Nitto Terra Grapplers 295/75R16 with OME 2.5" ... pics

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Hayes,

Now that you've been driving this for a couple months, how satisfied are you? Would you do anything differently?

I'm on the brink of doing almost exactly the same mods and would love some validation.

Thanks,

Tom
 
Hayes--I just purchased a set of 285 nitto grapplers and was curious about how you are doing over 1 year later.

I went from a street tire to the A/T's and was curious if you adjusted your tire pressure to reduce the noise level at all. I saw one comment about 35psi for road use. I know they are A/T's so I am not whining--love the look of the tires over 275s big time.

Also just installed OME low lift--I was amazed at how much higher the tires and low lift made the truck feel. About has high as i can go now with my wife and new baby on the way.

Thanks!

Dave
 
They have been great tires.
Even with my 6,000 pound beast, I still run them at about 35-38 psi on the highway. the ride is better, the fuel economy loss is insignificant, and I think it keeps the tire wear more even. Mine are the D-rated tires, the C-load ones would probably behave differently.

I don't know if the road noise has changed. I don't notice the noise mostly, but I have a Flowmaster muffler that kind-of dominates the audio picture. Regardless, I think they're a very smooth and quiet tire.

Tire wear has been good. I stopped using my 80 as a daily-driver about 6 months ago, so it's mileage accumulation has dropped off dramatically.

The tires have performed well off road too. Good grip on Moab rocks. Awesome snow performance.

Enjoy.
 
Great to hear. I just checked my 285 pressure and they are all at 28-29psi

I think I'll bump em' up to 35psi. Just curious if the tire pressure would differ from 285 to 295 size grapplers.

Thanks for the info and good to hear you still love em'.

Dave
 
i'll post pics when i get home. I just purchased a set of 315s from a local mudder. I have j front springs with a bull bar and medium rear springs. The tires fit awesome.

Discount tire quoted me $150 to mount and balance the tires. That was without lifetime balance. They also didn't have the equal tire balance stuff and refused to order it for me. So i went on down the road, got them mounted/balanced for $45 plus $25 for the equal tire balance. Now i have no weights on the wheels.
 
spartan said:
The only thing about the Nittos is - how long will they last? They are awesome on wet pavement and many conditions, but I don't know that they are going to give good long term service.

I have a set of 295 75 16's on a 8,000# vehicle and as it stands now I really don't expect to get more than 30K out of them. I got 48K out of a set of BFG AT KO's on the same vehicle with tread left to spare. They did not perform as well on wet pavement, but 48K vs. 30K is a big difference....

Hmmmm??????
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I've been running the Nitto 295's on mine for about 40k miles, still have plenty of tread left on them. Of course they are made in japan like my cruiser, so i expected longevity out fo them... :)
 
You can get the Slee speedo correction gear for cheep and it will make a 5% correction down to less than 2%.

Cheep and easy!
 
concretejungle Discount tire quoted me $150 to mount and balance the tires. That was without lifetime balance. They also didn't have the equal tire balance stuff and refused to order it for me. So i went on down the road said:
:flipoff2: discount tire:flipoff2: Glad you got what you wanted and cheaper! I also will not deal with chains or others that dont want to give great service:D I will walk out in a heart beat rather than just take what I can get!!!

Cant wait to see the pics.
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I have nothing but good things about discounttires in my town.

They even do free rotation for tires that I bought from tireracks.com :D
 
Ting said:
I have nothing but good things about discounttires in my town.

They even do free rotation for tires that I bought from tireracks.com :D
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Yeah, well it all has to do with the yah hoo behind the desk...

I always get the newbie/Jacka** that says "we dont or cant do that" , so I say "OK see ya"!!! I will get what I want generally, it just take a little time to find it:grinpimp:

Some people will settle and others will search until they get what they require:)
 
here are some pics of my rig (dark green) and jfz80's rig. I just put on 315/75 r16 Nitto terra grapplers. I have j springs in the front with a bull bar and no winch. Rear has medium springs.

jfz80's has slee 4 inch springs in the front and j springs in the rear. He is running 315/70 r17 on tundra rims. He needs a little backspacing.
Nitto 315 001 (Small).webp
Nitto 315 002 (Small).webp
Nitto 315 003 (Small).webp
 
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two more pictures...
Nitto 315 004 (Small).webp
Nitto 315 005 (Small).webp
 
Nice Rigs!

Looks good:cheers:

I agree need some back spacing looks funny from the rear view...

Are you guys going to GSMTR??? If so hope to see you there at some point... I can tell from the body damage you like to have a good time:grinpimp:
 
Woah thread bump from the past.... I am running 285 NTG's and had them siped. They do amazingly well in snow and ice...
 
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