RickE46M3
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- Joined
- December 7, 2005
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- City, State
- Portland, Maine
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '99 XLT
Alright I am in sort of a bind. Initially I was going to TT/Shackle my 1999 XLT 4wd however now I am thinking it may not be the right spot for the money. I am getting my tax return back and debating what to do with it. I have about $1000 on a CC and I owe about $800 on my Dell account still... I was thinking practical and was going to put the money towards paying one off or a little of each. Safe bet to expect for my return is probobly $800 or so but now I don't know what to do with it.
I was thinking hey I could just get some BFG A/T's at stock size, have some decent tires and not have to worry about it, then on the other hand I was thinking about getting SOMEwhat larger than stock and MAYBE getting shackles down the road. I am very tight with money now however my BFG Long Trails have only about 20,000 left on them and I drive ALOT... not to mention they suck, I don't know how much A/T's are going to help me with minor off road and on road snow and crap but let me tell you the long trails seem pretty useless unless I am expecting too much of the X. I know some have shoved 30-32's on stock height but I really don't feel like cramming something in, but later down the road if I did indeed have a spare $100 bucks lying around I could get shackles and do my lift or maybe just say screw the lift and bump up two sizes to 30/9.5/15s and make them A/T's.
Cosmetic mods for my truck currently include professionally smoked tails, a full billet grill with bumper insert and 20% tint... the Explorer is a 99 XLT in Charcole, looks pretty nice. I just wish I knew the route to take because this is a once a year thing and I know I will need tires within the next year anyways and if I say screw the lift and 32's I will still spare myself some gas mileage. By the looks of it on tirerack it is about $105 per tire for 235/75/15's which isn't bad but the 30/9.5/15s are $107. How much will going from BFG long trails to A/T's one or two sizes bigger on stock lift help... should I bother spending the money or just kill my tires I have now and put the tax return somewhere else?
I was thinking hey I could just get some BFG A/T's at stock size, have some decent tires and not have to worry about it, then on the other hand I was thinking about getting SOMEwhat larger than stock and MAYBE getting shackles down the road. I am very tight with money now however my BFG Long Trails have only about 20,000 left on them and I drive ALOT... not to mention they suck, I don't know how much A/T's are going to help me with minor off road and on road snow and crap but let me tell you the long trails seem pretty useless unless I am expecting too much of the X. I know some have shoved 30-32's on stock height but I really don't feel like cramming something in, but later down the road if I did indeed have a spare $100 bucks lying around I could get shackles and do my lift or maybe just say screw the lift and bump up two sizes to 30/9.5/15s and make them A/T's.
Cosmetic mods for my truck currently include professionally smoked tails, a full billet grill with bumper insert and 20% tint... the Explorer is a 99 XLT in Charcole, looks pretty nice. I just wish I knew the route to take because this is a once a year thing and I know I will need tires within the next year anyways and if I say screw the lift and 32's I will still spare myself some gas mileage. By the looks of it on tirerack it is about $105 per tire for 235/75/15's which isn't bad but the 30/9.5/15s are $107. How much will going from BFG long trails to A/T's one or two sizes bigger on stock lift help... should I bother spending the money or just kill my tires I have now and put the tax return somewhere else?
