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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> -------------------------------------------------------------
> modesty, n.:
> Being comfortable that others will discover your greatness
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