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Steve #1 -> New Tire Pics X2 (6/4/2008 12:58:51 PM)
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Gunner has been hounding me for pictures of my new tires, so here they are.
Based on Gunners recommendation, along with support from Trey and Muddydawg I got a set of 285/75/16 TrXus MT’s.
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That's the last time I take those guys advice! [:@]
On my way home from getting them installed, the truck was pulling hard to the right. Was hard to tell if it was the road or the wind but after trying a few roads in different directions, it was obvious it was the tires.
I was having to turn the wheel 10+ degrees to go strait. The road noise wasn't bad, but it was noticeable as was the vibration in the floorboard.
When I took it in two days latter, the Service Manager said "Swampers do that"..... I'll make some sacrifices for a good off-road tire, but traveling in a strait line is not one of them.
He said there was an 80% chance they could fix it by moving the position of the tires on the vehicle, leaving a 20% chance that I would just have to deal with it.
There moving the tires around made it about 75% better. The pull was still annoying, but almost tolerable. The problem was that I wasn't going to be able to rotate the tires.
Long story short, the Regional Service Manager was helpful and asked if I'd like to try a different style of tire.
Since the the TrXus was actually my second choice, I switched to ProComp Extreme MTs in the same size.
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All I can say is I am very impressed with the ProComps.
First off, I can let go of the steering wheel without changing two lanes. [:D]
They are just a hair louder than the stock Wranglers and very close to the BFG A/Ts that I just took off my Explorer (the Wranglers are now on the Explorer).
Vibration comparison is just like the sound.
They do feel a little stiffer than the Swampers and the Good Years, but at the same time I haven't checked the air pressure, so that could be an easy fix (not that I would consider it a problem).
On-road, these tires are in two different leagues and the ProComp is better hands down. Granted, I didn't try the Swamper off-road, but the two tires should preform very similar in the dirt.... or mud.
I'll be testing out the ProComps in the dirt next weekend.
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