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Old 12-08-2011 | 08:50 PM
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I cant decide on my next set of tires. I'm looking at either a Toyo Proxas II in a 285/60R17, or the Yokohama Geolander A/T in a 285/65R17. Im thinking the Toyos will be too short with the 4.56 gears. What would yall run.
Old 12-08-2011 | 10:40 PM
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Nitto trail grappler a/t 285/70/17 or in a 295/70/17. Nice tire for the money.
Old 12-08-2011 | 11:06 PM
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trying to go a little smaller. I'm taking the leveling kit off. And I might do a 1/2 drop.
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if you gonna bring er' down. i would look at the 60 series 285s
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if you wanna go faster id try and find the lightest tire with the least rolling resistance. assuming you dont wanna go smaller since your riding around with 4.56's. i know thats not a lot of help but thats how i would shop lol.
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Andy what RPM do you cross the line at? You also gotta figure with the blower your trap speed will probably be in the mid 100 teens. You dont want a tire that will force you to shift into 4th gear. You probably can't afford to go much shorter than a stock tire with that gear/converter combo
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The 285/65 are about 44#, my current tires are about 56#. I may end up dropping down to 4.10 if I have to. Thanks for the input guys.
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One of my coworkers is selling a set of stock 17" denali rims and tires for 300. Tires are 265/70R17. Yall think their worth it? They about 60# each. That's a drop of 1.4" and 8#.
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Looks like bridgestone made 2 types of the revo2. One is 56# the other is 46#. Not sure which one I have.
Found a pirelli scorpion str in a 275/65r17. 31" tall. Weighs 41#. I may go with this one.
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