Time to get new tires. I may have not rotated them enough but the set of nearly worn out Toyo MTs were cupped and noisy and causing vibrations and a nasty shimmy at 45 mph.
Once I ruled out any issues with my tie-rod ends, track bars, etc, the search for new tires was on.
Through weeks of research I learned a couple things:
1) someone on the internet loves every tire
2) someone on the internet hates every tire or "knows a guy" who did
Through weeks of trying to talk myself into an AT tire, I struggled to find one that "looked like" a Jeep tire. I daily drive my Jeep and in Boise I am rarely in mud so it seemed logical. Couldn't do it. Gotta go MT.
I like BFG tires. I like their style, their reputation, their marketing, and last but not least, their tires. It was really their spot to lose from the start. I never found another company to consistently outrank them on any review board, website or forum. I really thought hard about the Nitto Trail Grapplers.
My LJ on worn out 31s and a 3 inch suspension lift before the new tires:
http://flic.kr/p/hCAjvF
The new bundles of joy delivered to my door:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/63601457@N03/10916095263/
5 gorgeous Km2 33 inch mud terrains.
Next post I'll have the after pics.
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