Tires for lifted DD

[xjjeepthing]

I love my MTR's on my DD

 

[ArcticXJ]

Good year MTR- 31x10.5-15 loud and wear weird for me but better off-road dunce

MTR ?


Loud ?

Man, you must be oooold.

 

[MogifiedXJ]

Super swamper boggers...















Yeah, I'm that hard core...














Not really but it sounded nice.

 

[PolishX]

Goodyear MTR
Swamper Trxus M/T
Toyo Open Country M/T
BFG M/T
Mickey Thompson Baja MTZ

...those would be my vote. I've run BFG a/t and m/t's, a few Swampers, Pro Comp m/t's, Mickey's, and have a good amount of highway shotgun time on others. BFG a/t's are great, but will get you stuck in a hurry if you do any sort of wet weather wheeling in the slightest. They'll gum up in an inch of mud, regardless of how great on the road they are.

heard truxus are soft here in alaska , BFG MT are useless in snow I hear .. no idea on the others .. I am looking for something in teh 32 range ...

 

[sw_mi_xj]

did not see these mentioned yet , yokohama geolander at+2 .
great on snow and wet roads , quiet on the highway . tire rack has them for $109 ea.
i only have 10 ~15 k miles on them , wearing great .

 

[bobb]

My XJ is a DD, about 40 miles a day for work. I have 31-10.50 Trxus MT's on 15x8 Rockcrawler steel wheels(3.75b/s). I have about 15-20,000 miles on them, and they look to be good to go another 15-20,000. They were $950 for 5, shipped, mounted, balanced, with lugs and center caps from NTW. Damn good price if you ask me.

Sad to say, but I've only had them offroad twice in almost a year and a half since I've had them. Neither case was a situation that would have tested how well they work. I live in North Dakota, in the snow they worked well. Drove through the yard a couple times with about a foot and half of snow, some places deeper, they clawed right through. Definately worked better than the BFG Long Trails that were on there. On ice they were slightly worse, but my view is all tires suck on ice, except studded.

On the road, they aren't too loud, nothing objectionable. I'm not a tame driver, and they hold the road well in turns for a MT. The most noticeable thing is the vibration. I don't know if it's the wheels, the tires, or both, but something is out of round. When I got them they were staticly balanced. After a few hundred miles I got them dynamicaly balanced(definate improvement), and there's about 1/2 to 1 pound of weights on each wheel. I'm really hoping it's the wheels, cause when I get new tires I plan on getting these again.

BTW I have 3.55 gears for now, and have been getting about 15-17mpg mixed going to and from work(3-4miles city, 15-16 highway). All highway is usually a steady 17-18mpg, driving 70-75mph, although I did get about 20 going through the mountains in Colorado on I70. Kinda weird, but it was also the first time I passed somebody in neutral.

 

[BlueGerbil]

Pirelli Scorpion ST 255/75R15 - smooth, quiet, I like them...

 

[splitz]

hey- let me know how those do- road noise, loss of power (if u have the 3:55's), etc -those are on my short list of tires...thanks

I have (had) these on my 94 Yota Pickup, the noise wasn't bad, you could definately hear them though. I can't really commenct on the loss of power, as I had the stock 4.10 gears. Hmm...I wonder if I could use the axle and gears out of the yota...

 

[PolishX]

anyone try the Firestone Destination MT they look beefy

 

[splitz]

Oh, my bad. I miss read sewerrat's post. I've got the MTs, not the ATs. Yes, they are beefy.

 

[dphillips]

I've had really good luck with the Dick Cepek FCII's. Put about 8,000 or so miles on them so far and can't tell any wear yet. They ride smooth & they're pretty quiet as well.

 

[jeepnuts311]

1 vote for BFG Mud terrains.

nice quiet tires (compared to swampers), very smooth. i have them in the 35x12.50 flavor.

only complaint is that it takes a LOT of weight to balance them. one tire called for 18oz once it was all over. the inside, and outside have crimp on weights and inside the rim there are taped weights (i think they are called hidden weights)

-Tim

 

[devilinside13]

i guess i have had good luck with pro comp's x terrains i have about 20k of street driving on them and they are at half tread

 

[CMNCHE]

Super Swamper Boggers










Ok...Right now I am runing MT Baja Claws and they are a lot nicer on the highway than any Super Swampers I have run. I did run Boggers for about 15,000 once though and they wore pretty well. I believe rotation is key with any tire.

 

[Atl XJ]

I have been looking at the ko's and the revo's. I hear ko's are deadly in the rain, are they any worse than a siped mud terrain? I had km's siped on a 1/2 ton and did not have hydroplaning issues, is this because it is a 1/2 ton?
Thanks

Yeah, they suck in the rain. I hated them in the rain. Get the Revos. They're a great all around A/T and amazing in the rain. Mine are wearing great too. I have 40K miles on them and they still have a lot of tread left. Thats pretty impressive since I drive way too fast and too agressively.

 

[98XJSport]

I never had any problems with the A/T KO's in lots of rain, 100+ miles/day DD for almost 2 years, even ran a mud run with them once. Not the ideal offroad tire, but thats not what he is looking for here..

 

[lighthouse jim]

I ran BFG AT's on my DD MJ in the 30" flavor--got 90k miles and pretty good mileage.The only time I was unhappy with them was when I got stuck in a little mud next to the road. I ran the Bridgestone dueler AT's on my Rodeo and liked them very much on the highway and dirt trails--never had them in mud, but they rode quietly, and handled snowy roads in Canadian Rockies just fine. I'm looking for feedback regrding Mickey Thompson MTX--need new shoes for the XJ, and winter's getting closer. I live up some dirt road and do a lot of HIghway miles (it's almost an hour to go for groceries or gas)

 

[socratica]

I've had some 31x10.50 Dayton Timberline MT's on for 10,000 or so miles now. First on my Grand Wagoneer and now the xj. They haven't worn much yet, that I can tell and they have been rotated and balanced twice in those miles. Good in the mud, so-so in the sand, and have good handling properties on the highway even in the rain. Thick sidewalls, fairly hard rubber compound (so they may not be great in rocks- but we don't have many rocks in FLA) and they look great. I paid $123.00 a tire in January or February. :thumbup:

Note: I also have 2 firestone Destination MT's (spares) and they are almost identical.

 

[zachxj01]

Cooper STT 31 X 10.5 on a 3" superlift. The website shows them as having the same on road capabilities as the St's but an advantage in the snow. They have an aggressive tread design but not much road noise. They run about 165 per tire.

thats what i have and they are great and not wearing much at all:cheers:

 

[jjxj00]

These aren't mentioned anywhere, but I've had great luck with them. The Dunlop RVxt's are awesome on the road, in the dirt, mud, and even do pretty well in the snow and ice. They are a severe weather rated tire, and although they fill up in the mud, they clean themselves pretty well. I've had them on my 2000 cherokee and have gotten almost 50,000 miles out of them. They are finally getting down to the wear indicators on the tire and they still grip like crazy (although I can spin them in the rain if I slam on the gas.) I have them in a 235/75 r15, but am getting ready to put on a 3" lift and getting them in a 31. I did have a slight uneven wear on the front tires, but that was due to a front end problem, not the tire. I have tested them in shallow mud, rocks, dirt fire roads, a foot and a half of snow and a lot of ice since that's most of what MD gets in the winter. They did better than the BFG AT's on my F 250, but I agree with another post in here that any tire is gonna suck on ice unless it's studded. But they did a good job if getting me going on ice and if you drive intelligently you shouldn't have any problems. I got them through tirerack and the 31s go for about 103 a piece. I also am considering the Pro Comp Xtreme AT, but they're a little pricey and I haven't heard much about Pro Comp in general that's been good. Good Luck.

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