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Jantiz -> LR3 18"Tire/Wheel combo~~ Advice? (2/6/2007 1:58:40 PM)
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I posted about this before but done it on the wrong area. Didn't know there was an area just for tires [8|]. At any rate, I'm a military guy. Two Iraq tours (hoping there wont be a third anytime soon!). It would seem that I find myself going on my privately owned vehicle to a lot of places where the military hummers go. Wether to recon the site prior to convoy or, to tell the truth, just for fun, because I can [:D]. There are some seriously nasty trails on military bases used for off-road training among other things and I found myself doing some diggin and some pushin to get my LR3 unstuck on a particularly nasty trail in a base here in California recently. It looked to be dry and solid until we started up hill and realized that under the thin dry cap there was some thick, slippery clay. Once my factory 255/55 19's shallow treads filled up with the clay we might as well had been on ice. The LR3 slid sideways into a very soft drain ditch on the trail side and the rest is history [&o].
Upon some thought afterward, I reallize I need different tires if I expect to continue chasing the military hummers in my unit. I may be willing to size down to 18" since nothing is available for 19" wheels. I received some advice on the other tread I started (Thanks Disco Mike- You're tha man) but Im looking for the ultimate tire/wheel combo for an LR3 on 18" . I obviously do much more on- road than off- road so I would like to keep it quiet, reasonable on road performance, durable but with an off-road "kick" that I'm not getting right now with Factory tires... Any help out there from the experts and the experienced?
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