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Old 01-28-2007, 06:26 AM
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Default Re: Cratered mileage, tires the culprit!

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Originally Posted by Huck BB62
Well, we put new BFG ATs on our H3. They look great, and grip SO much better than the stock tires. But the piper's to be paid I'm afraid. We went from the mid 17s to the mid 15s on mpg. E-friggin'-gads!!!! The handling also went away a bit, they squirm and give more than the stockers.

So, I drive so damned much, on twisty twisty steep roads. I'm thinking about buying a set of rims and tires to make it a road warrior when I'm not wheelin'. (I can swap tires and rims in fifteen minutes or so) Any ideas on tires/wheels combo for that purpose? They'd have to be big because of the 4.56 gears. Yeah, the H3'd look funnier'n hell but I'm betting with some tight tires on it, it'd do a darn good job cornering and the mileage would go up and I'd get to work sooner!

stop complaining i got the stock goodyears (yeah thats the tiny 31s) and i get 14 mpg at best. im gona be switching to the toyo 35s in several weeks, so according to you and others i mite drop to 12 mpg or less. but its cool, looks and works better that way dont really have any wheel/tire combo advice, sorry.

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