I've been reading a lot but can't decide which tires I wanna go with. So I need y'all's help.
Choices are:
39.5 iroks
39.5 Pitbull Rockers
40. Ltbs
I wheel mostly trails with a little mud,and rocks sometimes
Those are some big tires to be running on toy axles. First thing I would look at is weight of the actual tire. When I was picking tires for my 4.3 powered toyota axled truggy with longs etc I went with pitbull maddogs......yes less aggressive than rockers, but weigh less and measure to actual size. I loved em and you can ask fourwheelerjeff how he likes em as they are now his.
Out of that list though
The pitbull rockers in the 39.5s are stupid wide and heavy!
Iroks in that size are very squared off and I heard (no experience with that size) they suck cause of the squared off compared to the roundness of the 42s.
The ltbs I like personally Like (I too wish they had more sizes) but not sure I would run them on a toy axle. Just my personal opinion.
The good thing is that rig is gonna be very light around 3k#s +/- I'm figuring. I'm leaning towards the LTBs, but I really like the PBRs. Price difference is a big factor.
I think the LTBs are gonna be too stiff for that light of a rig. Bfrazier was running them on his tonned TJ, and the sidewalls were pretty stiff. All the 39.5 irocs I've seen are pretty rounded out. I was running that tire on toy axles, and didnt have any issues.
Thanks fellas I've decided on 39.5x13.5x15 IROKS, PBRs are 70$ more a tire, LTBs are out cause I wanna run a 15" wheel mainly because I already have some.
I would have spent the extra $280 and gone pbr's. Not sure how heavy they are compared to iroks in 39's. But I know 42" pbr's weigh less than 42" TSLs. So I would think the 39s are pretty close to each other in weight.
I was looking on trail worthy and I priced a set of 39.5 PBRs and racelines. So I'm thinking about going that way. Anyone know of a place with good prices on PBRs and racelines?
I just can't pay 580$ for a tire when others are over 100$ cheaper a tire...... I am still on a pretty tight budget with this build. But I'm gonna splurge cause I want new tires and wheels.
I will echo what others have said, if you can splurge the little extra coin, go with the PBR's, you won't regret it. They take a couple trips to break in, but once they do, they stick and grip awesome.:toast:
PBR's for sure. I ran the 39 Irok and the tread stickiness doesn't compare to the bull dogs.
It took mine ~8 trips to get sticky. I have been very happy with them.
For me, a true sticky would be my only choice above a Rocker.
On tire deals head to pirate have a vendor quote you. Then take it to 4WheelParts.
They well meet or beat it.
or search the web for best price and do the same.
But i dont think 4WP carries PBR but Discount tire does.
Tires have a crazy mark up on them.
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