Bias Ply for daily driver???
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JK Freak
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From: Ef'in-ham County, Georgia
Bias Ply for daily driver???
I am going to upgrade my tires and want to go wider. I drive 80 miles a day on the highway, and was wondering about bias ply tires since some companies have the sizes I want.
I'm looking at the Pit Bull Mad Dog (35x14.50x16)
or the Interco Irok Bias 36x13.50x16
Is flat spotting that much of an issue? wandering on the highway?
I'm not worried about the noise. (I KNOW they will be louder, it's a JEEP!)
I could get the Irok in a Radial, but they are $80 mire per tire. (that's $400 I could put twards something else.)
would LOVE to hear from people running Bias Ply tires on their daily driver!
I'm looking at the Pit Bull Mad Dog (35x14.50x16)
or the Interco Irok Bias 36x13.50x16
Is flat spotting that much of an issue? wandering on the highway?
I'm not worried about the noise. (I KNOW they will be louder, it's a JEEP!)
I could get the Irok in a Radial, but they are $80 mire per tire. (that's $400 I could put twards something else.)
would LOVE to hear from people running Bias Ply tires on their daily driver!
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From: Baton Rouge
irok bias ply are one of the few bias ply tires you can expect 20K miles out of if you take care of them. rotate them every 3k and youll be golden. also try and stay under 70mph. being bias ply the rubber is softer which makes the tread expand a little more at highway speeds causing heat and wear. id say go for it. 
also bias ply ROCK offroad
also bias ply ROCK offroad
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I have some bias TSL's and would drive about 60 miles per day to work. I have stock rubi tires for driving and plan on replacing them with some larger but less agressive tires when they wear out. The bias TSL's have a few strikes against them.
1. The nature of bias tires is that they are more round (to follow the belts). For this reason they won't last long. The tread and soft composition doesn't help with that either. If I were to run the TSL's, I'd go through two sets per year. (@ $1250/set +/-)
2. It takes 5+ miles before they get back to round, so when you start up it feels like your tires are out of balance. This and the noise creates another noise from my wife in the passenger seat.
3. By running some AT's rather than really agressive TSL's, I expect around 1.5 MPG difference. In the past year I put over 30k miles on, so that extra 1.5 MPG will add up.
The time it takes me to swap between my daily driver tires and my weekend tires is <15 minutes. To me, it is no big deal and allows me to have something really agressive when I need it, but not have to suffer the cost when I don't.
1. The nature of bias tires is that they are more round (to follow the belts). For this reason they won't last long. The tread and soft composition doesn't help with that either. If I were to run the TSL's, I'd go through two sets per year. (@ $1250/set +/-)
2. It takes 5+ miles before they get back to round, so when you start up it feels like your tires are out of balance. This and the noise creates another noise from my wife in the passenger seat.
3. By running some AT's rather than really agressive TSL's, I expect around 1.5 MPG difference. In the past year I put over 30k miles on, so that extra 1.5 MPG will add up.
The time it takes me to swap between my daily driver tires and my weekend tires is <15 minutes. To me, it is no big deal and allows me to have something really agressive when I need it, but not have to suffer the cost when I don't.
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JK Freak
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From: Ef'in-ham County, Georgia
I have some bias TSL's and would drive about 60 miles per day to work. I have stock rubi tires for driving and plan on replacing them with some larger but less agressive tires when they wear out. The bias TSL's have a few strikes against them.
1. The nature of bias tires is that they are more round (to follow the belts). For this reason they won't last long. The tread and soft composition doesn't help with that either. If I were to run the TSL's, I'd go through two sets per year. (@ $1250/set +/-)
2. It takes 5+ miles before they get back to round, so when you start up it feels like your tires are out of balance. This and the noise creates another noise from my wife in the passenger seat.
3. By running some AT's rather than really agressive TSL's, I expect around 1.5 MPG difference. In the past year I put over 30k miles on, so that extra 1.5 MPG will add up.
The time it takes me to swap between my daily driver tires and my weekend tires is <15 minutes. To me, it is no big deal and allows me to have something really agressive when I need it, but not have to suffer the cost when I don't.
1. The nature of bias tires is that they are more round (to follow the belts). For this reason they won't last long. The tread and soft composition doesn't help with that either. If I were to run the TSL's, I'd go through two sets per year. (@ $1250/set +/-)
2. It takes 5+ miles before they get back to round, so when you start up it feels like your tires are out of balance. This and the noise creates another noise from my wife in the passenger seat.
3. By running some AT's rather than really agressive TSL's, I expect around 1.5 MPG difference. In the past year I put over 30k miles on, so that extra 1.5 MPG will add up.
The time it takes me to swap between my daily driver tires and my weekend tires is <15 minutes. To me, it is no big deal and allows me to have something really agressive when I need it, but not have to suffer the cost when I don't.
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