I am going to switch from 305/70R16's to something larger ~ 36x12.50, after i put the suspension lift on my truck next month. The only popular sizes i can find is a 315/75/R16 ie. 35x12.50. the ones that i am considering, but they dont make 36x12.50's are the yokohama geolandars m/t, and dunlop mud rover m/t. the only sizes i can find closer to what i can clear are tsl and mickey thompson, and i dont have $texas$ to spend on them. Here's the catch, i'm looking for something cheap, like my above choices($150-$180), has to be mounted on a 16x8 rim, with 4.25" backspacing on a 01 silverado (pretty much limits me to 315mm, 12.50"), has to be a radial.

the floor is open to suggestions

12/13/2005 8:52:05 PM

BF Goodrich M/T
Goodyear Wranglers

both great

12/13/2005 8:59:53 PM

bfg m/t, no sizes for my application, too pricey >$200

wranglers, worst tire ever for premature wear, too pricey, same as above, 315/75R16 only

12/13/2005 9:13:33 PM

^the mtr's will last longer than you think, ive had them last 35-40

12/13/2005 10:59:05 PM

i've had bridgestone duelers last 80k

12/13/2005 11:00:08 PM

37" mt/r's are closer to 36's. why do you need to lift it more? don't you already have a body lift? just crank the t-bars and trim.

12/13/2005 11:06:18 PM

cause i got no articulation, a couple fat chicks in the backseat make the tires rub

[Edited on December 13, 2005 at 11:14 PM. Reason : the largest 16" mt/r size is 315/75]

12/13/2005 11:09:25 PM

uh, that's the point... you have no articulation, so you should easily fit 36's with a body lift and a t-bar crank.

12/13/2005 11:30:21 PM

i'm going with an 8" suspension lift, and yes its a combo of spring, blocks and ladder bars in the rear, so its not a two foot tall block with massive axle wrap, but seriously, i have no rubbing now with 305/70's with a 3" body lift and the torsion bars cranked all the way up, and even with the new suspension down on the bumpstops, i think it will barely clear 36's, damn chevy wheel wells just arent that wide, and i don't feel like hacking the fenders all up and doing that much body work, or droppping $texas$ on cutout flares to cover it up

12/13/2005 11:40:00 PM

swamper trxus mt's

12/14/2005 8:20:27 AM

Irok radial's

12/14/2005 9:36:29 AM

one things for sure

all the fratties are gonna be mad jealous of that hot ride

12/14/2005 9:56:23 AM

8" of suspension lift + a 3" body lift and you are only gonna run 35's?

12/17/2005 12:49:18 AM

because anything larger won't fit into the wheel well when the suspension is at full travel and i dont feel like cutting then out yet. i think i am going to go with 36x14.50's, and just get some 16x10 rims

12/17/2005 7:53:50 AM

ok, so i got it down between tsl swamper radials and thornbirds, i definately like the ride of the thornbirds, but the swampers are a hell of a lot better at self cleaning in sticky clay, decisions, decisions

12/23/2005 8:56:38 PM

hahahahahahah thornbirds

hahahhaha
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whew

hahhaa


oh, sorry

ha

12/23/2005 9:03:23 PM

ok, just was checking out the ssr's, don't know anybody that has them though, doesnt look like a very aggressive lug pattern shitty picture though, but a good price

12/23/2005 9:53:24 PM

i would definitely take the SSRs over the thornchickens

they are a much better performing offroad tire than the birds

they dont wear like a street tire obviously but at least you can get some use off the pavement with them

12/23/2005 10:52:52 PM

I read the thread topic "track tire suggestions", and was dissappointed

12/23/2005 11:17:49 PM

so what kinda miles are we lookin at on the ssr's? still havent found anyone that has run them before

12/24/2005 1:01:22 AM

i think grant (blue CJ or YJ..dont know his name on here) had them at one point

12/24/2005 9:09:15 AM

its a silverado...get the tires with the least aggresive tread pattern that you can deal with looks wise.

12/24/2005 1:02:11 PM

Thornbird is a bias tire.

12/24/2005 3:32:32 PM

^ thank you captain obvious

and yes, comparing tire wear on a cj and silverado is like apples and oranges, but he would know relative to other tires he has run on there. if properly rotated and aligned, i know thornbirds will get about 40k and tsl radials will get 20-25k on a full size truck

12/24/2005 4:14:50 PM

In your first post you said that you didn't want a bias tire.

12/24/2005 4:34:33 PM

Quote :

"agressive lug pattern"

what is that?

[Edited on December 24, 2005 at 4:50 PM. Reason : .]

12/24/2005 4:49:56 PM

sidewall lug pattern, now gtfo of the garage if you dont know what people are talking about

12/24/2005 7:28:59 PM

just get the thornturds since you probably won't be doing any real wheeling anyway

12/24/2005 8:00:06 PM

^^first off if you are gonna make fun of me, know what you are talking about before hand, i don't think he was refering to just the sidewall and you can't answer someones queston using the same word they asked about

and excuse me for not knowing that in remote areas of the country they refer to tread blocks as lugs. those of us that come down the hill once in a while say tread block or tread pattern....lug pattern sounds like he is refering to the lug nuts or bolt pattern....hence my confusion.

and don't start in on some bullshit about me not knowing what people are talking about....in the two and a half years i have worked at a tire shop no one has ever called them lugs

12/25/2005 12:17:59 AM

sounds like you work at a ricer bitch speed racer wanna be shop that only sells street tires then

i for one knew exactly what he was talking about

you too could have figured it out on your own had you read the rest of the thread and saw that a large part of the decision making process was based on the tread of the tires

oh, and merry fuckin christmas

12/25/2005 12:52:09 AM

sorry man i work for the largest independent tire retailer in the us
so no wanna be there.....but obiviously i figured it out because 69's addition of sidewall lug pattern was not much of an improvement over agressive lug pattern.

merry christmas mountain boy

12/25/2005 9:04:31 AM

i dont think the wal mart super center car care counts.

12/25/2005 1:58:59 PM

on shit ass street tires they are called tread blocks, probably what you sell at pep boys or wherever, on off road tires they are called lugs.

and i dont have the luxury of having a dedicated off road rig nor do i need one, i need a truck i can put about 3,000 miles a month on, and still be able to help dad out on the farm back home, where a majority of what i am doing now is working on drainage on the land that was just cleared this summer since it is in the edge of the damn dismal swamp and besides dad's truck and a few of the light 4 wheel drive tractors, nothing can get back in that area unless there has been no rain in weeks

12/25/2005 8:54:48 PM