BFG All-Terrain

[coolcat]

Originally Posted by starfixer

ok need to know how will 275/65 -17 on stock rims affect the ABS/VTM-4/ and VSM. I am not worried about the SPEEDO cause I am aware it will through it off by about 4mph of stock. diameter is 31.1 circ 97.6 oem specs 29.5 and circ 92.8. Want the larger tire for a higher stane without a lift.

Please ll help would be appreciated remember I do not have a lift installed

As long as all 4 tires are the same size you will not have any problems with the ABS, VTM-4 or VSA. Without a lift however you will have to do some serious cutting of the wheel wells to fit that size tire.

[arteegee]

Originally Posted by starfixer

ok need to know how will 275/65 -17 on stock rims affect the ABS/VTM-4/ and VSM. I am not worried about the SPEEDO cause I am aware it will through it off by about 4mph of stock. diameter is 31.1 circ 97.6 oem specs 29.5 and circ 92.8. Want the larger tire for a higher stane without a lift.

Please ll help would be appreciated remember I do not have a lift installed

275/60/17 is about the limit without a lift I think. Actually the speedo is already a little fast so a slightly larger tire should help correct it.

[geotech]

Originally Posted by arteegee

275/60/17 is about the limit without a lift I think. Actually the speedo is already a little fast so a slightly larger tire should help correct it.

No amount of lift available will help the horizontal clearance. 245/65/17 tires are all about 29.5" in dia. The largest that will comfortably fit are 30.8". Larger will get into wheel rub, especially on the flaps, with ice and snow. I have found the 245/70/17's (30.6") to fit nicely and eliminate a minor amount of speedo error. The stock tires rotate at 700 revs per mile. The 245/70/17 generally (vary slightly per manufacturer) at 680 per mile. This will address a 3-4% error.

To get back "on topic," i.e., BFG, I have had them on another truck and all I can say, when polled, is that the chances on ever having them again are 0% to none.

[zuhl]

I had BFGs A/Ts on my last three trucks. They are good tires and virtually indestructable off-road, but the quality has really gone down over the last several years. I have had several problems with busted belts. The worst thing about them is that you absolutely MUST rotate them every 5-7K miles or they will wear very poorly. If you do that however, and dont run into any factory defects, you can easily get 60K miles out of them. I got 80K out of a pair on an old GMC Sonoma, but that was before they went to the "K/O" style with the rock grabbers on the side.

They saved my behind though 3 years ago during the Hurricane Rita evacuation from Houston. At 4AM I had enough of the bulls#it and took my Avalanche with the BFGs into the ditch and drove 15 miles to get away from the jackasses that were blocking the freeway cuz they fell asleep. Bottles were busitng beneath me and I was hitting all kinds of debris and they never slowed down a bit.

[coolcat]

Looking at the new Mud Terrain that BFG has out. They look pretty cool, and they come in a size that's better for the Ridgeline.

[DrZew]

I had a set of BFG AT on my K5 blazer tires handeled great but went bad in less than 2 years. tread seperation. I bought a set of chrome factory rims for my ridge and mounted TOYO open country AT so far so good. I only have about 200 miles on them. They are a little louder than stock but that was expected. Also they were not very expensive. The nitto grappler looks great but the PRICE!!!