Mickey Thompson Baja Boss X. Anybody running them? (1 Viewer)

[aztoyman]

I wanted some stickies for my build. The BFG Krawlers and Maxis tires shot up in price. Looking at these in 37". Any feedback?

 

[mwalls54]

I have been running 37x12.50 17 for a year now. They have done pretty good for me. Crazy Cruiser Motorsports ran them on 4 trucks/buggies last year in werock and x rock events with out one single failure. Tread held up great also

 

[aztoyman]

I bought just one of these so far as I need it for mockup on my build. I just want to let others know that the bead on these are super thick. I had to run two sets of 1/8" spacers on my Raceline RT81 steel beadlocks. That's 1/4" total. I spoke to tech at Raceline and they said there are a few brands out there that require this.

UPDATE: These tires have outer bead that is .850" thick and I had to use 3/8" of spacers.

To add, the UPS shipping tag said it weighed 81 pounds.

 

[mwalls54]

They are thick for sure. I have the alum racelines and I have to check the bolts everyday i use the truck.

 

[aztoyman]

Just some more info in case anyone is thinking about these tires.

I got a couple more tires so I measured the bead thickness before I mounted them.

They are not directional but they do have the sidewalls marked inside and outside.

The inside bead measures at .750"

The outside bead measures at .850"

I had to run 3/8" of spacers on my Raceline RT81 beadlocks to keep the rings from coning in.

At this time Raceline only sells 1/8" spacers. I bought some ABS plastic and made my own.

 

[aztoyman]

Here's the outside

 

[aztoyman]

I used the 1/4" thick spacers I made and the original 1/8" ones I bought with the wheels.

Raceline said to make sure the bolts are long enough and you can see they are.

When I measured the gap after torquing the bolts it was .343 so the ring is coning in.032". Not enough room for another spacer.