33" tire question
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RE: 33" tire question
In my own opinion the BFG A/T is the best tire. That's why you'll see they are the most expensive. Toyo Open country A/T are very good as well as the Nitto Terra Grapplers A/T. I am looking into getting the terra grapplers as soon as i find out how big i can go. The tire company frown on letting you just put one on to see if it will work or not. I posted a question earlier about tire size but no one seems to want to talk about it. As far as mud terrain any of these brands are very good also.
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RE: 33" tire question
I put Toyo Open Country A/T's on my 2004 QC (stock was 245/70/17, Toyo's are 285/17/70, about 33"). They look great, in my opinion, and I got a couple of inches of "lift" - my truck is now slightly taller than my father-in-law's Silverado 2500 (used to be slightly shorter).
if you are making a jump in tire size like I did, you might notice a drop in MPG, not cool right now with gas prices, but it does make the vehicle more useful in bad weather or off road compared to the Michelin highway tires that I "burned" through [8D], to justify that. I had the Dodge dealer adjust what they call the "pinion factor" to adjust the speedometer and odometer, which cost me about $32.
Also, the installer pumped them up to 51PSI! I drove on them for 15,000+ miles before finding this out, dropped them down to 35. I've heard that they tend to do this with bigger tires that they might not install often. I now have close to 20,000 miles and wonder if I should rotate them - no visible signs of wear, but then these tires had pretty aggressive tread so it might be that I just can't tell.
But as for easy burn-outs, I don't do them anymore. With my old tires, which I hated, I would punch it taking every turn, smoking them once in a while just so I could get new ones. Once I paid for these, and I shopped around and thought I got a good deal at $750 for all 4 installed, I didn't want to wear them out early and have to pay that again! Plus, where the tires would spin easily before, they grip a lot better now, and rarely even squeal. This is the part I have been wondering about myself.... has anybody else seen this? I would like to smoke 'em up again, at least once in a while.
if you are making a jump in tire size like I did, you might notice a drop in MPG, not cool right now with gas prices, but it does make the vehicle more useful in bad weather or off road compared to the Michelin highway tires that I "burned" through [8D], to justify that. I had the Dodge dealer adjust what they call the "pinion factor" to adjust the speedometer and odometer, which cost me about $32.
Also, the installer pumped them up to 51PSI! I drove on them for 15,000+ miles before finding this out, dropped them down to 35. I've heard that they tend to do this with bigger tires that they might not install often. I now have close to 20,000 miles and wonder if I should rotate them - no visible signs of wear, but then these tires had pretty aggressive tread so it might be that I just can't tell.
But as for easy burn-outs, I don't do them anymore. With my old tires, which I hated, I would punch it taking every turn, smoking them once in a while just so I could get new ones. Once I paid for these, and I shopped around and thought I got a good deal at $750 for all 4 installed, I didn't want to wear them out early and have to pay that again! Plus, where the tires would spin easily before, they grip a lot better now, and rarely even squeal. This is the part I have been wondering about myself.... has anybody else seen this? I would like to smoke 'em up again, at least once in a while.