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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: drum on November 12, 2005, 16:45:28

Title: Airing Down
Post by: drum on November 12, 2005, 16:45:28: I've got 35" Procomp X-Terrains on the 110, and last time I was out I found a distinct lack of grip, on some muddy sloppes, so I'm contemplating airing down tomorrow when I go and play at Whitworth. So I've gone as far as buying a tyre guage but, what should I air them down to??

I was thinking 20 psi, does that sound about right?
Title: Airing Down
Post by: muddyweb on November 12, 2005, 16:46:47: If you are running them tubeless, and / or don't have beadlocks, then I wouldn't go much below 20psi

See how it goes.
Title: Airing Down
Post by: Xtremeteam on November 12, 2005, 16:57:07: i agree with tim,regularly air my sats down to 12psi (or less) as i have tubes in them
Title: Airing Down
Post by: isle of man on November 12, 2005, 17:00:35: air down if you want but procomp x-terrains don't do mud very well .....i have had this tyre on one of my wranglers......

peter henry
Title: Airing Down
Post by: drum on November 12, 2005, 17:01:46: No tubes or beadlocks at the moment. I'll try a minimum 20psi then unless it looks really squichy at that.
Title: Airing Down
Post by: Bishops Finger on November 12, 2005, 17:04:53: I went to 20 on BFG's at J33pfest 2003 I recall
Mixture of mud n rocks
Title: Airing Down
Post by: drum on November 12, 2005, 17:12:12: Quote from: "isle of man"
air down if you want but procomp x-terrains don't do mud very well .....i have had this tyre on one of my wranglers......

Bu%^er!!
Title: Airing Down
Post by: Jim-Willy on November 12, 2005, 18:49:14: I'll be airing down tommorow by about a third. Will have my compressor aswell :wink:
Title: Airing Down
Post by: drum on November 12, 2005, 18:56:16: Third sounds about the same, I have a little compressor, bought years ago, that should reinflate them while I have a burger :D

I wonder how much a 35" Simex is for each corner :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
Title: Airing Down
Post by: Jim-Willy on November 12, 2005, 18:58:22: If ya need to ask ya can't afford :lol:

They are supposed to be hell on the road. You can buy copys now from Bronco.
Title: Airing Down
Post by: drum on November 12, 2005, 19:02:59: Quote from: "jim-willy"
If ya need to ask ya can't afford :lol:

They are supposed to be hell on the road. You can buy copys now from Bronco.

Would that be the Silverstone Extreme?? Ooh even those are Ã‚Â£150 a corner!!, and I'd want a set of rims to put them on, so that I could have reasonable road manners during the week.
Title: Airing Down
Post by: muddyweb on November 12, 2005, 19:05:47: Quote from: "drum"
Would that be the Silverstone Extreme?? Ooh even those are Ã‚Â£150 a corner!!,

So pretty much the price of the Simex, and it's a remould :?
Title: Airing Down
Post by: Jim-Willy on November 12, 2005, 19:09:15: Quote from: "muddyweb"
Quote from: "drum"
Would that be the Silverstone Extreme?? Ooh even those are Ã‚Â£150 a corner!!,

So pretty much the price of the Simex, and it's a remould :?

I dont think it is a remould, the king offroad ones are.
Title: Airing Down
Post by: muddyweb on November 12, 2005, 19:10:15: It's in the 'retreads' section of Bronco's site... I was assuming that it was.
Title: Airing Down
Post by: Jim-Willy on November 12, 2005, 19:23:02: Quote from: "muddyweb"
It's in the 'retreads' section of Bronco's site... I was assuming that it was.

I suppose i could be wrong (It happens occasionally :wink: ), but i don't think I am.
Title: Airing Down
Post by: Henry Webster on November 12, 2005, 19:42:18: Quote from: "jim-willy"
Quote from: "muddyweb"
It's in the 'retreads' section of Bronco's site... I was assuming that it was.

I suppose i could be wrong (It happens occasionally :wink: ), but i don't think I am.

I don't think the Silverstone is a remould either - the King one is.
Title: Airing Down
Post by: drum on November 12, 2005, 19:53:57: Just out of curiosity can anybody post links to any of these tyres with pricing, I'm getting really confused.
Title: Airing Down
Post by: Jim-Willy on November 12, 2005, 19:55:50: King offroad you will get from Simmonites, they are remoulds, you know about silverstone already..
Title: Airing Down
Post by: drum on November 12, 2005, 19:57:45: Okay, they'd have to be pretty cheap anyway as I'm not spending silly money on tyres to use a couple of times a month, and it'll be a complete pain in the preverbial changing them every weekend.
Title: Airing Down
Post by: Bulli on November 12, 2005, 20:03:07: Drum, just let em down and see...Frickley is slippery though! I have my bfg's at 16 and they ran fine both on and off the road...didnt go in that bombhole on the second day though.
The King tyres are rated to ...wait for it....60 mph which makes em illegal for use on your motor! I think the ones from bronco are in the same boat.And they both cost the same as simexes so you'd be daft to.
Title: Airing Down
Post by: drum on November 12, 2005, 20:50:37: 60mph!!! They'd be illegal on just about any motor then!!
Title: Airing Down
Post by: Bulli on November 12, 2005, 22:29:09: YUP! so unless you fancy a very aggressive 2cv or trailering your 4x4 everywhere i wouldnt bother :wink:
Title: Airing Down
Post by: smog on November 13, 2005, 16:29:35: Still beyond me why people who take their motors offroad use tubeless, too many times have i seen them 'pop' off the rims after hitting a little ruck.

I have been known to drop my tubed tyres as low as 12psi and lower if needed, depends on the tyre and the terrain.

Not against tubeless just not a fan of them.