JeepLab Tire Review Thread

[Timmy]

This was a video i watched 100 times before I bought Betty.

Painted bumpers.

:-) A joke, you know, a funny, like a ha-ha... Of course the tires were the glaring issue with that ugly beast. I actually like painted bumpers. Of course, when I look at that video you posted, I think "damn, how do you keep it so clean? must not get used, waste of a good Jeep." My wife was all pissed at me because I had not cleaned my Jeep in months, still had mud-splots all over it. I asked her "oh, are you going to help clean it with no doors and no top, and then clean it again a week later after I put a fresh coat of mud on it!?!" Needless to say, I cleaned my Jeep up nice and pretty by the end of the day Damn you women and your ways...

[Timmy]

Just installed a new Teraflex HD tire carrier. I really like it. Here's the reason I went with it:

1) It is rated up to a 200 lbs. tire/wheel.
2) It doesn't involve the bumper at all, so I can swap out bumpers at any time.
3) It has two pieces to it (if you want both.) It can work with stock tire mount, or you can use their HD tire mount with their hinge.
4) Their HD tire mount includes adjustment both up and down, as well as forward and back, so you can try to get the tire as low and as tight to the door as possible. I've seen some tire mounts that have the tire jetted way out over the bumper (not referring to ones designed to hold gas, etc. between door and tire) and that just adds a lot of stress on the system when you hit a bump, and it looks dumb.
5) The install was super easy (took me maybe 30 minutes at best.)

Now that I have that done, I'm one step closer to upgrading to 37's! I'm currently using it with the stock tire mount because I have that custom mod where my backup camera is in the hub of my spare, and, no reason to put new HD mount on until I have the 37" tires, so I can get the vertical and horizontal position of the tire mount correct.

Probably no reason to post any pictures since it is a pretty basic design and there are already tons of pics on the web, but, if anyone wants pics, let me know.

[Gunner]

I need to find 35 inch tires that are rated at least an H 130 mph rating. The only ones so far are the Baja TA race tires and they cost a ton.

[Timmy]

I need to find 35 inch tires that are rated at least an H 130 mph rating. The only ones so far are the Baja TA race tires and they cost a ton.

Just how long you plan on traveling at 130 mph? I've seen your other post about racing in the desert. If memory serves, the speed ratings on tires is really about heat dissipation to prevent tire failure. If you are just doing a short run and then cooling down, I'm not sure that a lower rated tire would blow on you for that short of a run, especially on dirt. Shoot, I've never really even heard of a tire blowing because someone exceeded the speed rating. Most people are not racing their cars hard enough for the temps of the tire to come anywhere near what it would take for the tire to fail. This is part of the reason that tires state a higher pressure for higher speeds. Heat builds up faster in a lower inflated tire due to the expansion and contraction of the sidewall as it rotates. If you inflate it higher, it doesn't expand and contract as much, which keeps the temps down.

[Gunner]

Your right to the extent of just flex and temps. I will only be at terminal for a short time. But what concerns me is the rotational speeds and the centrifugal forces applied to the tread surface. A 99 mph tire will se a huge jump in G Forces when it is subjected to a 50% increase in tire speed. I am not a tire engineer but my guess is that my life is not worth finding our. I lost a few friends racing the high speed races like the LaCarrera and the Silver State races. 3 were directly due to tire failure at speed on V rated tires. They were a 149 rating and we were going 180 to 200+. I just am being careful.

[JeepLab]

Your right to the extent of just flex and temps. I will only be at terminal for a short time. But what concerns me is the rotational speeds and the centrifugal forces applied to the tread surface. A 99 mph tire will se a huge jump in G Forces when it is subjected to a 50% increase in tire speed. I am not a tire engineer but my guess is that my life is not worth finding our. I lost a few friends racing the high speed races like the LaCarrera and the Silver State races. 3 were directly due to tire failure at speed on V rated tires. They were a 149 rating and we were going 180 to 200+. I just am being careful.

I can't afford to lose an active member. Lets get the right tires on this rig.

[Rexx19]

Is the duratrac an H? I know the tech in that tire is recent and dependable. I think it would be my pick if i was going to risk my life in this fashion.