My Maxxis tire review, these are now available in NA
Posted by greycar
Evan Cline Godlike Moderator Location: Michigan Join Date: 05/07/2013 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 9 Rally Car: 2005 Subaru WRX STI SPclass |
Sorry as I dont spend much time on the forum but here is my testimony for the AWESOME Maxxis Tires. I race a 05 SP Class Subaru STI in both National and Central Regional RA events. We have tested these tires at 100AW and STPR this year. We used the soft tires at 100AW and the hard tires at STPR. Our overall results for 100AW were 7th and 5th for STPR, 4th and 3rd overall in SP class. We are currently undefeated in the central region using these tires winning overall, SP class and the Honey Jar Challenge. I will also state I had my first ever gravel event with a speed factor of above 80 (82.48) with these tires in hard compound at STPR this year. Our car has been the same since the start of the 2012 season so we can't say its the car.
1. These tires are easy to mount and get the bead to pop on. For any of you who mount your own tires on an older machine this is a very good benefit to have as there is no point of having a horrible tire that get the bead to sit. 2. The tires wore absolutely awesome for how grippy they are. The wear was similar to Yoko or BFG, but the grip was SO MUCH better. 3. The compounds are a bit different than other tires. I would use the softs for temps below 60-65 and the hards for events above 65-70 degrees F. 4. The hard compounds are not hard like other brands, more like a medium compound from Yoko or BFG. 5. Prices are the best bang for the buck. I have never used the DMack tires as I saw what happened first hand to several top SP and open teams that tried them in 2012. All other options are much more expensive. I recall a certain SP team at OTR in 2013 that had DMack tires delaminate after 1 stage and later on that rally they destroyed their brand new SP class Subaru. Having a tire that keeps you on the road is very essential!!!! or I should say this is a "priceless" option. 6. The handling is AWESOME. These had great lateral and forward grip. Most tires have one or the other. I used mostly Yoko A035 in the past and these tires are so much better. 7. Bottomline these tires made me a faster driver. The consitent grip of the tire gave me a confidence I had not had in the past. I will also say these tires worked so well that I even switched my mountain bikes to Maxxis tires. As a top seeded driver in the RA series I cannot even explain that these are a great tire for any level of driver in North American Rally. I am not a sponsored driver for Maxxis I just simply did some tire testing for them to try to bring new tires / companies to our sport. If you are in need of new tires for your next event I highly recommend trying the Maxxis tires out. You will not be disappointed. -Evan Cline |
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John, CST/Maxxis has been the top tire for many different types of mountain biking(10+ years), motocross, and dirt track motorcycle racing for the past few years. Maxxis flat track tires are about 10% cheaper than a Goodyear or Dunlop, and for downhill mountain biking they make one of the more expensive tires.
I have no problem strapping on a Maxxis tire to any of my rigs, even if it's made by CST 
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John Vanlandingham Ultra Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
It was way back in 1979 when I was working at the Cheng Shin importer in Sweden where my boss Toste said "The Chinese will make anything you ask them to. You want junk, they'll make junk; you want 1st class, by god they'll make first class." So i don't doubt they can and probably do.. But I do know the production costs on what precision machined parts cost over there--ya know like 160mm c-c Volvo rodz---that's why I bring up the price...it is simply shocking what things cost to make..eye poping shocking. John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
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If anyone wants to send me a set of 4, i will do back to back tests with a stop watch, and a G-meter in the car so we can see how these compare to Dmacks ..
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