Help me select tires

[jurko]

Spacer or Rubicon take off springs both work. What trail do you want to run? Or area?

Mostly on a BLM land with many trails stretching for miles on end in High Desert and also in Sierras and around Lake Tahoe which is about 30 min from where I live.

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[AmericanPatriot100]

This is my Jeep on a 4 rated trail the day after I bought it. Completely stock. Sway bars stayed connected! Rubbed a little on a couple obstacles but nothing that scraped paint off.

This is right around 2-2.5 months later still stock and sway bar connected on a 7 rated trail. It’s called trail 55 in tahuya ORV park tahuya Washington. Definitely some bangers on the bottom of the jeep on this trail in stock form. Scrapped up the skids pretty good put a dent in my plastic bumper.

I don’t have any pictures of it on this same trail after the rubicon suspension and 35s but it was much more comfortable and only scrapped on yellow jacket from bouncing!

 

[jurko]

This is my Jeep on a 4 rated trail the day after I bought it. Completely stock. Sway bars stayed connected! Rubbed a little on a couple obstacles but nothing that scraped paint off.

This is right around 2-2.5 months later still stock and sway bar connected on a 7 rated trail. It’s called trail 55 in tahuya ORV park tahuya Washington. Definitely some bangers on the bottom of the jeep on this trail in stock form. Scrapped up the skids pretty good put a dent in my plastic bumper.

I don’t have any pictures of it on this same trail after the rubicon suspension and 35s but it was much more comfortable and only scrapped on yellow jacket from bouncing!

I'll take some pics from my first adventure on Saturday and post it.. Friend is driving me tomorrow morning little over 200 miles to pick up my Jeep from a dealer. Friday I'll remove back seats because I need room for my Cane Corso and my friend's Boxer and Bulldog.

 

[AVGeek99]

I would avoid the Terra Grapplers. I had a set on my JK and they were horrible on any surface that wasn't dry pavement. Mud, wet road, snow, all horrid.

Before my JK I had an Infiniti sedan, which did pretty good in snow and ice. If you ever pushed it too far and started to slide, the stability control would kick in and correct everything immediately, as long as you weren't going stupid fast. First time I drove my JK in snow I was sliding all over the place going around corners. I chalked it up to the Jeeps stability control not being as fine tuned as the Infiniti.

For my second winter I got a set of Cooper STT Pros. I was a bit concerned how they would handle snow because all you ever hear is MTs suck in snow. I was very plesantly surprised. The first time I pushed it into a slide the stability control immediately corrected it and got it under control, just like what I was used to in my Infiniti.

Please know, I'm not recommending you get STT Pros, just letting you know of my terrible experience with Terra Grapplers. Don't get me wrong, I would never hesitate to recommend STT Pros, but on a first Jeep you just want to get your feet wet. A good AT is where you should start.

I totally agree with the comment about giving it a month or so on the stock tires so you have a good frame of reference. Also, since you have a 6MT Sport, be careful with how big you go with tires. The 3.45 diff gearing with the 6MT don't match well with bigger tires.

 

[jurko]

Also, since you have a 6MT Sport, be careful with how big you go with tires. The 3.45 diff gearing with the 6MT don't match well with bigger tires.

Got it. Yeah, for now I don't have any plans to go bigger than 32" and will keep everything stock.
After I'll get my feet wet I'll consider some useful mods.
Thanks.

 

[aeonixx1001]

Tomorrow I am going to pick up my first ever 2025 Jeep Wrangler 2-Door Sport 3.6L 6MT.
It has all season tires and I would like to replace them with AT tires so I ca explore many trails in High Desert of N. Nevada and Sierra Mountains.

Here are four tires I have in mind.

Thank you.

Check out Mickey Thompson Baja's. They completey changed the ride. No more squirrely. steering and the ride is smooth 12.5x35x17. see them on my profile picture and that is a 3 ½ inch lift on a 2 door JL

 

[Snacktime]

Your running around the same area I am. Pick an aggressive AT Tire like Falken AT4 or Delium AT which are a cheap 3 Peak Rated M & S. You want the more aggressive AT as they work better in Sierra sloshy snow. First trip should be out to Bodie for an afternoon before the weather turns.

I have run with a few members of Nevada Jeep Club and they are good people. You should join the group!
https://www.facebook.com/NevadaJeepClub?mibextid=ZbWKwL

 

[Rogersocal]

Nitto Trailgrapplers absolutely the best tire out there imo of course.

 

[SlickRicksWilly]

I wouldn't mind to eventually do a mild lift maybe 2". How do you accomplish that. With sprig spacers?

The easiest and usually cheapest way is to get takoff Rubicon springs and shocks. I got a set for $100 and it lifted the 4 door Jeep about 2.5". As for tires, I don't have much experience with off road tires but I would not use BFG tires if they were free.

 

[Jank4AU]

Go with the Coopers. I put them on my wife's truck and she loves them. They're plenty aggressive, and there's no other AT tire that's as quiet on-road as the Coopers. I ran the Discoverer AT3 XLT's on my last Jeep and was very impressed. They are also fantastic in the rain.

Another, lesser-known tire are the Kenda Klevers. They're very well regarded, less expensive, and perform very well. I see they just came out with an AT Trail tire but don't know much about that one. I did use their Klever AT2's and really like them. They're not as quite or good in the rain as the Coopers, but about 2/3 the cost, too.

 

[Snacktime]

After tires I would get a winch and a winch anchor for playing around out on Nevada dirt roads. I can't tell you how many vehicles I rescued when I was mining out in Lovelock.

 

[WillysMeow]

IMHO Keep what comes with the Jeep for a month or two so you establish a base line of what the Jeep feels like stock with the tires it comes with.
Too many on these forums push new Jeep owners into a replace stuff mindset before the first payment is due.
You may not have to replace the tires at all.

X2 and IME Firestone tires suck hard, never buy them again, wear out fast, weak sidewalls, poor handling. I've had mixed luck with BFG ATs, good street manners and offroad in dry pretty good, but the sidewalls are kinda wimpy. Kenda are kinda unknown, and made in Taiwan, China, Vietnam, and Indonesia depending on the tire...I don't buy China tires thanks anyways. I had set of Michelin Defender T+H that are very street looking tread on old Ford Ranger 4x4 and they were awesome onroad and surprised me very nicely in dry dirt of Sierras, but I would not put these on my Jeep...too mild for what most of us want.

Leave suspension stock for now and see how it does, lower has less rollover tendency. If you want some lift later buy someone's Rubicon suspension take offs.

 

[cj7ox]

I've been running Cooper ATs on my JL and Ram for years. It's a good AT tire on the road, quiet, and long wearing. Mine have been surefooted in rain, snow, and a bit of ice on road. They are also pretty good (for an AT tire) off-road in the muddy southeast. As a side bonus, they're made in the USA, and the AT tire has a 65k tread wear guarantee. That's my $0.02.

 

[Boatbuilder88]

We really like our Cooper Discoverer Road&Trail tires (255/75-17). These are light-duty all-terrain tires. They are very good on road and capable enough (for me) off road. We ran these tires on Hells Revenge and Fins & Things in Moab and had no problems.

 

[jurko]

Your running around the same area I am. Pick an aggressive AT Tire like Falken AT4 or Delium AT which are a cheap 3 Peak Rated M & S. You want the more aggressive AT as they work better in Sierra sloshy snow. First trip should be out to Bodie for an afternoon before the weather turns.

I have run with a few members of Nevada Jeep Club and they are good people. You should join the group!
https://www.facebook.com/NevadaJeepClub?mibextid=ZbWKwL

I am not on FB

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