Gonna go ahead and lift my heep, but gonna run 235 75s for now, I've decided on the zone offroad for price and decent reviews. Full leaf kit. How goofy is it gonna look with those size tires on 3"?

 

will look fine. I have a 2 inch lift with 235s, and it looks like it shoukd have come from the factory stock imo

 

I am contemplating doing the same thing, as it may take me a while to save up the money to do a long arm lift and 33s. At least I would be better off than stock for now, and can go bigger later on. Of course, with a 3" lift you should be able to fit 31s, perhaps with some trimming.

 

I'm planning on 31s later, but gonna do that and gears at the same time, already have the 235s on it now, crappy goodyear wranglers, but at least better than street tires. Kinda. lol

 

235 Wranglers? You and me both brother...

 

Honestly how are the goodyears offroad? I haven't had a chance to take mine wheeling except for a trip around the property line, which is flat trails. Hell I haven't even locked it in 4wd but twice, just checking everything out.

 

they are worse then a street tire haha

 

We just picked up hercules tires, and the owner of the shop is wanting me to try the terra trac 2's, any experience with them?

 

The Hercules tire? they are okay. but if you're going with a budget all terrain tire, the iron man all terrain would be my suggestion. They make a better tire then hercules in my experiences.

 

lol...
seriously though... since you're in the industry.... do you think they'd be a better tire if the tread blocks had a little more spacing for evacuation of material? Or do you think it's just an all around "fail" on the block design entirely? Just curious....

 

I wouldn't buy them new but since this rig came with them it's what I have until a lift. They do fine. We don't have much mud around here and I doubt they would do well in mud, but on dirt and rocks they are just fine. Went up a pretty steep hill in 4-low and no wheel spin at all. Pic below, but it is always hard to tell in a pic how steep a hill is. Also went down a sandy wash and they were fine. Not my favorite tire but they work.

 

a bit better, but their tread compound is just a big a factor into their failure. Up and down goodyears lineup you find tires that are made of really soft rubber. The wrangler radial is a much stiffer compound in comparison. It helps with longevity to last many miles, but at the same time it will start to dry out and crack sooner.

 

thanks.... good points. Wasn't thinking about the actual compound when I wrote that...

One of the reasons I think I liked running the BFG 31's for years. Seemed like a good balance between all of those areas... at least to me. And that was everywhere from snow and dirt in the mountains of Colorado... to loose sand in Arizona. Plus good grip on most on road surfaces.
I think I'll look at the biggest size that will fit under my stock height XJ once these GY wranglers bug me enough. If they make a 235 or an equivalent of it, I'd slap those puppies on. Or one of the others you mentioned in the tire thread.

 

All I've ever ran on my trucks is bf's, radial ta's on the v8-s10, traction ta's on the blazer, I may end up going with the all terrains on the heep, but they're heavy tires, 10lbs heaver per tire than the wranglers and hercules. I'm just thinkin about more spinning mass making brakes work harder.

 

they do make a 235 bfg all terrain