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New Tires

Put new tires on the ranger. I went with Toyo Open Counrty A/T and so far im impressed, granted they are 225/70r14
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tires look good now lose the mudflaps
 
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Sweet, I've heard good things about those tires.
 
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Looks like a good clean truck, I don't like those tires though. My boss has them on his truck and I drive it now and then and the tires have a rough ride to them and I don't like them, plus they have lousy traction, imo.
 
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There a good tire I had them on my truck for over a year now, They look the same as the day I got them, no sign of wear.
 
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as far as bad things I heard about them, were all from people who had them on larger trucks.
 
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Thanks for the input, not sure if i want to loose the mudflaps or not though, afterall it makes a smaller area to clean, but it gives better clearence w/o. The white lettering scrubbed right off when removing the blue protectant and ended up getting $10 off a tire, ended up paying $94.50 each after a 10% promotion.

Next project is shocks, leaning on KYB Gas-A-Just.
 
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I had those tires and they would great, even when they barely any tread left they still perform better than some I had.
 
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looks nice. Is that a long bed truck? I too recently got new tires same size as that but i got the uniroyal liberator a/t's. Whats the mileage rating for those?
 
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they are a 50,000 mile tire, and yes its a long bed
 
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They had great traction in the snow and were relativly quiet, but you must rotate them often (every 5k) or you will regret it....
 
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They had great traction in the snow and were relativly quiet, but you must rotate them often (every 5k) or you will regret it....
Aren't all tires supposed to be rotated every 5k or every oil change?

When it comes to my next set of tire I will be getting bigger Open Country A/T's. These have never failed me.
 
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the tire place i got them give free rotation at the first 4 thousand and after that every 6 which is every other oil change. i know this is in the tire section but i was wondering why im burning oil. when i first got it, it had blown out the rings in a cylinder, and hasnt burned too much oil until recently, could it be a blown head gasket? to solve the problem for now i added LUCAS oil to it, not burning as much.
 
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you have a v6 and 14in wheels??? i ditched mine and got 31s...makes the truck look more like a truck to me but way gas is going im regretting it
 
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I want to throw my brothers tires on my truck and see how it hauls *** with some 235/70/15 with 4.10's ha ha ha.
 
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that'd be pretty B.A. roast 'em to the cords
 
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nice tires, but man, they are just too small! you've got room for 31's.
 
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