Tires for gravel?

[explorer]

I second Crash's opinion. High speeds are fun, just be safe about it. My
TJ has seen over 90 on gravel roads(and been ticketed for it). I run Swamper radials that are heavily grooved and siped. Something more AT'ish would probably be more suitable but buy a grooving iron for cheap and experiment w/ the BFG's you already have.

 

[StuckXJ]

I spent about an hour in the "senior parkinglot" at night when it was all ice. Once you get use to how the car behaves(thre all different due to wheelbase, weight distribution, center of gravity etc...) under "squirly" or extreame oversteer conditions, the ice, go for the gravel. The snow banks make good soft barriers, much better than the trees usually found alongside dirt roads. If you get good its funn to scare people like mothers, girlfriends, friends...
Steve D.

 

[castleman123]

yeah, its also good for scaring the hell of of urself to.haha. i used to go and do this alot, and i got pretty good at it........i got to the point where i was doing more and more stuff, and at higher speeds, but i about had some wrecks where i know i would have gotten hurt really bad or killed, i also one time know that i had to have goten my xj on 2 wheels, i was going around an s curve, just a little to fast.....and for all these reasons i quit doing it, but recently i have been doing it more again, and realized how much i missed my old hobby.

 

[dakotus]

That is just totally dangerous.
I find you unacceptable.

LOL!!!

 

[CRASH]

yeah, its also good for scaring the hell of of urself to.haha. i used to go and do this alot, and i got pretty good at it........i got to the point where i was doing more and more stuff, and at higher speeds, but i about had some wrecks where i know i would have gotten hurt really bad or killed, i also one time know that i had to have goten my xj on 2 wheels, i was going around an s curve, just a little to fast.....and for all these reasons i quit doing it, but recently i have been doing it more again, and realized how much i missed my old hobby.

Fear not, at your age, you are still indestructable.

CRASH

 

[scooterhd22]

you should look into an pre88 toyota corolla sr5. These little babies came with rear wheel drive and can be found pretty cheaply if you look. The late 80s and early 90s had many small all wheel drive cars such as the mazda 323 gtx or colts all wheel drive. Id suggest one of those over the jeep, rolling it would suck but to each his own. I can't say that I've never done it.

 

[ECKSJAY]

Fear not, at your age, you are still indestructable.

CRASH

:flipoff:

 

[MrShoeBoy]

I really dont have any tire advice because all I have ever run is Bridgestone Dueller A/Ts. They work great for me and stick very well in gravel and on road. The only thing is that when they start to squeel in a corner on pavement, you are almost too late and are about to go drifting They dont offer much responce when they start to let go. Just be carefull about "throwing" the Jeep into a corner. That is when it really gets exciting. A nice easy turn in to get the body leaning and then throttle through always works best for me. Ask any of my friends and they will tell you I drive my XJ like a race car Look at getting a cage or at least a rollbar over the front seats. I think rustys offroad has one. Check out www.Jeepspeed.com as they run gravel and dirt.

As was mentioned before, when in doubt, throttle out! I made the mistake once way back when I got my first XJ. I also had rustys offroad 3" coils and the sway bar disco'd, very bad idea but it was wet and I didnt want to get wet and reconnect it. I went around a turn not going that fast but the rear came around and I lifted off the throttle and spun around and onto the lid it went. Ever since then I have never took my foot off the gas when the rear steped out and knock on wood, I have been ok.

Good Luck,

AARON

 

[xuv-this]

actually, unless you fork out the $ for a purpose built rally tire, the BFG AT's are pretty good. the siping really helps rebound grip coming out of the corners.
i run this susp. setup and it's fantastic: wheels with more backspacing, RE 3.5" front coils & lca's, rear tomkin 4" full leaf packs (with 100 or so lbs in the rear OR remove shorty overload springs), all poly bushings up front(stock rubber in back) and bilstein 5100s all around. i swear, if corvette made a 4-wheeler, this would be it.
the rear is pretty soft- thats what you need. most people think that harder springs are better. they're not. a softer spring will let the rear end soak up bumps and put power to the ground instead of moving the whole ass-end. also, ditch the rear swaybar and get a set of wheel spacers. theres a reason why nascar uses different track widths in the front and rear. i got a set to cancel out the narrower ford 8.8 rear i have, and i put wide mud tires on my stock rear wheels that i switch out for wheelin'. this is the optimum balance between on and off-road.

 

[Jes]

Let us consume mass quantities. That is all.

CRASH

 

[BruteXJ]

Re: Heres some more info....

Well my jeep is a 1994 4.0 liter high output, i got a 3 or 3.5 inch kit, it was a pieced kit, it had some new coils, not sure who made them, rear add a leafs, pretty sure they were rancho, and some rancho rs 5000 shocks. I have 31 bfg at ko's on em. but it looks like my back end is starting to sag, also i have some power loss, probaly need to change some gears, and other stuff is could probably be done to change this, the gravel road i drive on, i have driven on it many times, and i never go so fast that i am not in control of the car, and also, i never go fast around any hills or corners where i cant see what is coming or maybe up ahead. Anymore ideas or suggestions would be great.

Never so fast around hills and corners? Where do you drift, if not in the corners? What Crash spoke of is desert racing, away from innocent drivers and pedestrians. Take your fun out there and away from the back roads. If you continue to race on the back roads, you WILL kill someone. Just ask the pig I slaughtered with a '79 Chevy Caprice. Even if no one dies, YOU try scraping 75 pounds of pork out of your front end.