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Grumman-581 wrote:
>
> Must be one of those punk kids with the skinny lowrider style tires, whiney
> coffee can mufflers, and the sort of subwoofer that says, "PLEASE SHOOT
> ME"...
> http://www.lowrider.com/entertainmen...__SUVs_695.jpg
> http://www.lowrider.com/entertainmen..._SUVs_4526.jpg
> http://www.lowrider.com/entertainmen..._SUVs_4525.jpg
> http://www.lowrider.com/entertainmen..._SUVs_4426.jpg
> http://www.lowrider.com/entertainmen..._SUVs_4624.jpg

 

"Captain Purple"wrote in message
news:a587a$43f24bfd$186010f8$16301@KNOLOGY.NET...
> I didn't want to put anything on there that looked like a passenger car
tire...

Well, those Goodyear tires that you posted the link to definitely look like
passenger car tires... Lowrider passenger car tires no less...

I've run mudders in quite heavy rain and I haven't found them to be
inconvenient enough that I would consider changing them on my XJ... As long
as the lugs are still fairly tall, it seems that they give the water a place
to go and work out ok... The main thing is to just pay attention to how the
car feels when the water is starting to pile up on the highway... My
limiting factor is the amount of water that my windshield wipers are able to
move off my windshield... I usually have to slow down because of lack of
visibility before hydroplaning becomes a problem...

You might be interested in knowing that aircraft do not use the fancy treads
like in the link to the Goodyear tires that you posted and they have to
withstand higher speeds initially on a possibly very wet runway... Here's a
link with some photos of the various Goodyear aircraft tires...
http://www.desser.com/goodyear.html

> Hey, good bit about the kid with the subwoofer. Duh,
> I build subs for houses but guess what - I don't have one
> in my car. Heck, I don't even have a radio in my car.
> How sick is that?

Dayum... There's home for ya' yet...

 

"Captain Purple"wrote in message
news:a587a$43f24bfd$186010f8$16301@KNOLOGY.NET...
> I didn't want to put anything on there that looked like a passenger car
tire...

Well, those Goodyear tires that you posted the link to definitely look like
passenger car tires... Lowrider passenger car tires no less...

I've run mudders in quite heavy rain and I haven't found them to be
inconvenient enough that I would consider changing them on my XJ... As long
as the lugs are still fairly tall, it seems that they give the water a place
to go and work out ok... The main thing is to just pay attention to how the
car feels when the water is starting to pile up on the highway... My
limiting factor is the amount of water that my windshield wipers are able to
move off my windshield... I usually have to slow down because of lack of
visibility before hydroplaning becomes a problem...

You might be interested in knowing that aircraft do not use the fancy treads
like in the link to the Goodyear tires that you posted and they have to
withstand higher speeds initially on a possibly very wet runway... Here's a
link with some photos of the various Goodyear aircraft tires...
http://www.desser.com/goodyear.html

> Hey, good bit about the kid with the subwoofer. Duh,
> I build subs for houses but guess what - I don't have one
> in my car. Heck, I don't even have a radio in my car.
> How sick is that?

Dayum... There's home for ya' yet...

 

"Captain Purple"wrote in message
news:a587a$43f24bfd$186010f8$16301@KNOLOGY.NET...
> I didn't want to put anything on there that looked like a passenger car
tire...

Well, those Goodyear tires that you posted the link to definitely look like
passenger car tires... Lowrider passenger car tires no less...

I've run mudders in quite heavy rain and I haven't found them to be
inconvenient enough that I would consider changing them on my XJ... As long
as the lugs are still fairly tall, it seems that they give the water a place
to go and work out ok... The main thing is to just pay attention to how the
car feels when the water is starting to pile up on the highway... My
limiting factor is the amount of water that my windshield wipers are able to
move off my windshield... I usually have to slow down because of lack of
visibility before hydroplaning becomes a problem...

You might be interested in knowing that aircraft do not use the fancy treads
like in the link to the Goodyear tires that you posted and they have to
withstand higher speeds initially on a possibly very wet runway... Here's a
link with some photos of the various Goodyear aircraft tires...
http://www.desser.com/goodyear.html

> Hey, good bit about the kid with the subwoofer. Duh,
> I build subs for houses but guess what - I don't have one
> in my car. Heck, I don't even have a radio in my car.
> How sick is that?

Dayum... There's home for ya' yet...

 

"Captain Purple"wrote in message
news:a587a$43f24bfd$186010f8$16301@KNOLOGY.NET...
> I didn't want to put anything on there that looked like a passenger car
tire...

Well, those Goodyear tires that you posted the link to definitely look like
passenger car tires... Lowrider passenger car tires no less...

I've run mudders in quite heavy rain and I haven't found them to be
inconvenient enough that I would consider changing them on my XJ... As long
as the lugs are still fairly tall, it seems that they give the water a place
to go and work out ok... The main thing is to just pay attention to how the
car feels when the water is starting to pile up on the highway... My
limiting factor is the amount of water that my windshield wipers are able to
move off my windshield... I usually have to slow down because of lack of
visibility before hydroplaning becomes a problem...

You might be interested in knowing that aircraft do not use the fancy treads
like in the link to the Goodyear tires that you posted and they have to
withstand higher speeds initially on a possibly very wet runway... Here's a
link with some photos of the various Goodyear aircraft tires...
http://www.desser.com/goodyear.html

> Hey, good bit about the kid with the subwoofer. Duh,
> I build subs for houses but guess what - I don't have one
> in my car. Heck, I don't even have a radio in my car.
> How sick is that?

Dayum... There's home for ya' yet...

 

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:43F24D05.AFF316F5@***.net...
> http://----------.com/lowrider.htm

I figure that if I can't hop a curb with the tires on my Jeep or truck,
there's just not enough rubber between the rim and the road... I've got 20"
rims on my truck (Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 Quad-Cab), but with a truck that big,
they seem about right... They're not low profile tires and there's a lot of
rubber between the rim and the road... You see some of these people these
days put the low profile tires on rims that are too wide... Apparently they
don't realize that if they scrape a curb, it's going to be the rim that is
scraping, not the tire... If they have to hop a curb, they'll probably dent
their rims... Grace's WJ came with 17" rims and tires that were too small...
First time she had to hop a curb to avoid someone who pulled out and into
her lane, the rims were seriously scratched... I replaced the tires with
ones a bit wider and taller so that the tire would scrape the curb first if
she does it again...

 

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:43F24D05.AFF316F5@***.net...
> http://----------.com/lowrider.htm

I figure that if I can't hop a curb with the tires on my Jeep or truck,
there's just not enough rubber between the rim and the road... I've got 20"
rims on my truck (Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 Quad-Cab), but with a truck that big,
they seem about right... They're not low profile tires and there's a lot of
rubber between the rim and the road... You see some of these people these
days put the low profile tires on rims that are too wide... Apparently they
don't realize that if they scrape a curb, it's going to be the rim that is
scraping, not the tire... If they have to hop a curb, they'll probably dent
their rims... Grace's WJ came with 17" rims and tires that were too small...
First time she had to hop a curb to avoid someone who pulled out and into
her lane, the rims were seriously scratched... I replaced the tires with
ones a bit wider and taller so that the tire would scrape the curb first if
she does it again...

 

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:43F24D05.AFF316F5@***.net...
> http://----------.com/lowrider.htm

I figure that if I can't hop a curb with the tires on my Jeep or truck,
there's just not enough rubber between the rim and the road... I've got 20"
rims on my truck (Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 Quad-Cab), but with a truck that big,
they seem about right... They're not low profile tires and there's a lot of
rubber between the rim and the road... You see some of these people these
days put the low profile tires on rims that are too wide... Apparently they
don't realize that if they scrape a curb, it's going to be the rim that is
scraping, not the tire... If they have to hop a curb, they'll probably dent
their rims... Grace's WJ came with 17" rims and tires that were too small...
First time she had to hop a curb to avoid someone who pulled out and into
her lane, the rims were seriously scratched... I replaced the tires with
ones a bit wider and taller so that the tire would scrape the curb first if
she does it again...

 

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:43F24D05.AFF316F5@***.net...
> http://----------.com/lowrider.htm

I figure that if I can't hop a curb with the tires on my Jeep or truck,
there's just not enough rubber between the rim and the road... I've got 20"
rims on my truck (Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 Quad-Cab), but with a truck that big,
they seem about right... They're not low profile tires and there's a lot of
rubber between the rim and the road... You see some of these people these
days put the low profile tires on rims that are too wide... Apparently they
don't realize that if they scrape a curb, it's going to be the rim that is
scraping, not the tire... If they have to hop a curb, they'll probably dent
their rims... Grace's WJ came with 17" rims and tires that were too small...
First time she had to hop a curb to avoid someone who pulled out and into
her lane, the rims were seriously scratched... I replaced the tires with
ones a bit wider and taller so that the tire would scrape the curb first if
she does it again...