Winter is coming and I was in desperate need for new tires, needless to say I went a little overboard


Before:




After
RCX 3in. Suspension lift
Mickey Thompson Classic Black III 15x8 -22mm
33x12.5R15 BFG KM2

 

Holy shit, someone needed new tires and actually got new tires.

Looks better for sure. How much louder is it on the highway though?

 

Nice upgrade!!

But how much snow does Lexington actually get 12 -15" a year??

 

Haven't taken it on the highway yet. It's really bumpy and loud. I'm hoping when the tires are broken in it'll be a little bit smoother. The noise doesn't bother me because the engine was already loud to begin with.

Thanks, we don't really get much snow, maybe 4-6" max on an average winter. Take note above where I said I went overboard. I was thinking about slapping A/T's on and then thought, "what if I wanted to play in the mud a little?" Others told me I wouldn't regret going with M/T's.

 

Certainly looks like you are set up for pretty much anything mud or otherwise. Well maybe not the highway..........
Enjoy your new sneakers.

 

Looks great!

 

We had M/T's on our Jeep and hated it. Loud and wandered on the highway. Switched to a fairly aggressive A/T and was much, much happier.

That said your truck is much larger so can probably handle the M/T's better. Looks sick. Enjoy

 

Same for me on a Jeep Wrangler I had. Those big lugged, wide tires suck in slush and anything but deep snow. Jeep handled better in 2wd than 4wd

 

clown. How's the TL?

 

Nice work.

Just came from TL forum where a douchebag thinks his all-season tires will be fine for winter driving.

 

How could someone living in Lexington have a red and black truck? Should be Blue and White lol. Nice tires and a definite upgrade for sure. How's the ride on them puppies?

 

I live in Buffalo and yes we obviously get snow but there are a large amount of people in this area who believe the same stupid-ass thing. My wife and I both have AWD vehicles (335xDrive/530xiT) and we put Blizzaks on them every year. Why not take full advantage of the technology and ability right?

 

IMO big cities it isn't really necessary. Toronto for example sends an army of snow plow trucks and hundreds of tons of salt, enough that 99% of winter the roads are just wet with a bit of slush.

Truck looks mean with those tires, and in great condition for its age!

 

north side of Lake Erie gets a fraction of the snowfall we get on the south and eastern point but your point is well taken.

 

I haven't taken it on the highway quite yet. I think the idiots forgot to balance the tires and I get some SERIOUS vibration after 20MPH, I'm taking it back tomorrow to get it done, didn't have time to mess with it today.

TL is fine, Still trying to figure out why the hell it won't start without the automatic trans range switch. It has never worked with this Richiev6 module. I sold my turbo kit to Friesm2000 so he's got that installed and such.

Actually, I have a red Yukon, a red TL and a red bicycle. I'm a diehard UK fan and I'm a graduate student at UK, but for some reason I still like the color red.

As I told juniorbean, it rides like shit but I think it's because they forgot to balance the tires. Beyond that I have been willing to expect that the tires will be much louder (which is no problem at all) and that the ride will be bouncier.

Lexington is the 2nd largest city in KY and I live 1.5 miles from University of Kentucky campus. Needless to say, you're right, our winters are quite mild compared to those in Canada and we do have a pretty decent transportation system that cares for the road conditions.

I got mud tires because I might try a little bit of offroading. I've never really done it before. There's a park about an hour and half away from here:

http://dirtyturtleoffroad.com/

The odometer says 234k on it. I have had it since 215k and I had the 350 replaced this January at 232k. I'm looking forward to many good years with this truck.

Thanks for the compliments guys.