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TSTONE
04-06-2005, 08:20 AM
Anybody running these on a 2nd gen X - and if so what are your thoughts?

TSTONE
04-06-2005, 11:23 AM
or bfg radial ta's 255/70-15?

Sport4x4
04-06-2005, 01:40 PM
i hear its a great street tire, but i've never had them personally

FROADER
04-06-2005, 03:49 PM
I'm never had them on a truck but on my 63 1/2 Galaxie I had255/60/15, they are a good tire. I just cruised all the time so performance wie I couldn't tell you anything about them.

UNCLESLiK
04-06-2005, 04:54 PM
might want to watch out when you rotate them. i had a set on a ranger i used to have, a shop cross rotated them and two of them threw the belts. they are a smooth running tire though

TSTONE
04-07-2005, 07:04 AM
I really want to run the 285's but at 11.22 width i'm thinking they're gonna be too wide for a std factory rim as well as too much rubbing when turning.

03ExplorerSPT
04-08-2005, 12:15 PM
I had those tires on my '95 Explorer. Worst tires ever. :thumbdwn: :thumbdwn:

TSTONE
04-08-2005, 03:02 PM
which size & why didn't you like them?

03ExplorerSPT
04-08-2005, 08:56 PM
I had them in 225/70R15, the stock size on my '95 X. They had all around bad traction. Dry traction was ok but on a wet road it was easy to get the truck to slide all over the place. At about half throttle on a wet road from a stop they would loose traction immediately. The tires still had lots of tread too. I would never buy this tire again and I suggest you don't either. There are much better tires out there.