Re: Getting close to tire time

From: Andy Levy (andylevy@bigfoot.com)
Date: Tue Jan 02 2001 - 00:56:41 EST


Anyone? In light of my close encounter of the snow kind this weekend,
I'm looking at anything and everything to prevent it from happening in
the future.

Andy Levy wrote:
>
> Joe,
> 32x11.5 fit nicely on an '00. From the factory, we can only get a max
> of 31" tires. I was planning on BFG A/T KO's; I saw a pair of 31s on
> another Dak one night around town and they looked nice, and they really
> improved the appearance of my brother's '94 Jimmy (he can only run
> 30x9.5). I like that squared-off edge. My other thought was Michelin
> LTX as they're quite sticky and seem to last forever. I'll poke around
> tirerack.com and check out those Yokohamas though.
>
> JOE GLOWICKI wrote:
> >
> > 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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> --
> -andy
>
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-andy

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