I was just wondering .. anyone out there running Pro-Comp X-Terrians? Like, Dislike? any feedback would be nice!! I think in December, i'm going to run 33 x 12.50's and i was just wondering what anyone has to say about them. Thanks :)

I have a set of 33x12.50 X-Terrains on my Explorer and I think they perform really well offroad, they have large knobs and a directional pattern, and look pretty cool. I don't know what mods you have made to your Explorer, but I had to put quite a lift on mine inorder to accomadate them. Please post a description of your Explorer.

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'92 Explorer 4x4 3" Trailmaster body lift, 5.5" Superlift suspension, new 5 spd tranny, 33x12.50R15 Procomp X-Terrains, converted to Warn manual hubs, going to add 4.10 axles maybe 4.56s, selectable lockers, and maybe a snorkel.

i HAVE A 95' Eddie Bauer 4x4 Explorer and I am running 31 inch All-Terrians ... I don't know much about systems all I know is I have 2 12's and a 1600 wat amp., which I am pretty sure is alpine .. My dad did the whole system thing to ,my truck all I know is that I like it ((I'm blonde)) Country music sure hits gtood :)

So I'm assuming you have a stock lift, I hate to break your sweet little heart, but you will have to have a lift installed inorder to run those 33" X-Terrains. If your just going for appearence I would go with the 3" body lift, its realitively easy to install and fairly inexpensive, a Trailmaster 3" kit runs around $150-$200, that is providing you do it yourself. Good luck :)

oh well i am putting a 4" superlift on there... i know couldn't run those stok LoL I'm Blonde and all but not that dumb!!

Sorry didn't mean to offend you, its just you kept emphasizing that you are
((Blonde)) and you know how that stereo type goes, but I think its bull personally, some of the smartest gals I've ever meet happened to be blonde. Anyway you should be gold with the 4" suspension lift run'in those 33" X-Terrains. They probably won't even rub. :)

You will rub a lot with only a 4" I rub on right turns and I have a 5.5" Lift. I do have the Xterrians and so far they are awesome. I havent been able to use them much though.

She has a 2nd Gen. Explorer and I believe the fender clearance is a little better then our 1st gen. Explorers (although I could be mistaken), also I've got a 3" body lift in addition to my 5.5" superlift so I don't rub at all. :D

Ah your right...Im not sure how much lift you need. But they are good tires

Hmm the guy doing my lift said that they won't rub... I trust him he does really awesome work.. haha yea i'm blonde lol and i use that to my defense because i lack common sense LoL :)

at least you admit it :D

ohh well theres no denying it what so ever

The X are good tires, However not that great in snow and deep mud. I had 305/70/16 (33/12.50 ), I replaced them with Super swampers SSR and what a difference. Also they run small and you will rub. I know I had to trim bottom portion of fender and hollow out the trim. With TT and body I have a total of 5 in of lift. Had to trim more when put on 35s. Hope this helps.



96 Explorer Eddie Bauer/ TT/ADD-A_leafs/ 3 in Body lift/4.56gears/
Auburn Ected/35 SSR Super Swampers

thanks for all of y'alls help .. i'm pretty sure the tire i get won;t rub- i hate that sound LoL its aweful, but I'm sure the shop i'm getiing it done at will do whatever they have to get the tires to fit

Ill be the one to ask.. You got any pics with the truck??

Ill be the one to ask.. You got any pics with the truck??

you're HOT! Just checked out your site. And the Twins look good ;)

hey los, when you're done droolin how bout you let her know how those xterrains are doin ;)

lol

and yo- did they balance alright? i know the one on the right rear took a lot of wieght...

O YEA!! Duh i knew i looked at this thread for a reason.. WOW. Thanks Matt. Well the tires are great and the balance came out perfect. I havent had a chance to test it in snow or rain yet but that time will come.. They ride really smooth compared to my BFG Muds i was running and they are much quietter.. So my opinion for now is that they are great tires :thumbsup:

O YEA!! Duh i knew i looked at this thread for a reason.. WOW.
:chug:

I'M GLAD Y'ALL LIKE THE TWINS LoL

:thumbsup: Yeah, I like em too. ;)

Hot blond chick + cool truck = :eek: SpecialistKC
Besure to post some pics of your X when the lift and tires are done.....

KC

haha believe me I will post the so many pictures you'll probably be tired of looking at me and my truck LoL .. I'm going to do before's, during's, and after's

I hope all you guys know that she's a minor! :D See im the same age so i can legally say i like the twins! :D haha

hahaa i'll only be a minor for 60 more days LoL then the world is going to be in trouble

JTX I am in love with your truck... and i love the claws :)

aw being a minor is minor :D

3 years isn't too far off for me, plus florida iss quite a ways away so i think i'm ok if i think she is hot, and yes the twins do look very very nice :D

good luck with your lift, can't wait to see what you like in a lifted Explorer :D

heck 3 years isn't bad at all, the last guy i dated we were 5 years apart

interesting........:D

hahaha :) i have a problem dating a guy my age or even a year older than me LoL ..

I guess im out of luck! Bummer 2 months is to close! lol

haha there's always a first time for everything :)

Haha nice! You can ride in my big X. :D To bad you live 1000000000 miles away. Glad you like my explorer, Baja claws to me kinda look the same as x terrains. I will get more pics of them. Right now my explorer is sitting on jack stands with no front axle under it! :D

aww :) yea i would love to ride in your truck, i'd feel honored :) Yea, the guy i WAS dating has baja claws on his durango (46's) and toyota (33's).. yea they do look a lot alike, but x-terrians are a lot cheaper, and from what i hear don't wear as bad...

I was gonna get 35" x terrians but desert rat had the baja claws cheaper. Just look around you can prob find a real good deal.

the shop i am getting my lift done at is giving me a deal ... i'm getting a stering stablizer, 4" superlift suspension, 33 x 12.50 x-terrians, 12 inch eagle alloy rims ((i think thats what they are called anyways LoL)), some custom fabrication for like 3000

WOW thats a nice price. Installed??

yea everything

:D the owner is like family to me, he always hooks me up ... i am soo excited LoL

Hey, i am in Jax also. What shop is it?

North Flordia Offroad

he told me today it might run anywhere from 3000 to 3400 now, just depending what we have to do with the torsion bars

he told me today it might run anywhere from 3000 to 3400 now, just depending what we have to do with the torsion bars

Dont let him charge you an extra 400$ just because of the tortion bars. All he will have to do is grind off the weld and drill some holes for it to work.

no no its not like that .. we might have toget some extra parts and other things... i'll get the cheapest outcome price fro Tim .. so i'm not tooo worried

Hey, i am in Jax also. What shop is it?


Know any good places to go muddin around here? Did you ever go out to Duva Road? or Hilliard? or Lawtey?

Know any good places to go muddin around here? Did you ever go out to Duva Road? or Hilliard? or Lawtey?

YOU ARE SO LUCKY!! You have a hot girl asking to go out wheeling with you.. She needs a friend.. I might have to take a trip down to FL>. What do you say matt?? We got new engines... We can make it..

haha awwww yea y'all come down and we can all goin muddig :) The more the merrier

Hey, well my Ex is not really set up for offroading, but I know a few places. Have you been around Maxville area? It's by HWY 301. Also middleburg, esp. jennings state forrest is decent place. I don't know what side of Jax you live at, but am over on the westside near orange park. There used to be some great action around collins road, but they built so much houses now. If you like going driving around the beaches. I would go to Hugenot park and futher up north for some beach driving. Where do u wheel at?

haha awwww yea y'all come down and we can all goin muddig :) The more the merrier


I get my new tires tommorrow WOOHOO , so i'm coming ;) TOO :thumbsup:

I've been out to Lawtey (301).. The guy i was dating and am now talking to again (LoL), we use to go out to Lawtey like every Sunday.. except now the darn place is flooded. Yea, hmm I go offroading out off Alta drive, just 1 exit north of Hecksher... during the summer every saturday we go out to Hugenot. I've gone in St. Augustine, off state road 210, Junlington Creek area, I use to go to Collins all the time... I live on the southside.

Yeah, there is quite a bit of private properties around Jacksonville. I used to go to collins and the beaches quite a bit awhile back. My friend of mine went to Hugenot a few times and the cops will pull u over if you "wheel" there on purpose. Collins is pretty fun back then, a couple of lakes back there and if you go futher back you will run into the bluff landing where boats from the river park there. Do you know where imeson park is?...the old sears warehouse/AOL center? they are some great sand hills there! But again if you go there, your trespassing. but I guess you are in the right areas to wheel..out of JAX...lol! I wish I had a beater I just take it anywhere without any fear out ruin it, but I'll ride with you :D

I've got several hundred acres of nothing but mud, creeks, trees, hills, and fields. I think I'm just going to have one big ass Explorer fest and invite everyone on this web site to bring it and see if ya'll can keep up with my X. Just make a whole week of it and charge no fee, just BYOB, and camping gear. Its the least I can do to show my appreciation for all of the valuable info I obtain from this wonderful web site. Or I could just pay that $30 bucks and become an Elite Explorer. Maybe I'll just do that instead. :D

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'92 Explorer 4x4, 3" body lift, 5.5" superlift suspension, 33x12.50 Procomp X-Terrains, Manual hubs, Going to jack it up another 6-10"s , drop a 351 V8 in it change the whole drive line to support it and run some 46" tires, Maybe even bigger if thats possible, na I'll just leave it the way it is and buy a freak'en monster truck, That would probably be cheaper anyway

I spotted this thread and wanted to place my .02 - A member in my club bought his set of 35" X-Terrains and 15x10" 589 Eagle Alloys from a friend for $600.00 - He then, sent the wheels to Trail Ready and had the wheels converted to beadlocks. Rodney has 'wheeled the tire/wheel combo for close to 1 year, and is not happy with the lateral traction on rocks, nor does he like the amount of chunking that the tires show. He takes his Rubicon to The Hammers regularly, and is speaking from experience. Now, one side of his vehicle is BFG MT/KMs and the drivers side has the X-Terrains. He also says that the tires are manufactured w/bubbles in the rubber - cause for the number of outstanding lawsuits against Pro Comp Tire Co.

The other guy in my club runs Pro Comp X-Terrains (35") with zero complaints. He isn't as crazy w/his Rubicon, but regardless, lives 5 minutes from his work, and with only 6,000 miles on the X-Terrains, his tread is already at 50% total wear! He doesn't spin his tires on rocks because he would snap his stock axles if he drove hard. So, very little usage of rear lockers on the rocks, and his tires are already halfway bald. Not very good mileage. Not sure which tires Bud will pick next, but, he's a no nonsense guy who 'wheels with the best of 'em.

Myself, I run TrXus MTs. I cut a sidewall this weekend, and the tire still holds air. With a healthy .25" cut into the sidewall, the tire holds air just fine, but now resides on my rear tire carrier waiting to get swapped for a new tire.

Just watch yourself with those X-Terrains. They don't get the 40,000 mi. the engineers claim they get. They also suck on rain-soaked streets. You might want to read up on their lawsuits.

-Ken

Interesting to know!! I was thinking of having XT's as a choice for my next tire, but this could get interesting indeed!
Thanks!

With the recent rain here in NJ i was finaly able to test out the Xterrains on wet pavement.. I believe they performed better than my BFG A/T's did at times, And MUCH better than my BF Muds did.

Yea i loved my xterrains on wet surfaces. They always had great traction in the rain. And I put 3000 miles on them + wheeling and they hardley wore at all.

And in mud, they were awesome! I got stuck as hell in the pines, but since i knew there was a big a$$ F-150 to pull me out if i couldnt get out, i opted to put my truck in reverse and hammer the gas to see what'd happen.... they pulled me right out as long as i kept them spinning, it was great :thumbsup:

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