Green Diamond MT's

[nfpgasmask]

Yes, keep us posted. Those tires look pretty beefy and mean, and if they perform, that's a good price.

As for fitting them, I think you should just do what I did, throw in the 912s and crank 9-10 times up front and be done with it.

Bart

[Ldub]

If the "icelander" tread doesn't look almost like a dead ringer for the "REVO" tread pattern, I don't know what does...

Keep us posted on these tires performance & longevity...

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

If the "icelander" tread doesn't look almost like a dead ringer for the "REVO" tread pattern, I don't know what does...

Keep us posted on these tires performance & longevity...

yeah...snicker, snicker,...I noticed that too. The AT's are a knock-off of the Bridgestone Revo's, the C/T's (cross terrain??) not sure about, and the M/T's that I'm buying are a knock-off of the Yokohama Geolander M/T's.

someone on another message board emailed the owner of green diamond tires about why they don't make larger tires like 33" or 35". Here is his answer:

"At present, the largest GDTs that we build are as stated on the website. We receive many requests for 33, 35 inch GDTs on a 15 wheel and we are evaluting the availability of casings for at least the 33 for the coming 2009/2010 winter season.

The critical issue for us is that we reject over 80% of the casings that we evaluate for remolding into a GDT. Mathmatically, we need access to 1,000s of casings just to build 100s of GDTs.

So, regrets… nothing as large as a 35 or 36 in a 16 inch wheel in the near term.

Regards.

~rich"

http://forum.solihullsociety.org/vie...632c57eb39760d



Here is another company I found:
http://treadwright.com/CustomContent41.aspx

[Triathlete]

Those tires should fit just fine with very little trimming. I ran that size AT's before the lift. a few twists of the T-bars to take the rake out of the VX will make them fit even better. I would skip the spacers though. That will just put your tires into the cladding when turning since it makes your turning arc wider.

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

Those tires should fit just fine with very little trimming. I ran that size AT's before the lift. a few twists of the T-bars to take the rake out of the VX will make them fit even better. I would skip the spacers though. That will just put your tires into the cladding when turning since it makes your turning arc wider.

I appreciate that you got that size to fit...although I think my offset of +10mm could make it harder....we'll see.

about the spacers..I was meaning for the rear coil springs instead of buying the 912's. Orion did this before Moab, used spacers to gain like 1.5" to 2" of lift and he claims his ride didn't change & maintained his original handling characteristics.

I'm still not sold on the 3" lift ( I love the look but not the fear of boots 'o' break'in along with possible cv damage). Plus, I think a 3" lift will make my new shoes look too small!

Hmmm. Snow tires, eh? Perhaps looking for tires that have the "Snowflake/Mountain" symbol on the sidewall would be a good start. Take a peek at the General Grabber AT2 or the Pro-Comp A/T (both lightweight tires with Snowflake/Mountain symbol). Time to ponder.

These tires do have the "Snowflake/Mountain" symbol on the sidewall from what I see in the photo. As far as the others you listed, they are A/T's which is what I have now (Revo's). Great for alot of things but not so great for mud. The FireStone Destination M/T gets good grades for mud, snow, etc.. and was my 1st choice until I stumbled onto the Green Diamond's.