offers rugged toughness and helps resist cuts and punctures in the sidewall.
* Rim Protector, to help protect wheels from accidental curb-like damage.
* Rim Lock, to help prevent wheel slip for minimal balancing throughout the life of the tire.
Each shoulder block of the Wrangler MT/R with Kevlar is stepped "in" and "out" to help give the tire continuous biting edges as it turns through thick mud. Its self-cleaning asymmetric tread design also adds to the performance capability in mud.
Available in March, the new tire is offered in 30 sizes, fitting vehicles such as 1/2-, 3/4- and 1-ton pickups, Hummer H2 and H3, Jeep Wrangler, Nissan Xterra, Toyota FJ Cruiser and more. According to Goodyear research, there are more than four million drivers in the light-truck tire segment who use their vehicles primarily for off-road travel.
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« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2009, 02:19:41 PM » |
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Anything to make the price go up...  |
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What's on the other side? Maybe we should look first. (Na' it will give us something talk about later)
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« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2009, 02:47:18 PM » |
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I dont know about that Mike. The racing "Project" Tires are darn near indestructibly... They are a Kevlar tire also... Time will tell?  Technology is a good thing sometimes.  |
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« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2009, 03:05:11 PM » |
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 The Sidewalls may be Kevlar making them stronger,  bet the rubber compounds are about the same. They do wear quickly to 50% tread. Let me test them Goodyear. On some sharp wet rocks, bet the results will be the same..  Flat  If I win a set at TDS I won't refuse to take them. 
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« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2009, 04:31:40 PM » |
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I dont know about that Mike. The racing "Project" Tires are darn near indestructibly... They are a Kevlar tire also... Time will tell? Technology is a good thing sometimes. yea and they have a nice price tag as well to go with them. Wonder how much heavier these are gonna be. A project is like a lead wieght |
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« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2009, 01:18:30 PM » |
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I just priced some this weekend, I think they will be my next set really soon! I will have to write up a review.
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« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2009, 03:38:02 PM » |
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ask robert at genright how these tires do they keep saying they work amazing and they hold up to a ton of abuse
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« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2009, 07:21:45 PM » |
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ask robert at genright how these tires do they keep saying they work amazing and they hold up to a ton of abuse
I am sold, thanks for the reply. Are you still going to run that lowered s10 on bags? |
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« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2009, 10:07:50 PM » |
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hell ya u know it i thought u were gonna get one and run it with me
no??????????
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« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2009, 10:16:56 PM » |
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What's on the other side? Maybe we should look first. (Na' it will give us something talk about later)
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« Reply #10 on: June 26, 2009, 09:56:26 AM » |
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I really like how the light bar attaches on that S10...  |
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« Reply #11 on: June 26, 2009, 01:12:03 PM » |
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tar water ya u know it i thought u were gonna get one and run it with me
no??????????
I am working on a Ford Ranger to we can have the Chevy / Ford comp going!!! |
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« Reply #12 on: June 26, 2009, 01:59:54 PM » |
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i think mike should do a dakota then that way we can have the big three comp then
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« Reply #13 on: June 26, 2009, 02:28:58 PM » |
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i think mike should do a dakota then that way we can have the big three comp then
Game on!!!! |
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« Reply #14 on: December 03, 2009, 01:27:20 PM » |
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Hey does anyone know about mounting these tires with the white writing facing out or facing in? I just ordered them for my heep. 4WD said didn't matter which way they faced cuz they're not directional, just asymmetrical. But some of the guys on JKO said its actually written on the tire "this side outboard"...saying they're supposed to be run a certain way otherwise it'll give a rougher ride...
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« Reply #15 on: December 03, 2009, 10:14:26 PM » |
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Hey does anyone know about mounting these tires with the white writing facing out or facing in? I just ordered them for my heep. 4WD said didn't matter which way they faced cuz they're not directional, just asymmetrical. But some of the guys on JKO said its actually written on the tire "this side outboard"...saying they're supposed to be run a certain way otherwise it'll give a rougher ride...
I just put the new MTR's on my rubicon, they're not directional but they do have inside & outside on them, puts the larger lugs towards the outside |
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« Reply #16 on: December 12, 2009, 02:48:25 PM » |
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I just put the new MTR's on my rubicon, they're not directional but they do have inside & outside on them, puts the larger lugs towards the outside
Ah. Makes sense. Thanks! |
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