DAGtunes
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...luckily no one was hurt. I had my 6 1/2 year old daughter in the car with me, though, so I'm really concerned.
I have a 2005 Jeep Liberty Renegade. I had the "Frankenlift" (2.5") done at All J Products in Big Bear a few years ago.
I am currently running P245/75 R16 Firestone Destination A/T's on her. They have "decent" tread left on them, but I can see needing to replace them within the next year or so.
However, with this spin out tonight, I'm thinking of replacing them now. I have recently moved up to Big Bear Lake, CA. We got about 3 inches of snow the other day, overlaying a sheet of ice. It's all melting off now, and the patch I hit tonight looked like slush initially. It totally caught me by surprise.
We were not going all that fast, either. I'd estimate we were going 25mph or so when we started spinning. The road conditions were mostly dry exposed pavement, with occasional patches of slushy snow or icy spots.
We hit this spot on a slight curve.
Anyway, two questions for you folks:
1. What would be the best A/T tire for my stock rims? (Good in snow/ice/gravel/mud, but also "decent" on pavement.)
2. Since I'm messing with the tires/wheels anyway, what (if any) advantages are there to getting the Rubicon "Moab" rims, vs. the stock wheels? AND, if I got those, what would be the best tire to run?
I tried rooting around in the threads here, and some of the sticky's, but I haven't found anything specific that answers these questions for me.
Thanks!
I have a 2005 Jeep Liberty Renegade. I had the "Frankenlift" (2.5") done at All J Products in Big Bear a few years ago.
I am currently running P245/75 R16 Firestone Destination A/T's on her. They have "decent" tread left on them, but I can see needing to replace them within the next year or so.
However, with this spin out tonight, I'm thinking of replacing them now. I have recently moved up to Big Bear Lake, CA. We got about 3 inches of snow the other day, overlaying a sheet of ice. It's all melting off now, and the patch I hit tonight looked like slush initially. It totally caught me by surprise.
We were not going all that fast, either. I'd estimate we were going 25mph or so when we started spinning. The road conditions were mostly dry exposed pavement, with occasional patches of slushy snow or icy spots.
We hit this spot on a slight curve.
Anyway, two questions for you folks:
1. What would be the best A/T tire for my stock rims? (Good in snow/ice/gravel/mud, but also "decent" on pavement.)
2. Since I'm messing with the tires/wheels anyway, what (if any) advantages are there to getting the Rubicon "Moab" rims, vs. the stock wheels? AND, if I got those, what would be the best tire to run?
I tried rooting around in the threads here, and some of the sticky's, but I haven't found anything specific that answers these questions for me.
Thanks!