Tire Upgrade: BF M/T's vs A/T's??

I have/ had ATs and just decided to go MTs

 

well said..

 

Chester : GFY! and if you have nothing to contribute, get the hell out of my thread!

 

Yeah WTF was that..?

 

I've lived vicariously with the M/Ts on my best friend's FJ. They are awesome in the rough stuff, but kind of a pain in daily life. They make a TON of noise, which will tire you while driving (I'm not 18 anymore), they don't do well in the rain or snow and they are wearing very quickly. The tread blocks are just too big for good rain and snow performance.

In short, you can get 90% of the off-road performance but something resembling creature comforts with the A/Ts. It's a no brainer if these are to be your dailies.

 

When in doubt, always choose looks.
It shows maturity.

 

my buddy jsut got a some 285 km2s on his 04 and honestly the noise is hardely there. I went wheeling with him and those things impressed the hell out of me. go for the gold!

 

Keep in mind though, if you're mostly street you're not gonna get much out of the km2s mileage and use wise.

 

AT's is its! That's what i thought originally, but wanted to confirm here! THANKS!

 

wooot duratrac at's. I've had mine for 10k and tread is still good.....especially considering i have a trd supercharger w/ a lead foot mod

 

how many miles should the AT last? My stock dunlops have gone 10K no prob, no wear at all! I hope for 900.00 for a set of tires they go 50 K Miles

 

is there an actual Guarantee?

 

Gee Whiz you got butt hurt!Didnt know you were so sensitive.Here is your warranty info http://www.bfgoodrichtires.com/bfg/tireWarranty.do

Now go glue the emblems back on your floormats and put an elmo bandaid on your feelings.

 

Also just because I am not a total dick and I expect you will be asking where to get them cheap look at 4wheel parts,they have a $75 back on tires 33 and smaller plus its the cheapest I have found.Its called google try it.

 

+1

If there is a warranty and your tires do not reach the specified mileage, if anything they will only prorate the difference towards a new set of tires. What this means is you may save $20/per tire on your next purchase.

As for where to buy, check out tire prices online, and then hit any reputable tire store and they should price match. I've purchased my last 4 sets of wheels/tires from Discount and they have matched/beat the cheapest prices I could find online.

 

I guess the question in my mind is how much wheeling do you actually do? If we're talking ultra-casual, like you want to do it more but you live in a bad area and work a lot, so it ends up being once every other month or so, the total cost of ownership doesn't make sense to me.

Just some crude estimate numbers, to put MPG in perspective:

National average gas price for regular unleaded, 12/28/09: $2.607/gal

For the sake of argument, let's say you buy new, have only one set of wheels, and get 50k miles out of these tires. Let's assume T/A's and M/T's will last equally long.

Further making up numbers, let's say you would get about 18mpg mixed in the T/As and 15mpg in the M/Ts.

Over the life of the tires, you'll burn through 2777 gallons of gas in the T/A's, vs. 3333 gallons of gas in the M/T's.

So, yeah, fuck the planet, whatever. Assuming gas prices don't go back up (I suspect they will in the ~2-3 years it will take you to go 50k miles), that's a total price difference of $1736.26.

 

I'm going to the Definity Dakota M/T...