threw some cookie cutters on the Jeep yesterday

[Hill Bill E.]

When I was running my mud truck (20+ years ago :snorkle it was 'The fatter, the better' for tires.

Nowadays I prefer a skinny tire. If you don't need the flotation, there really isn't a lot of advantage to a wider tire.

Even a 9.50, once aired down, will give a great footprint and traction off road.

My TJ has 35x12.5's on it now (bought it that way) and I don't care for them much. Looking at going with a 34x9.5 or metric equivalent.


One of my earlier CJ's had 36x14.5 Ground Hawgs, and with the 304, you could get it floating over the top of mud or snow pretty easily.

The problem came when you stopped, or had to turn. :snorkle:

Waiting on the pics!

 

[xjman88]

Hes gone camping for the weekend and prob be back on mon. Hes my little brother that's how I know these things.

 

[Recce01]

He's not supposed to tease us like that!

 

[jeep-N-montero]

I need to clean out the Jeep from the weekend to find the camera, but pictures will soon be up.

 

[jeepdreamer]

You bad stripper! Teasing is only effective when you finally show the goods! haha

 

[Dr. Marneaus]

this thread is one big tease....

 

[xjman88]

Welcome back little brother.

 

[jeep-N-montero]

the wait is over

Here you go kids!

 

[Will Riggs]

It's not nearly as strange looking as I would have thought. How were the fuel economy and ride quality improvements on your trip?

 

[Dr. Marneaus]

Hmm, contrary to the above, it actually looks stranger than I thought. maybe if you were running with less backspacing and the tires were under the body.

 

[PhotoJared]

I agree with your wife. With the large lift you have it looks a little goofy

 

[reece146]

A slightly wider tire will take the "goofiness" out of how it looks. (Bt/dt)

I switched from 5.5" wide wheels to 8" IIRC. That made a difference to the look of them.

I still didn't like how they handled on road though. Wobbly, wobbly the more you approached the handling limit. Off road it seemed no matter what I did with the air pressure I could not get them to hook up well.

Caveats: on road my Suzuki was around 3500 lbs (three adults, two sets of camping gear and miscellaneous, large dog), off-road it was around 2500 lbs. Maybe more weight helps them hook up? I've seen that with other tires.

 

[jeep-N-montero]

I really don't care about how they "look", this was simply an experiment to see if I could enjoy driving this Jeep more with smaller tires on it. My other Jeep has 33x10.50's on it and in the garage I have 2 sets of 35x12.50's. As for offset, I have a set of stock 15x7 wheels I can remount the tires to if I feel the need, but currently with the wheels spaced further out they do not rub on the long arms. Handling was much better and less spongy than the 35's, and on the muddy dirt roads we didn't slide at all while traveling 35-40 mph.

 

[jeep-N-montero]

A slightly wider tire will take the "goofiness" out of how it looks. (Bt/dt)

I switched from 5.5" wide wheels to 8" IIRC. That made a difference to the look of them.

I still didn't like how they handled on road though. Wobbly, wobbly the more you approached the handling limit. Off road it seemed no matter what I did with the air pressure I could not get them to hook up well.

Caveats: on road my Suzuki was around 3500 lbs (three adults, two sets of camping gear and miscellaneous, large dog), off-road it was around 2500 lbs. Maybe more weight helps them hook up? I've seen that with other tires.

A 5.5 inch wide wheel, were they off a go-cart?

 

[Will Riggs]

LOL ^^ When i said "not as strange as I would have thought" I had LOW expectations... I ran 33x9.50 bfg mt's on an old hilux I had. It did well, so I kept the spare and use it as my secondary spare (6th tire) for longer trips and whatnot.