Tires

[FearlessFoe]

all i can really say is if you have a 4wd vehicle, make sure you get all new tires at the same time. my friend only purchased 2 new wheels for his suv. when it rained and he went to engage the 4wd, it would thump out at 40 mph+. he went to a few dealerships that all said the transfer case oil needed to be replaced.. something that would cost around $200. I took a look and thought about it for a while and it seemed the difference in the circumfrence of the tire was enough to mess with the transfer case. The rear wheels would turn 1.1 times for every 1 turn of the front (estimated). I told him that thats why the transfer case was popping out, and sure enough the problem was solved when he replaced the two front tires.

[v10_viper]

That's pretty odd. My truck has 30 inch tall tires on it when new, now if those tires were turning 1.1 times more than say the fronts then the front tires are around 27.25 inches tall. Thats' 2.75 inches of wear, I highly doubt that. Most truck tires are half an inch deep, mine are 19/32 deep. Now from full tread to completely bald that's only half an inch one way, so an inch MOST difference in diameter. A 1.1:1 ratio is like having a 30 inch tire up front, and a 33 inch tire out back, that's a big difference, and definatley not the same size tire. My point is that no tire could be off that much unless a different size. Only other way is possibly a different manufacturer of the tire, but even then size variances shouldn't be that great. I don't think that the tires would have anything to do with fluid in the transfer case either.

Oh, and having to use four wheel drive in the rain =

[FearlessFoe]

It only jumped out at 40mph+ like i said.. so even at a half inch every rotation at that fast of an rpm, stress will build up. it was a crappy suzuki so that may explain it.. and they were different tire companies I dont believe in imports.. they suck.. i have a 92 Silverado.. hooray american!

[v10_viper]

Originally Posted by FearlessFoe

It only jumped out at 40mph+ like i said.. so even at a half inch every rotation at that fast of an rpm, stress will build up. it was a crappy suzuki so that may explain it.. and they were different tire companies I dont believe in imports.. they suck.. i have a 92 Silverado.. hooray american!

Yeah different tire companies may be the cuplrit. Hooray also for those 92 Silverados, except the paint on mine sucks!

[FearlessFoe]

haha.. i've heard that from a lot of people.. its either the paints really really good or it just flakes off... id rather have the bad paint than rust though.. luckily i have good paint and no rust

[6futippmann]

I worked in a tire shop for a long while, we were partially owned by Goodyear. In all the tires I saw any of the Goodyear tires were scrap. With few exceptions and they were car tires. I feel that if you were to go with BFG you'll never go wrong.

[deepblue_z71]

Im currently running a set of Firestone destination on my 93-Z71, but in my opinion a good tire that you can run up and down the roads and aint to soft as to wear out quickly then i think Cooper Discoverers fair pretty well. In the other extreme and just want to mud then Super Swampers are it hands down. Now if you want to mud on a budget then find a tire dealer that sells Grand Prix tires there mud tire has a real nice aggressive tread for a lot less dough than the Super Swampers. Just my .02 cents!

[mr_mushroom]

why wasn't there an option for street tires?
i have a truck that doesn't do off-road duty.
it does streets.
very quickly.
and BFG's are the shit.
front 265/50/15
back 295/50/15
i've been over a few dirt roads, but it's got a drop on it to further hamper my off road abilities.

[Frankp87]

I've always put Michelin LT's on my truck and have had very good performance with them.

[ND4SP]

Anyone have the new Cooper Discovery AT3s yet?? I am looking at buying a new set of tires, and Farm and Barn has them on sale, buy three get the forth.. Just wanted some input on this tire...

[j cAT]

Originally Posted by ND4SP

Anyone have the new Cooper Discovery AT3s yet?? I am looking at buying a new set of tires, and Farm and Barn has them on sale, buy three get the forth.. Just wanted some input on this tire...

I had trouble with cooper tires.. they don't hold up ..warrantee sucks .

[ND4SP]

Originally Posted by j cAT

I had trouble with cooper tires.. they don't hold up ..warrantee sucks .

I have had good luck with Cooper tires, this model is very new. Look like a very nice tread pattern. I know the ATR(previous model) was a good tire, I have one friend that loves the last version