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BTW: it's a savings of $300 a tire - that's 30% less. I think the conti has a more aggressive tread for off road bite. To each their own. I just get tired ( no pun) of seeing folks installing the wrong bead tires on the A3 rim with only an inch or two clearance between tires. There's a...

Yup 11 inch not 10. My typo, my bad:|

Elsewhere in this thread was posted a link to the conti catalog. You'll see without much effort that the spec for the conti mpt-81 indicates an MPT bead and a 10" wide rim. This is the A3 spec rim. I may be making a big assumption here but maybe continental tires named that particular model...

I bought my authorized NATO replacement conti mpt-81 for only $650 each plus tax and another $125 for total freight cost. That is alot cheaper than $925 per mich. How much was freight?

Got two mpt-81 on the steer axle. Rotated stuff aroun to put the best 4 on the back. Now I'm saving change to buy another two new mpt-81 for a rear axle. Eventually they will all be mpt-81. The 81's have the same dimensions as the 14.5 r20 so you can mix. I wouldn't do that on the steer...

All 7 tires on my '95 A3 were 1995 date code Mich XL. Seems they might have been the original tires since the truck had less than 10K on the clock. The front right was rotten to the point that I could easily wedge coins in the sidewall cracks. The rest were in various states of decay and 3...

Why pay 50% of new mpt-81 that are the NATO stock tires for sight unseen mich rot masters? Mich always had a problem with rot. For my safety and that of the vehicles on the road around me, I'll buy new contis from a legit dealer that I have recourse with should I have any problems or find any...

Conti mpt-81 are NATO stock replacement tires and fit the A3 rim bead properly as intended

I bought my conti mpt-81 new for around $650 each fresh new stock in August. Shipping for two cost another $100. I mounted both by myself. No more cracked and rotten sidewalls on my steer axle!

The stock crappo michelins are virtually impossible to get with a recent date code. As a result most are rotten, even though they may have lots of tread. The 14.5 size exactly crosses to the modern size 365/80 R20. Continental makes a purpose-specific replacement in that size and that is...