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Malatesta Kobra Trac or Marix Puma's Which ones ?
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05 May 2011 11:04 - 05 May 2011 11:04 #15907
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Hi All, 
I'm about to bite the bullet and get a new set of tyres for off road use.
(I have 2 sets of wheels)
I've Narrowed it down to Either the Malatesta Kobra Trac (Not Kobra Trac NT or NT1's)
Or the Marix Puma's (Incidentally they are pretty much exactly the same as the Malatesta Kobra NT's).
They both reign in at a nice £245 for 4 inc del.
The Malatesta Kobra Trac NTs are around £300
The Insa Turbo Sahara are also the same as the Marix Puma or Malatesta Kobra Trac NTs are £330
Any thoughts or experiences of either or.
The Malatesta Kobra Trac are rated at 100% off road use, and the Marix Puma's at 80% off 20% on.
But are both road legal.
You can see in the attached pics the similarities of the Malatesta Kobra Trac NT's Marix Pumas and Insa Sahara Turbos.
I like the look of the Malatesta Kobra Trac's and have had experience of similar patters in the past.
I have a set of 31" 10.5" x 15" Malatesta Kaiman's on an SJ I Have but dont want to cut my Arches on my jimny to make them fit.
I'm sure there are few of you Jimny owners have used The Malatesta Kobra Trac's or the Marix Puma -(or equivalent patterns).
ANy suggestions - would be gratefull !!.
Cheers all
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I'm about to bite the bullet and get a new set of tyres for off road use.
(I have 2 sets of wheels)
I've Narrowed it down to Either the Malatesta Kobra Trac (Not Kobra Trac NT or NT1's)
Or the Marix Puma's (Incidentally they are pretty much exactly the same as the Malatesta Kobra NT's).
They both reign in at a nice £245 for 4 inc del.
The Malatesta Kobra Trac NTs are around £300
The Insa Turbo Sahara are also the same as the Marix Puma or Malatesta Kobra Trac NTs are £330
Any thoughts or experiences of either or.
The Malatesta Kobra Trac are rated at 100% off road use, and the Marix Puma's at 80% off 20% on.
But are both road legal.
You can see in the attached pics the similarities of the Malatesta Kobra Trac NT's Marix Pumas and Insa Sahara Turbos.
I like the look of the Malatesta Kobra Trac's and have had experience of similar patters in the past.
I have a set of 31" 10.5" x 15" Malatesta Kaiman's on an SJ I Have but dont want to cut my Arches on my jimny to make them fit.
I'm sure there are few of you Jimny owners have used The Malatesta Kobra Trac's or the Marix Puma -(or equivalent patterns).
ANy suggestions - would be gratefull !!.
Cheers all

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05 May 2011 18:21 #15929
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Insa turdos all day.
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very aggressive,not to noisy on the road
seems like they will take any thing you can give them.:evil: :evil:
i would of stayed with them but they don't come in 33"
My opinion Cheers


very aggressive,not to noisy on the road
seems like they will take any thing you can give them.:evil: :evil:
i would of stayed with them but they don't come in 33"
My opinion Cheers
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05 May 2011 19:32 #15938
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Replied by vitara_mad on topic Re: Malatesta Kobra Trac or Marix Puma's Which ones ?
kingpin amazon are the same tread pattern as well & they are normaly the cheapest out of all the ones that use that pattern & in my opinion are good tyres ive had a few sets of differant kingpins & had no problems so far
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05 May 2011 20:11 #15944
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I had a set of massive tyres on a Modded SJ, But way to wobbly lol.
they were 37" x 13.5" Mudzillas, The 4 tyres and wheels were over £1000 :ohmy:
Good laugh off road, but deadly on the road- i hated driving it on roads.
But it certainly turned heads.
Has anyone used the Tracs, loads of people have used the Puma pattern but need to know both sides.
The Tracs are rated 100% off road, the Pumas 80 - 20
they were 37" x 13.5" Mudzillas, The 4 tyres and wheels were over £1000 :ohmy:
Good laugh off road, but deadly on the road- i hated driving it on roads.
But it certainly turned heads.
Has anyone used the Tracs, loads of people have used the Puma pattern but need to know both sides.
The Tracs are rated 100% off road, the Pumas 80 - 20
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06 May 2011 04:09 #15948
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Replied by srcars on topic Re: Malatesta Kobra Trac or Marix Puma's Which ones ?
I am with Vitara Mad. Kingpin Amazons, I have 2 sets 1 on my Jimny and 1 on my SJ based Polo. They are great off road and very good on road ( much more stable than some other MTs I have run) and they are lasting very well considering how many road miles they do.
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07 May 2011 11:46 #16005
by kirkynut
The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win - Edgar Watson Howe.
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Replied by kirkynut on topic Re: Malatesta Kobra Trac or Marix Puma's Which ones ?
I have a set of Maltesta Kaimans now and I'm quite impressed with them, so the Trac's are liekly to be as good quality and they have a good price tag attached to them!
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