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[Olive Garden]

Some things to consider, when upping your size, especially since it can be quite considerable when lifting a vehicle your speedo will need adjustment.

A very useful link to calculators for finding your actual vehicle speed with a lift, gear ratio's with new tire sizes, converting a metric tire size to inches etc. Lot's of helpful stuff.
http://www.offroaders.com/info/tech-corner/reading/calculators.htm

A helpful break down of what size tires you should be running at a minimum depending on your vehicle's weight as well as insight on airing down and choosing the right type of tread
http://www.4x4offroads.com/off-road-tire.html

All Terrain tire reviews
http://www.offroaders.com/tech/AT-MT-Tires/AT-All_Terrains.htm

Mud Terrain tire reviews
http://www.offroaders.com/tech/AT-MT-Tires/MT-Mud_Terrains.htm

Awesome 'Does it hit or fit' guide with GM, Toyota, Nissan, Land Rover and more fender clearances
http://www.offroaders.com/tech/AT-MT-Tires/tire-hits-or-fits.htm

Anyone feel free to add to this and edit as you see fit. Post up what you run, what you like/don't like about it.

[Olive Garden]

[Olive Garden]

I'll start with my shitbox. It's got a useless Fabtech 6'' lift and a factory 2'' body raise. It can be a lot of fun off road but open diff sucks asshole. Fortunately lockers are cheap for it.

35'' BFG A/T's (315-75-16) on 16x10 wheels, unsure of backspacing. 4.10 full floating rear axle.

Easy to replace tire, fairly common even more so if you have 17'' wheels because they come factory on H2's. Con's (preference) they look small, the wheels have some fake ass bead locks, not many manufactures make 37'' tires for 16'' wheels.



IMHO, you can't go wrong if your vehicle is set up for 31-33'' tires. Wheel/tires can be had on the cheap all day on craigslist and most often times you can run a beefy ass tire on your oem wheels.

[Olive Garden]

[darren mcardel]

Anybody used BFG Rugged Trails?

Looking at buying a set of wheels with these on them, dunno if I should just keep them or try to sell them or what

thoughts?

[darren mcardel]

[josh]

http://www.wartires.com/

[darren mcardel]

i was like "ok..."

and then the soundtrack kicked in

holy shit, i could not hate anything more than i hate this website

[darren mcardel]

[Legacy]

I'm sure the BFG Rugged Trails will get you around just fine, but don't you have BFG ATs currently? I see BFG RTs on stuff like Honda Elements all the time, but I'm not sure if that necessarily means they're not desirable. I'm sure they'll be better than an all-season passanger car tire.

[Legacy]

[darren mcardel]

yeah i have a/t's right now, but they're on the factory 18's

I want to switch to the offroad package 17's and run a nastier tire size

they're about $100 cheaper each, too

[darren mcardel]

[Legacy]

That's a very smart decision. I don't care for my 18s, but I have no choice. I read up on the BFG Rugged Trails and they are marketed towards people who mostly drive street, but wish to have the ability to drive the occasional dirt road. BFG is about to release the Rugged Terrain Tire in May which is supposed to be a lot better. Isn't WA pretty muddy on the trails?

[Legacy]

[darren mcardel]

totally, but i just moved to Orange :D

[darren mcardel]

[nokeone]

Anybody used BFG Rugged Trails?

Looking at buying a set of wheels with these on them, dunno if I should just keep them or try to sell them or what

thoughts?

I think they're shit. I've never personally used them on a vehicle but I worked for Sears Automotive some years back and sold them. They never seemed to get the amount of wear they were rated for and people complained about their off-road capabilities.

If you're looking at using them 80+% on road then sure but anything else and I'd stay clear of them.

In this particular case I guess if it's a smoking deal on the wheels and tires then it ain't no thing... But, I'd sell um after and get something better.

[nokeone]

[darren mcardel]

messaged the seller to see if he'd give me a deal w/out tires; we'll see what happens

[darren mcardel]

[Peyverxes]

ok here's something for you dudes. on my pathfinder i currently have stock 17's with a 245 65 17. thinking i only wanna go as big as 31's/32's probably BF G all terrain. with a 2 inch lift. should i stick with the 17's or should i get 16's and go from there. mostly be dailying but occasional off roading like everyone else. pretty much should i stick with my 17's or pick up some OEM 16's? kinda thinking sticking with OEM wheels i dont know why cleaner i guess


going for something like this

[Peyverxes]

[Olive Garden]

tires will be cheaper with the 16's...road handling will be better with 17's...Idk I'm sure there's a pretty cut and clear answer to that.

[Olive Garden]

[Legacy]

I'd always go down to 16 if the option were available, but I've always had to start with 18s. I'd base it on what the cost for factory 16" alloys will be, if you like the 16" design better, and what tires are available in either size. A tire manufacture might make a model and size that you like in 16", but not 17". It's typically the case that smaller wheels have more tire options. That being said, 17" is very popular these days on Jeeps and FJCs for example so I can't imagine you'll have trouble fitting tires for a 17" wheel.

For off-roading the more sidewall the better. I agree with going with a factory alloy because they're often time inexpencive, proper offset, and lightweight compared to a steel. For rovers factory wheels are often the only choice because the lug pattern is unusual.

[Legacy]

[darren mcardel]

what he said

[darren mcardel]