hay andy check your auto manaul i think our's dak's only go to 31"
tires. and did you look at yocohama (not a spelling champ) at+ ? if so
what do you think of them?
Andy Levy wrote:
>
> Driving in to work yesterday morning, I got a really bad feeling from my
> tires. In 2WD, on what looked to be clear road (there was snow on the
> road, but had those ruts worn in from a few thousand cars driving
> through - I would have been in 4WD if it was all snow), I got some real
> bad side to side motion while driving straight ahead. Possibly black
> ice, but can't say for sure. Might have been a crosswind pushing me as
> well, but I didn't hear it.
>
> Anyway, I know that my 28,000 mile-old 31x10.5 Wrangler RT/S tires are
> slick to begin with, and this just worries me more. I have about 260
> pounds in the bed right over the axle, and last checked my tires at
> 34/30 F/R at about 15 degrees ambient air temp (it was in the single
> digits on this particular morning).
>
> So, looking at new tires, I really like the improved stance that 32x11.5
> Wrangler AT/S's gave Adam's '00, and he has no clearance/rubbing
> problems. Would the rack & pinion on the '00 give more clearance than I
> have on my '99 (recirc. ball), or do I have the room? I think I
> probably do, but want to be really, really sure (this is a big
> investment). More importantly, the PCM can only be tweaked for tire
> sizes that come standard on the Dak, so how do I get it recalibrated for
> 32's if I get them? If it can be done easily and cheaply, I'll
> definitely go to 32's, but if it'll end up costing me big, I'll stick
> with 31's.
>
> --
> -andy
>
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