They fit... the dang things fit!

[Inaba]

Cool! I'd be up for that tomorrow. Don't think I have much of anything planned. Girlfriend may come or may not - what time were you thinking?

I'll ring ya up and we can get a place to meet and stuff.

[mrtew]

Those are the same size as my Yokohama sports truck tires. Totally different look though. I've always wondered if knobby tires the same size would fit or if the knobs would rub. Click my signature below for pictures of my tires!

[coachreed]

mrtew-
I had seen your pictures before and thought your tires looked pretty big, but I couldn't figure out how big they really were. I also didn't think to send you an email to ask. And to answer your question about whether the knobbies would hit or not... with the small triangular cut off the front of the cladding, they clear... withouth the cut, they BARELY touched. I love them and they are definitely do well off road.

TTYL!

Coach... aka Randy!

[kpaske]

I have the 285/75R16 Nitto Grappler AT's installed on my original VX rims with a 3" lift. The only other modification I had to do was some minor trimming of the front fenders. These tires look and ride great, and the price wasn't bad either.

[Teckhardt]

How has your gearing been effected? Do you notice a huge difference in acceleration and when climbing hills? I want to put a set of 285/60-18's on but the VX is my primary transportation and I am afraid that a big change in performace will disappoint me.

[mrtew]

Originally posted by Teckhardt
How has your gearing been effected? Do you notice a huge difference in acceleration and when climbing hills? I want to put a set of 285/60-18's on but the VX is my primary transportation and I am afraid that a big change in performace will disappoint me.

I only had my VX for a week before I got new tires so I can't say for sure, but it's still really really fast! Seems like the performance difference would only be noticable from 0-5 MPH wouldn't it, until the engine got up to speed.

[kpaske]

Originally posted by Teckhardt
How has your gearing been effected? Do you notice a huge difference in acceleration and when climbing hills? I want to put a set of 285/60-18's on but the VX is my primary transportation and I am afraid that a big change in performace will disappoint me.

I haven't noticed any difference in performance either, except for the handling around corners, and even that hasn't been a big problem. The speedometer reading is about 10 mph slow now and I think my gas mileage has gone down a bit though.

[Teckhardt]

How about an update now that you have had them for a while?

[coachreed]

Welp, I have had the new tires on for around 2500 miles (I'm guessing) and have been very happy. I KNOW for a fact that my speedo is off by around 8%... as I have had Johnny Law (one of Kentucky's finest) give me a piece of paper stating so. I had my cruise set at 73-74 and he clocked me at 81... then he did me the favor of pacing me to show me what 65 looked like... my speedo was reading 59-60mph.

All in all though, I LOVE these tires. I have no problems with tires rubbing anytime... not even offroad... tight turning radius... or anything. No complaints whatsoever. I recommend them in a long shot.

TTYL!

Coach... aka Randy!

[coachreed]

PS- At 80-85mph, I was getting around 17mpg. Not bad in my book. I'll probably slow it down for my return trip to KC (From Sarasota, FL) and see what I get then. I'm guessing that low to mid 20 isn't out of the question at around 75 (actual) mph. We'll see. I'll try to report back.

Later!

Coach... aka Randy!

[mrtew]

I sure wish I could find some of those Nittos! I don't think there are ANY left in the entire country! I wanna buy them but I can't find them. Tell me if you see some?

[Teckhardt]

Discount Tire ordered me some out of Texas. They said there was a warehouse there with 36 of them (32 now!) Unless they were lying to me, I should have them this week.

I hope to get them installed before Xmas as I am going on a trip to the snow and would love to give them a proper test.

BTW Randy, what PSI are you running and any issues with abnormal wear because of the small wheel size?

-Trenton

[mrtew]

Originally posted by Teckhardt
Discount Tire ordered me some out of Texas. They said there was a warehouse there with 36 of them (32 now!) Unless they were lying to me, I should have them this week.
-Trenton

They were either lying to you or me (or they don't know where their own tires are) They said there were two in Texas and ordered them for me and only one came in and it was a 20" instead of an 18". Please post back if you get yours or hear anything else! Yours is the most exciting post I've read all week!

[Pete]

have you tried wheelsforless.com?

[doubleadesign]

Inaba:

If you didn't live so far away I'd trade my Mikey Thompson's for the Duelers. the Thompson's make the Nitto's look like a neutered pitbull. (No offence) But they are a little too loud for me. I know they cost a lot more than the Dueler's but it'd be worth an even trade. I think they have about 2,000 miles on them.

Oh, well. I'm thinking of getting a second set of wheels and tires for the summer. And just using these in the winter.