Any opinions of the P or SL rated tires, I know that's what comes stock on my Sahara. Been looking at the Nitto Terra Grapplers P285/70/17's. My basic needs of my Jeep would be mostly a DD around town, a good amount of highway and a good amount of time spent on the beach in NJ and NC fishing and surfing. I'm not planning on doing serious off roading, it would see some light trails and camping also. I'm hoping these things do well in sand and snow.

These tires are pretty light compared to higher rated ones and cheaper, I like the idea of keeping the weight down with these tires paired with an alloy wheel (probably Pro Comp 7005 4.75" BS) with regards to drivability/MPG. These would keep the cost down too.

My Jeep is a 2015 Sahara Unlimited, auto with 3.21 gears (probably should have went 3.73's), will most likely do the TF 1.5" leveling kit.

I realize everything is a compromise with these setups but was wondering if I'm on the right track here with how I plan to use my Jeep.

 

I will guess that you are going to get a lot of comments that your feelings about 3.73's is correct, but you are only going to a 33" tire, so 3.21's will be fine. The backspacing on the rims is good, and will let you move up to 35's in the future if you decide. The TF 1.5" kit is fairly popular, you should have no problems with it. I ran a set of Terra Grapplers, they were decent tires and you shouldn't have any problems with them either. But, there are a lot of options in the AT/Aggressive AT market these days, so look around before you decide.

And since this is your first post, welcome to the forum, and be sure to open and read the 'thoughts on lifts' and the 'faq's that are stuck right to the top of this modified area. Lots of good info, even if you won't need most of it for your mild lift setup.

 

Thanks for the reply. I could have sworn when I signed up I went right to the new member thread and said hi, don't know what happened there.

Yeah tons of choices on the AT market. My concern is keeping the weight down with those tires, some are really heavy. Just want to make sure the Standard Load tires are adequate for my needs.

 

Your going to need a module to adjust the speedometer too. AEV pro cal is the cheap option or if you want more benefits a tuner of some kind

 

I'd recommend an LT tire over any P tire. For one, in the same manufacturer and model line an LT will have several 32nds more tread depth than the P variant. Secondly, P tires have much weaker sidewalks which are problematic when run aired down. Sure, you save a few bucks at the counter but you'll pay two or three times more later, on the trail.

 

I've ran 33" terra grapplers on my jeep for the last 50k miles or so. For an all-terrain type tire they're great. They've surprised me time and time again, even til this day and they're worn. I highly recommend this tire and if I were going with an all-terrain tire again I wouldn't hesitate to buy them.

 

Bigcharlie were those Nitto's P or LT?

 

They're an LT. Size are 325/60/18s.

 

Thanks Bigcharlie.

Any LT tires out there that don't weigh a ton in 285/70/17? I noticed the Cooper AT3 are 49 lbs, close to the "P" 46 lb Nittos.

Like I said, I'm not doing any crawling or crazy off road, mostly DD (highway/around town). Most off road use will be in sand where I'll be airing down.

Too many damn tire choices lol, sorry to be a PITA, just looking for what's best for my overall setup and use.

 

Lol, no worries. It is very common to get overwhelmed with all of the choices. But on the plus side, there are quite a few review threads to look through.

The search kinda sucks, so try using this ( site:www.jk-forum.com ) in google, with the search words after it.

( site:www.jk-forum.com Cooper AT3 ) Which brings up this:
https://www.google.com/search?q=site...-a&channel=nts