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« 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?

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« Reply #1 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.
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« Reply #2 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
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« Reply #3 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......

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« Reply #4 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.

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« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2005, 17:04:53 »
I went to 20 on BFG's at J33pfest 2003 I recall
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« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2005, 17:12:12 »
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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......


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« Reply #7 on: November 12, 2005, 18:49:14 »
I'll be airing down tommorow by about a third.  Will have my compressor aswell :wink:
'ear all, see all, say nawt; Eyt all, sup all pay nawt; An' if ivver tha does owt fer nawt; Allus do it fer thi sen.

     

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« Reply #8 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:

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« Reply #9 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.
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« Reply #10 on: November 12, 2005, 19:02:59 »
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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 £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.

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« Reply #11 on: November 12, 2005, 19:05:47 »
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Would that be the Silverstone Extreme?? Ooh even those are £150 a corner!!,


So pretty much the price of the Simex, and it's a remould  :?
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« Reply #12 on: November 12, 2005, 19:09:15 »
Quote from: "muddyweb"
Quote from: "drum"
Would that be the Silverstone Extreme?? Ooh even those are £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.
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« Reply #13 on: November 12, 2005, 19:10:15 »
It's in the 'retreads' section of Bronco's site...  I was assuming that it was.
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« Reply #14 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.
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« Reply #15 on: November 12, 2005, 19:42:18 »
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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.

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« Reply #16 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.

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« Reply #17 on: November 12, 2005, 19:55:50 »
King offroad you will get from Simmonites, they are remoulds, you know about silverstone already..
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« Reply #18 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.

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« Reply #19 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.
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« Reply #20 on: November 12, 2005, 20:50:37 »
60mph!!! They'd be illegal on just about any motor then!!

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« Reply #21 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:
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« Reply #22 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.
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