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What Brand Tire For Aggressive look is NICEST!


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Looking to see what Tire Manufacturer and Style tire is the nicest for height and agressiveness

 

 

I saw two I like

 

Goodyear Duratrac

 

and

 

My favorite so far is the

 

BF Goodrich Mud Terrain commonly put on the rubicon jeeps

 

 

Any thoughts for better ones. I myself prefer american made products so I tend not to look at Toyo and such

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BFG isn't an American made product I don't think. I had the BFG KM2's on my truck and loved them up until I sold them (nothing related to the tire). Also "best looking" is all a matter of opinion... What I think looks good, you may not.

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me likey the Toyo Open Country MT's and AT's, as well as the Nitto Terra and Trail Grapplers.

 

pick your poison, mud terrain tire or all terrain tire; red pill or blue pill?

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post-95614-0-63575300-1329918573_thumb.jpgGotta cast my vote for the GY Duratracs

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Everyone says bfg..but the 1 pair i had wore horrible.. So my opinion would be goodyear mt/r or duratrac,

or nitto trailgrappler,

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Some good ones already mentioned (BFG MT, Toyo MT, Nitto Trail Grappler) The Cooper STT and Firestone Destination MT are also aggressive looking tires!

 

Hercules Trail Digger M/Ts. They are sold for a reasonable price and so far I have been very happy with them on my truck.

 

 

Those are good looking tires too!

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My vote is for the Trail Grappler!

 

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I have a friend that sets up oil drill sites and he swears by his Duratrac's. Second to those he recommends Cooper S/T's. He is either on the interstate or driving in the mud to set up a new site.

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I had always sworn by these set of tires for years back when they were Chapperal Brand, now I see good-year makes it again under the name of Sport King ll..However they are only rated as a "Standard Load" tire, which if your gonna do some heavy hauling, your gonna want a D or E range tire :tear: . But they have a semi agressive look to them, do well in the mud and snow, wear the best out of any mud or all-terrian tire I have had, (with a proper alignment at least once or twice a year, they dont get choppy or noisey at all).

 

This is no lie, my Father put a set of these on his 1986 K20 Pick up back in 1996 when he restored it, I now own the truck, it still has the same exact set of tires on it, still about 50% tread left, but the truck only gets 8000 miles at most put on it in a year. But they are still smooth, not cupped or anything, I am going to have to replace the tires though befor summer because dry-rot is becoming the death of them :tear: Here is a pic of the truck just taken this past weekend.

 

 

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(Camper Cap is only on for hauling firewood, I know I dont care for it either, but can haul more wood that way) And the truck is loaded in the pic which is why she sits down a bit in the rear.

 

 

 

 

Here is better pic of tread pattern

 

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The M/Ts on the 1990 don't cup at all, my buddy has the same tires on his 1998 and they are cupped. The difference? I drive more on gravel (seems to level them out), and his truck is leveled. He's had it aligned multiple times and it still wears em funny.

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