Stroketech said:
Here is what I do. Mount, Balance, Drive. I have had several sets of BFG's and they all went to 50,000 miles without any problems.
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Not only on the XJ with BFG but on every vehicle I ever owned wtih the tire of my choice.
On the streets and highways, tire wear is subjective. There are too many variables to make a blanket statement about tire wear.
1) Tire pressure
2) Wheel balance
3) Wheel Alingment
4) Suspension state of repear or dis-repear
5) Load/weight of the vehicle
6) Type of road driven on
7) Speed at which the vehicle is driven
8) Road surface temperutare
9) Speed at which the vehicle is driven around a corner (tire scruffing)
10)
I would like to get my tires to last longer too. That means money in my pocket. I am not sure I want to drive for 100 miles just so my tires could get hot; well if a keg of my favourite brew was at the 100 mile marker
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Don't get me wrong. This is very interesting to me. I would like to know more about this. It may be useful in the future.
Question? How hot is hot to the touch. After driving 300+ miles non stop in South Texas in the middle of summer, I don't think my tires got that hot, well, I usually do a break test by checking the temperature of the wheel rims but never the tires.
My AT/KO's have more than 10,000 miles on them. I may be just a tad too late.
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