dedicated offroad tires

[ZEUS]

Check out Todd Adams VX. He is running stock Amigo rims with 33x9.50 BFG's. As for narrow versus wide, it really depends on your terrain. Sidehilling on muddy trails is much safer with a narrow tire whereas bogging is better with wider tires. On rocks, I would recommend wider tires but obviously Todd is getting by just fine with his narrows.

Take into account also when you air down you are losing ground clearance so that 1/2" might seem more important and that 1" extra height can also mean a bigger deal in articulation. How much a difference? But your an engineer, so I am sure you love to think about all this stuff!

[JHarris1385]

Your going to school for engineering?

[etlsport]

yep, architectural (hvac) engineer.. although ive taken more mechanical/structural classes than anything else

thanks for the info zeus.. terrain out here is all wooded.. so small rocks, trees, and dirt/grass/mud hills mostly, no slickrock like in moab.. some light rock crawling.. but im not confident enough in my abilities to get into any major rock crawling..... yet

[etlsport]

found some 31x10.5 Firestone A/Ts for $150 that seem to be in pretty good shape, so we'll see if that works out..

also got a quote to powdercoat the wheels.. $48 per wheel color matched to the vx.. not sure that i was expecting less, but I was certainly hoping for less