345/75/16's

[Wheelingnoob]

Especially with a supercharger. I can't believe it. That combo usually nets 10-11 mpg

Those numbers may have been pre S/C as I know he just got that installed.

 

[80BajaBound]

Especially with a supercharger. I can't believe it. That combo usually nets 10-11 mpg

I'll snap a photo of my scangauge - on my way home from the San Diego Cruisers swap meet I averaged 14.9 from Ramona CA to Leucadia CA.

 

[G-Cat]

You'll have that beauty back on 285s and for sale NLT August 2013. Mark my words.

 

[honda maniac]

hey can you get a pic from the side thanks

 

[nuclearlemon]

i just can't look at this thread without thinking....

 

[Layonnn]

I was thinking about the MTRs in a 315.

Now thinking about these in this size.

How is the power in 4LO with these?

These will just be a set of trail tires if i go with them while running 285 BFGs on road so i am not too concerned with the HWY manners with these on stock gears. If i have to run with OD off on stock gears to run these on the HWY that is fine with me, as there won't be a lot of those miles a year.

Waiting on some flex pics to see how bad the rubbing is

 

[wngrog]

With the lift I have, they rub in the rear pretty good. I ordered some 4" MAF bump extensions yesterday, will see how that works.

That said, I rubbed it as hard as I could and drove it out of the rub for 3-4 revolutions of the tire and they did not hurt anything.

In south Louisiana you will be fine with the stock gears. 100%

Side views.

Excuse the water....

 

[Layonnn]

Thanks for the pics wngrog
I just noticed you were over in Miss. A fellow SEC brother!

I just checked the price on these and it is almost the same as the 315 MTRs

I have heard in the past that running this wide of a tire on an 8" rim is "not recommended". Even a 12.5" isn't "recommended" on an 8".
What are the reasons for this?

I have heard it is easier to blow a bead, AND i have heard it is harder to blow a bead, haha.
I have also heard that it causes the tire to sort of make a rounded shape across the tread causing uneven tread wear.

Any of these true or anything else?

 

[wngrog]

It is harder to blow a bead running a wide tire on a narrow rim. You can take that to the bank. More pressure on the beads keeping them on the rim.

There is no problem with this size on an 8" rim at all.

 

[G-Cat]

I just checked the price on these...

I've seen several references to price in this thread, but searches on the web aren't helping out and no one has metioned a price...

What's the ballpark cost, per tire, for these?

Found them at 4wheels parts for $332 a rattle...

http://www.4wheelparts.com/Tires/LT...3&t_s=156&t_pt=100697&t_pl=6396&t_pn=BFG29037

 

[80BajaBound]

What's the ballpark cost, per tire, for these?

IIRC 292 per tire including shipping

 

[wngrog]

I paid 49Tire $1750 out the door for 5 of them. Tax and mounting and all.

 

[nuclearlemon]

what pressure did you run when you were wheeling? everything handle well traction wise?

 

[wngrog]

35#

It really was not wheeling. Dirt roads at best.

 

[97 40th]

I just got these on today.

My setup:

1997 Collectors Edition

OME Heavy Front with Metal Tech 2" spacers

OME Medium Rear with 30 mm urethane spacers

OME caster correction

Standard OME shocks

Here it is sitting next to a stock Collectors Edition

Do you have 2 1997 CE's?!?!?!?!? If so, that is awesome. Brother and sister.

 

[wngrog]

No, I wish that stock one was mine. It belongs to a fellow club member's 16 year old daughter

 

[ShottsUZJ100]

I ordered some 4" MAF bump extensions yesterday, will see how that works.

That's going to make the rig a wheel lifter for sure...especially without L-shocks.

Did a tire company mount those on the 8-inch rims?

 

[wngrog]

Of course, that is not a bad width tire for that rim. I have been running 13.50" Krawlers on 9" rims forever.

Wheel lifter is fine, I have a locker.

 

[ShottsUZJ100]

Wheel lifter is fine, I have a locker.

That's the attitude!

 

[wngrog]

I still have the sway bars all hooked up. They limit my flex, not my shocks. I may get some front "L" shocks and unhook the sway bar on wheeling trips but the rear shocks outflex the suspension without being "L" models. I can almost keep them hooked up to change out the rear spring.