well, took the plunge and bought some new tires
 

went tire shopping today, and finally found some tires i liked. for an okay price.

265/70/16 Firestone Destination A/T's

took em to a little spot that i know of and they perform GREAT compared the the wranglers! i didnt know what i was missing! and theyre a pretty good all around tire, and just about perfect for the type of wheeling i do. so i can't complain.

only a crappy cell phone pic for now, will take better pics and post em in the snapshots section tomorrow

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better shot of what they look like for those that dont know
http://www.offroaders.com/tech/AT-MT...ination_AT.jpg

then next step will be some cragar soft 8's. sweeeeet.

Looks good.

hm....

shoulda lifted first, then tires....

just like i shoulda done...

from that pic I cant tell the differance but i bet they do preform better

The set my on my friends jeep doesn't even compare to my BFGs. Good luck with them.

i think im going to hold out on the lift. Gonna wait till the warranty goes out first. I might be taking it in soon for the tranny, and i dont want any issues when i do that.

Just be warned, the Cragars are like freakin boat anchors. They're lead weights. The more I drive with them on my truck the more I want to go back to aluminum.

on a side note, does anybody know the backspacing for the stock rims that i have?

when i get new rims, i will want them to stick out a bit more..

was it a pretty noticeable difference?

Cragars are 4" backspace. The front sticks out a little more. Get 16x8 or 16x10 if they make those.

16x8 is the proper size, the tires are only like 10.2" wide.

yeah i was gonna go with a 16x8.

then you'll be good to go. with mine and my 31s they must weigh atleast 50lbs each.

damn. can you notice it slowing you down?

taken a minor hit on fuel milage and it takes more effort to get up hills. starts scrubbing speed as if the brakes are on when I let off the gas. it's just more effort to get everything rolling from a stop and to keep it going so the truck is working harder all the time to keep momentum.

no pics of you burning off the rts? im dissapointed

lol i put them up for sale, so had to keep em in somewhat good shape

good luck selling those .... well maybe some ranger owner thats never been off road will want em

yeah, and they dont only have to go on a ranger. but we'll see what happens. if not i guess i'll keep around for "just incase".

id burn em down oooooooooo!!!!!!

arent firestone destintations what some of our spare tires are? I know mines a firestone but i didnt see what kind last time i was under the truck

they could be. i've never really looked. i think most of the tires are destinations? then there's the A/T's, M/T's etc

i almost got a set of the mud terrains, but it was gonna run me almost 150 bucks more. These tires were already a squeeze lol.
maybe if i had a job up in reno it would help. gah.

dude,I sold mine on the stock rims to a guy with an Explorer for $400. :sgrin:

see if the trader joes up there is hiring ... renos a big town i find it hard to believe you cant find SOMETHING

then again all those damn california people keep movin to reno and taking the jobs from hard working nevadans

shoulda went bigger...