Opinions on Pro-Comp tires please....
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dirty Bakers
Conservative
I have the extreme ats and they are the best tire I have. Thye are on my F-250. They clean up alright in the mud and are great on the street with minimal noise, they have been in the sand once for a short time and seemed to do well but my truck is mostly street for work and family.
redthies
Renaissance Redneck
How many miles???
Mighty Dodge Ram
Explorer
I have 285/75R16 AT on my 1/2-ton. They wander a bit on the highway, but that may be due to a larger tire on a notoriously sloppy Dodge steering system. They work fine off road, no problems airing down. The sidewall is a bit more flexible (D-8 ply) which helps in some situations, a hazard if running through the pucker bushes. No flats so far.
Cody1771
Explorer
i have ProComp X-terrains, they are pretty quiet on the road, but the treads are fairly soft, i already have noticable wear after about 10k miles. they SUCK in snow, are OK in mud, but work pretty well on rock, root, or dirt. they are great for fire roads, they stick to the road like glue. But all said and done i will not be going back to them. i might go with 38" XML's, but we will see. mine are 37" and i dont have much room to spare when fully articulated
The Adam Blaster
Expedition Leader
From a tire industry stand point, they kind of suck as a supplier.
They are constantly out of stock, especially during this promotional period.
They are out of stock on the most popular sizes and won't have them for more than a month, (with no actual ETA given) and they won't honour the 4 for 3 deal on any back ordered product.
As for the actual tires, I like the Xtreme M/T's tread pattern, nice and aggressive. Extreme A/T's are nice also and have a fairly deep tread depth for an A/T tire. It's about as aggressive as some lower end so called M/T's I've seen.
Long wear doesn't seem much worse than most other brands that build these large sized tires.
Bfg still seems to be the longest wearing tires, by most accounts anyway.
They are constantly out of stock, especially during this promotional period.
They are out of stock on the most popular sizes and won't have them for more than a month, (with no actual ETA given) and they won't honour the 4 for 3 deal on any back ordered product.
As for the actual tires, I like the Xtreme M/T's tread pattern, nice and aggressive. Extreme A/T's are nice also and have a fairly deep tread depth for an A/T tire. It's about as aggressive as some lower end so called M/T's I've seen.
Long wear doesn't seem much worse than most other brands that build these large sized tires.
Bfg still seems to be the longest wearing tires, by most accounts anyway.
The Adam Blaster
Expedition Leader
Depending on tHe retail store you are dealing with, that's possible.
The way it works north of the border looks like this:
Me (Distributor) -- I charge the tire store for 4 tires at their normal cost, then immediately credit them back for a single. This price does not change during the promo. (At least not with my company, we actually lowered it a bit because of a competitor.)
Retail Store -- They set their own price markup from what they pay the Distributor, then charge out 3 tires are their normal markup, and charge a 4th at 0 dollars.
The retail stores are instructed to sell the tires "at a reasonable level" and are required to keep copies of all of their paperwork.
These loose guidelines are open to abuse.
The tire shops could charge full retail price (no one does this) or they could sell the tires to their friends at their own cost.
If Pro comp sees some unusual buying patterns, they will request the backup paperwork and if there is a problem, they re-nig on the deal and charge them back for all 4 tires.
truck mechanic
Adventurer
Got a set of all terains on the Scout. for the most part I like them, But they fill with mud very fast, but then again there not mud terains. over all I like them.
Root Moose
Expedition Leader
I'm not a fan of ProComp anything.
Over-hyped and under-engineered.
Bt/dt
YMMV
Over-hyped and under-engineered.
Bt/dt
YMMV
About what some people were saying they do up the prices compared to when they are not doing the b3 get one free deal, but you are still saving on average 80-140 dollars depending on the tire you want. Also depends on what you do, I have the x terrains and love them. I don't do any hardcore mudding but i do a lot of "trailriding" (sand, rocks, the occassional mud) and they are awesome, i wouldn't recommend the AT but my buddy has a set of the Xtreme at's and they work surprsingly well in most situations. Also, carolinaclassictrucks.com they have the buy 3 get one free as well as free shipping, and we all know (depending on locations) that costs about 100.00 but call them dont do it online, there checkout process is jacked up haha
ujoint
Supporting Sponsor
The last time I was at a retail location, there were very strict guidelines on the pricing, and everything had to be backed up by paperwork. It basically just stated a MAP price. Maybe it's different in Canada?? Who knows!