General Grabber Red Label

surfRenegade · **Posted:** Fri Aug 03, 2012 4:01 am

Hey guys. I have debating tires a long time now...while I get the last bit out of my current General Grabber AT2s figure I would research. I have frankenlift on and was planning to do 265/70r16 AT tires. I dont plan to regear so was trying to stay at 31" diameter. Today I checked a local store out and the guy was willing to work me a killer deal on a set of 265/75r16 General Grabber Red Label tires. The overall diameter of these state only 31.6" not 32" like most other in this size. I can get them for $130 a piece!! Its tough to pass up at that price. There arent many reviews for this tire, but saw RED_KJ(something like that..he has a red SFA) was running them in 33". My biggest concern is the gearing issue. I dont drive highway all that often but I dont want problems when I do. What do you guys think? Take the chance and see if that .4" in less diameter is enough to not have issues? I should add that I am on stock renegade wheels with 1.5" spacers all around.
Thanks

tommudd · **Posted:** Fri Aug 03, 2012 8:27 am

You will
bye bye overdrive for the most part
If you look most all 32 inch tires are in the 31.5 area or so
Red-KJ has a SFA as well

spitfire36o · **Posted:** Fri Aug 03, 2012 9:18 am

I have 245/75/16 Treadwright warden a/t's https://www.treadwright.com/p-100-245-75r16-warden-a-t-c.aspx and i have no issues. They measure 30.75" I had the dealer recalibrate the speedo and it made a big difference on the shift points. It was a dog before the calibration.

tommudd · **Posted:** Fri Aug 03, 2012 9:29 am

no wait need two for this
:POPCORN:

tommudd · **Posted:** Fri Aug 03, 2012 12:00 pm

OK, stopped laughing now

I've ran 235-70s
245-70s
255-70s
245-75s
265-70s
and now 265-75s

Didn't notice much power loss until I hit the 265-75s
was ready to pull them back off within the first 100 miles
but well,.... since I had the 4.10s laying in the garage waiting
wasn't a big deal
But again you'll notice a big power loss , some are just in denial :ROTFL:

surfRenegade · **Posted:** Fri Aug 03, 2012 2:11 pm

I didnt know the dealer could recalibrate the speedo. I was hoping to get an awesome deal I could tell everyone about. Id rather be on the safe side. I appreaciate the feedback from both of you. So far Mr. Mudd hasnt steered me wrong on advice so I gotta trust him on this one. I'll stick to my original plan of 265/70r16.
On a side note. I have been reading pretty much every tire review known to man..especially on the Treadwrights since they are the only ones to offer an MT in the size I want. The more I dug the more I found some bad issues popping up on them. Alot of people claiming sidewalls blowing out and cracking/splitting along the area that the tread is bonded. In most cases this was after a year or so of use. They are saying that a sidwall breaks down after the original wear...then they are retreaded and expected to hold up another few years. There is no way of Treadwright testing the sidewall integrity other than a visual inspection. I got really off topic here, but figure id let you know what I read. may be a good idea to inspect them a little more often than you would normal tires. I have read countless reviews that they are amazing as well.

surfRenegade · **Posted:** Fri Aug 03, 2012 2:18 pm

I just found them on their website listed at that same price https://www.onlinetires.com/products/ve ... q+srl.html

hopfully someone on here can take advantage of it

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