Suspect2,

I left my stock spare on their, so don't know if they fit. I think it might though, but it will definately be tight. As far as the mudflaps versus steprails and deciding if you want to go with the stock size or a bigger size.

- Go with the 265/75/16's!!! You will regret it if you don't!

- Go ahead and keep the mudflaps on, you will probably want to take them off though. If you leave them on, you will have to trim a tiny bit off the front mudflaps.

- Leave your steprails on until you get sliders, unless you do any heavy offroading.

As far as where to go to get the tires, I haven't found or heard of a place beating Merchants price. I paid $550.00 out the door including free lifetime balancing (I can rotate on base for next to nothing, so didn't go with that). That price is for 265/75/16 BFG AT KO's. If you go to a Merchants and they won't give you that price, IM me and I will give you my phone number and I will talk to the manager at the Merchants where I went.

Do you have a link to Merchants so I can see if there is one close to me? I have never heard of them and a google search didn't yeild the correct results.

Edit: Found it

Merchants Price - 4 BFG A/T KO's installed and balanced $720 plus tax.

Seems everyone here is hot for the BFG's....I am considering Yokohama Geolandars in 265-75-16 size...they are much less expensive and I have heard that they are better in wet weather and packed snow....They do not have the rim protector though, and I am not sure which tire would be best off road....Have heard the BFG's wear better....Was also considering the Revos, but heard that they are not as capable off road, yet are flawless in wet weather...any opinions or insights??

Hey Suspect,

Let me call the Manager at the one near me. Yours should be able to match the price of another store! I will give him a call tomorrow.

I don't know how I managed to do it but neither one of the X's I have owned came with mudflaps.

Take a look at the Revo's. $116.00 from tirerack in 265/75/16. I've had them on for a few weeks, through mud and snow and love them!

Thomas

I'm sure you can do a search and get more details, but in general here are my opinions about the tires:

Yokos - cheap, good snow and wet traction, they wear down pretty fast because of the soft compound.

Revos - tied with the BFG as the best AT tire you can get, these have the edge over the BFG's on the road - little bit less noise, little better wet and snow traction. You can get lighter rated versions for less than the BFG's, but the cost is basically the same if you get the D rated tires.

BFGs - compared to the Revos the BFG's aren't quite as good on road, but they have the edge in off-road performance, they are tougher (three ply sidewall, rim protector), and they wear like iron. They look more aggressive then the Revos, if that's important to you.

I went with the BFG's, but the Revos are an awesome choice too. Go to tirerack and you can look at a bunch of reviews for these tires.

I was just looking around and found an old post of mine.
This quote was from Dec 2003. Can you believe I still have the same tires on my X? I think the longest I've had a tire is maybe 15-20 months. I figure I'm near 35,000 miles or so. I put them on my 2002 and then onto my 2004. The Grabbers from the 2004 are new in my garage. (I saved my original '02 Grabbers JIC). I figure I'll be in the market for new Revo's prior to next winter.

My observation: Great on road and in snow, lacks a bit in serious mud.

Thomas

Me too.

From page one...

I forgot how much I paid for them. Oh well, I still love 'em and they're wearing very well.