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Old Apr 16, 2008
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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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Old Apr 16, 2008
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tires look good now lose the mudflaps
 
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Old Apr 16, 2008
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Sweet, I've heard good things about those tires.
 
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Old Apr 17, 2008
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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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Old Apr 17, 2008
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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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Old Apr 17, 2008
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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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Old Apr 17, 2008
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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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Old Apr 17, 2008
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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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Old Apr 17, 2008
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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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Old Apr 18, 2008
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they are a 50,000 mile tire, and yes its a long bed
 
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Old Apr 18, 2008
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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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Old Apr 18, 2008
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Originally Posted by greygooseranger
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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Old Apr 21, 2008
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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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Old Apr 21, 2008
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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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Old Apr 21, 2008
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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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Old Apr 22, 2008
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that'd be pretty B.A. roast 'em to the cords
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008
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nice tires, but man, they are just too small! you've got room for 31's.
 
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