General Grabber AT2's

brettacuff · **Posted:** Mon Aug 08, 2011 7:56 pm

I had my mind set on a set of 245 75 r16 General Grabber AT2's, which is the biggest tire I can fit on my soon-to-be Frankenlifted KJ without any trimming. However, I have been doing some hunting and found that not as many people like them as I had originally thought. I have heard the tread wears quickly. What are your opinions?

I do 95% of my driving on road rather than off. I don't care about gas mileage, I just want a tire that is more aggresive than the Long Trails I have now. Is the AT2 the right tire for me? Also, does anyone know where I can get the best deal on them?

Thanks

Moose340 · **Joined:** Tue May 03, 2011 11:38 pm **Posts:** 505

In the same boat as me :BANANA:

Heres a link that has some more info and a few different brands
http://www.jeepkj.com/forum/showthread.php?t=49333

This is the best deal Ive been able to find
http://www.tireteam.com/Tires/General/G ... 80000.html

TAHOE · **Posted:** Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:06 am

I have a few coworkers who run the Cooper ST's and love them. One guy has them on his TJ and he's 99.5% highway, I bet he gets 60-70K miles out of them....just another option.
Have you tried Discount tire? They have a place right off 75 or 675 in Dayton, bet you could get internet price and go pick them up and save on shipping, even have them mount them.

bugnout · **Posted:** Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:36 am

I'm running General Grabber AT2's and love them. Price has gone up for General Tires in general, used to be able to get them cheap at Walmart, but the stores in my area don't carry them anymore.

Only complaint I have is that they get louder when cornering, I run them at 40 psi. They are pretty quite running down the highway.

TAHOE · **Posted:** Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:17 pm

bugnout wrote:

..... Price has gone up for all Tires in general, used to be able to get them cheap ......

Fixed it for ya :mrgreen:

I have been searching for replacements for the Tahoe.... even Treadwrights have went up considerably, economy has hit the rubber/tire industry too.

brettacuff · **Posted:** Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:37 pm

I will just price them at a shop and see if they will price match.

Discount tire doesnt carry my size.

bobandcar · **Posted:** Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:43 pm

Got about 40k on my at2's on my chevy Colorado, they throw Alot of stones!

black and blue · **Posted:** Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:29 pm

I've really been deciding between the general grabbers and the Kumho MT KL71

I guess I should probably get my jeep lifted first :JEEPIN:

just an FYI, I was over by Forest Park yesterday and saw they have a Tire Discounters by the car max. it's right off of the 275 exit by Bass Pro Shop

TAHOE · **Posted:** Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:20 am

I saw that a few weeks ago when I was over there, you must be somewhat close to me. All my tire shops are up in Hamiltucky though, I get a discount through Pohlmans through my Brother in law's garage :BANANA:

....and still can't afford them :roll:

brettacuff · **Posted:** Sat Aug 13, 2011 4:58 pm

black and blue wrote:

I've really been deciding between the general grabbers and the Kumho MT KL71

I guess I should probably get my jeep lifted first :JEEPIN:

just an FYI, I was over by Forest Park yesterday and saw they have a Tire Discounters by the car max. it's right off of the 275 exit by Bass Pro Shop

That's TD performance. They want $1050 for 5 general grabbers!

cgass · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:07 am

I'm looking at a set of AT2's as well for my KK. What kind of treadwear are you getting on them? I'm hoping to get a tire that will last about 50,000 miles.

steve03sport · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2011 6:58 am

i have the grabber at/2's and dont like them at all. the tread wear is really bad.... but then again the guy at the tire shop thinks "i just got a bad set" wtf??? so we called general and they said " sorry we cant help you" so aside from crap tires i got crap customer service. NEVER AGAIN

irollgen4s · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2011 10:59 am

on my second pair of general grabbers and they're awesome. grab through pretty much anything, even mud which was surprising for an all terrain. theyre loud, but i cant hear it over my exhaust so that doesnt bother me. as for tread life, you cant expect anything AMAZING from a tire that gives good traction with an aggressive tread. overall for the price they work pretty darn good.

brettacuff · **Posted:** Sun Aug 21, 2011 5:11 pm

I have been extremely busy at work for the last 2 weeks and have 2 more busy weeks ahead of me. Thankfully I get paid hourly (not much though) so my paychecks will be quite handsome. This means I am going to be ordering tires soon. I have decided to have TD performance order & mount my tires. It's only $200 more than what I can find online and after I install the lift they will mount & balance the tires, give it an alignment, and they also offer road hazard warranty. If anything goes wrong with them I have someone to come back and complain to (can't complain to a friend doing it for free).

So I decided in the coming weeks after things simmer down and I get my lift installed I'll have TD Performance take care of the rest for $1050.

black and blue · **Posted:** Mon Aug 22, 2011 9:08 pm

when I get mine done, I plan on going to Big George's in Milford. My buddy at work had Big George do his wrangler lift and tires. I think he gets deals on 4wd and other places. I'm not positive on the cost compared to other places, but i've only heard good things.

it would be worth checking out, and I've heard he's really friendly, so you can just drop in to ask him some questions.

TAHOE · **Posted:** Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:23 am

If ya'll ask, there are a few in cincy area that can help install a lift in about 3 hours for free. I know nothing about Georges other than driving past his shop a few times, but just saying. I've done a few installs, only thing that really sucks is taking front shock assembly apart to get the needed rubbers for new setups. Not had to deal with a fully assembled Frankie, bet that would cut time in half.

brettacuff · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2011 10:55 pm

Got the 245 75 r16 AT2's today. They look great! Can't wait to put them to work!

MuckSavage · **Posted:** Tue Nov 01, 2011 8:23 am

I'm on the second set for my Cherokee. First set netted 41k miles until they were done to me. (They still had plenty of tread by other peoples standards...I gave them to a friend & he's still using them after another 12k) They're a great tire for me in the area I live. I do about 60% pavement, 40% sand & wet sand, typ of Jersey Pines) They are unbelievable in snow & rain. They key for me is rotating them often. My rear locker has an appetite for tires on asphalt.

black and blue · **Posted:** Tue Nov 01, 2011 5:37 pm

brettacuff wrote:

Got the 245 75 r16 AT2's today. They look great! Can't wait to put them to work!

looks good.

decided to skip out on going to Big George's. I'm just going to do it myself.

brettacuff, did you go to TD Performance just because you did your lift over in that area, or do they do anything special there? I was thinking about going to the regular old Tire Discounters close to home on Fields Ertel. Going with Nitto Terra Grapplers 255/70R17

brettacuff · **Posted:** Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:26 pm

Actually they charge $21 per tire for road hazard so I went to Bob Sumerel on Tylersville. They only charge $10 for road hazard. I HIGHLY recommend Bob Sum. I've had bad experience with Tire Discounters.

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