Greetings,
It's time to change tires. I want to get the Michelin's LTX. I currently
have P235/75/R15. Talking to a tire dealer he recommended that I get a
bigger size and recommended that I get 30 950 15lt. Is that a good
recommendation?..I mainly do street driving with less than 5% offroad.

Please let me know,

thanks,
Mark

 

What year/model of Jeep?
I'm thinking TJ, since I doubt the tire dealer would recommend 30's
for any other stock Jeep (I assume you are still at stock height,
since you are currently still running the P235's etc?).
You have the 2.5L, or the 4.0L? And do you know what gears you have?
There are some spiffy little calculators here
(http://www.dirtroad.com/gears.htm) that may help you make your
choice. You can compare the tire sizes, and the RPM's you'll be
pulling with each.

Dave
http://home1.gte.net/res0p2es/david/index.htm

On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 16:02:12 -0700, "Deparko" <deparko@bigeye.complete>
wrote:

>Greetings,
>It's time to change tires. I want to get the Michelin's LTX. I currently
>have P235/75/R15. Talking to a tire dealer he recommended that I get a
>bigger size and recommended that I get 30 950 15lt. Is that a good
>recommendation?..I mainly do street driving with less than 5% offroad.
>
>Please let me know,
>
>thanks,
>Mark
>

 

What kind of weather do you expect to see?

What are you driving?

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Deparko wrote:
>
> Greetings,
> It's time to change tires. I want to get the Michelin's LTX. I currently
> have P235/75/R15. Talking to a tire dealer he recommended that I get a
> bigger size and recommended that I get 30 950 15lt. Is that a good
> recommendation?..I mainly do street driving with less than 5% offroad.
>
> Please let me know,
>
> thanks,
> Mark

 

30x9.50/15 is a good choice, it is what you get with the factory 30" tire
package. Another good choice is the 31x10.50/15. This gives you a little
more height and width without compromising gearing and suspension. The
31x10.50s might rub slightly during full lock turns, like a Uturn, but this
is easily corrected by removing a single bolt, one on each steering
knuckle - so two bolts technically, and installing a washer or two under
them and putting them back in.

You should explore the BFG All Terrain KO. This is an excellent general
purpose tire that will give excellent highway performance and life, and meet
your wildest dreams for offraod travel (with the possible exception of
driving in heavy mud). Since you don't really do much offroading, then the
pitfalls of mud shouldn't be a consideration unless the only offroading you
do is in mud.



"Deparko" <deparko@bigeye.complete> wrote in message
news:vgmj36pefeh4e4@corp.supernews.com...
> Greetings,
> It's time to change tires. I want to get the Michelin's LTX. I currently
> have P235/75/R15. Talking to a tire dealer he recommended that I get a
> bigger size and recommended that I get 30 950 15lt. Is that a good
> recommendation?..I mainly do street driving with less than 5% offroad.
>
> Please let me know,
>
> thanks,
> Mark
>
>