Ballin STX

Keep us posted on what you think man, those tires look great though.

I will say most people love the bfg at but that was my previous tire and I have mixed reactions to it. it did last me 3 years but it was a $&^*# trying to get it to balance correctly. That is my biggest issue with them..

Blown Ford

Very nice! Love your truck.

Especial86

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That's strange, cuz I love yours too!

sglover

Yeah that looks like a different truck, looked good in other pics but looks great now. Absolutely Slick looking!

Especial86

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Damn! Thanks boss!

jerrybizzle

You noticed much power difference with the diameter and weight increase? Looks great indeed. And agree with others, the overall look of your truck is clean. Not too much.

Damn Dirty Ape

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ya I know where they are, just pokin' ya.

Especial86

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Thanks!

Honestly, the difference is slight but not bad at all. I have 3.73 gears which help.
Take off's are still packed with the same power as my older 33s with my PHP tow tune. It slowed down the most as far as rolling resistance goes on the highway. The truck used to maintain speed well with the Mastercraft Courser HTR's, but with the grabbers it does not coast as well. The grabbers are very smooth for what they are, so having said that, I am impressed. More rolling resistance was certainly expected, but overall I'm surprised at how the truck still pulls the same with the 35's off the line, and on the on ramps. At around 30 mph and up the load of the 35's on the engine is more prevalent, but not bad enough to justify bigger gears, or to complain about.

Shifting actually feels a lot smoother with the 35's because this tire offers better dampening on the road overall at 45 psi.

Braking is my biggest change, it takes just under half of the brake peddle to stop as well as the 33's. Stopping power used to be about a 1/4 of the peddle, now its just under half.

Comparing the highway tire to the Mud/AT is definitely showing its difference. The truck used to ride on glass with the HTR's, but bumps were rough, shifting was harder, and traction overall was not nearly as good. The grabbers are not as smooth as the HTR'S, but they are still remarkably smooth for what they are. The only rough part of the grabbers is at parking lot speeds 5mph and under, when you can feel every lug grabbing and releasing. But truthfully, I kinda like that.

Off road I'm not rubbing at all. The suspension was flexing good when driving through mucky grass and dirt, and the 2.5 level gave more then adequate clearance to let my suspension flex. I haven't tried 4wd yet cuz I haven't needed it. With the previous tires mucky grass was off limits without 4wd. I still have more off-roading trials ahead, so stay tuned for that.

Overall, the truck still feels the same handling wise and power wise. Braking and rolling resistance is the only big difference to speak of. The truck feels a lot more stable overall, and with a good 350 lbs of tools in the bed, she still feels great.

I'm predicting about a 2mpg loss due to rolling resistance and a bit more throttle on the highway. It's still too soon to be definitive.

Since I bought these used, for $600!!! I'm thinking I would have some very slight rub on the fender flare during articulation, probably while off-roading with full tread. I'm missing about a 1/4" of tread if they were brand new. If I rotate and inflate religiously, I think I can expect about 30,000 miles at best out of these tires. 50,000 full tread... But we shall see.

Especial86

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If anybody gets a set of these tires, join the review! I'm going to keep updating this thread as time progresses. Existing information on these tires is very speculative, and lacking overall. I've read tons of reviews on these tires and all of them were very brief, and were likely biased to make the purchaser not feel like a noob for blowing big bucks on these puppy's.

Fx4-Michael

Your truck looks great!