265/75/16's installed

Roastbeef · **Joined:** Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:31 pm **Posts:** 199

Met up with renegade today for the first time and we went to discount tire direct and got my tires put on. It didn't rub as bad as I thought it was going to. Got about 17.5 highway on cruise at 70. Overall I'm pleased and I'm so so so so glad I went with 265's. I didn't want to have to spend the money on tires twice. Hope you guys like the pictures, will be more to come tomorrow.

Then of course I had to try them out. Rubbed a little as expected nothing a little fine tuning can't fix.

At The Helm · **Posted:** Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:31 pm

Lookin good!

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 11, 2012 12:32 am

Regear to 4.10's and gain back alot of low end power and a few mpg's on the highway.Throw in 4.56's with those tires and you'll have a grin ear to ear.

NoQuota · **Posted:** Thu Oct 11, 2012 12:32 am

Are you running spacers?

Gageraid · **Posted:** Thu Oct 11, 2012 12:37 am

Looks so awesome. What's your experience with the air dam off?

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:10 am

tjkj2002 wrote:

Regear to 4.10's and gain back alot of low end power and a few mpg's on the highway.Throw in 4.56's with those tires and you'll have a grin ear to ear.

Times two

mawlkrawler · **Posted:** Thu Oct 11, 2012 11:21 am

They look fantastic. I'm glad you posted this thread. Made up my mind what I'm gonna do with tire size after mine need replacing. Any plans on regearing?

amjones · **Posted:** Thu Oct 11, 2012 1:07 pm

The tires look great, but what kind of mileage on the highway did you get before? I get 21-22 ('10 Renegade), I'd hate to drop to 17-18.

And are you telling us what your computer says the mpg's are? This would be off because of the new tires, correct?

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu Oct 11, 2012 1:33 pm

amjones wrote:

The tires look great, but what kind of mileage on the highway did you get before? I get 21-22 ('10 Renegade), I'd hate to drop to 17-18.

And are you telling us what your computer says the mpg's are? This would be off because of the new tires, correct?

IF you regear like you should
then mileage will be brought back to what it was before or close to what it was
Without regearing you'll have loss of mileage, trans always shifting trying to find the right gear, will run hotter etc

amjones · **Posted:** Thu Oct 11, 2012 1:43 pm

Dumb question -- what does regearing entail? How much does it typically cost?

Marlon_JBT · **Posted:** Thu Oct 11, 2012 2:07 pm

tommudd wrote:

amjones wrote:

The tires look great, but what kind of mileage on the highway did you get before? I get 21-22 ('10 Renegade), I'd hate to drop to 17-18.

And are you telling us what your computer says the mpg's are? This would be off because of the new tires, correct?

IF you regear like you should
then mileage will be brought back to what it was before or close to what it was
Without regearing you'll have loss of mileage, trans always shifting trying to find the right gear, will run hotter etc

... waiting for my warranty to expire.

Ted15 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 11, 2012 2:32 pm

Marlon_JBT wrote:

tommudd wrote:

amjones wrote:

The tires look great, but what kind of mileage on the highway did you get before? I get 21-22 ('10 Renegade), I'd hate to drop to 17-18.

And are you telling us what your computer says the mpg's are? This would be off because of the new tires, correct?

IF you regear like you should
then mileage will be brought back to what it was before or close to what it was
Without regearing you'll have loss of mileage, trans always shifting trying to find the right gear, will run hotter etc

... waiting for my warranty to expire.

The dealer told me that gears, tires, lift etc won't void the warranty. Except for the parts that you put on of course. They won't cover those unless they put them on.

Ted15 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 11, 2012 2:36 pm

I honestly don't know how you guys are getting such good mileage. I get 14 mpg now and I've never gotten higher that 16 mpg.
So, 4.56 is the way to go huh? Will that mess up the shifting? Isn't that too low? Or will that just give it a buttload more power? What about top end?

isomswim · **Posted:** Thu Oct 11, 2012 6:20 pm

Ted15 wrote:

:dizzy: I honestly don't know how you guys are getting such good mileage. I get 14 mpg now and I've never gotten higher that 16 mpg.
So, 4.56 is the way to go huh? Will that mess up the shifting? Isn't that too low? Or will that just give it a buttload more power? What about top end?

Im in the same boat, well under 16mpg but over 80% city driving. I also wonder what regearing would do for stock to slightly taller tires.

Roast tires look awesome, nice a aggressive.

Roastbeef · **Joined:** Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:31 pm **Posts:** 199

NoQuota wrote:

Are you running spacers?

No not running spacers

Roastbeef · **Joined:** Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:31 pm **Posts:** 199

Gageraid wrote:

Looks so awesome. What's your experience with the air dam off?

I took it off so it wouldn't rip off on trails. It drives and feels exactly the same and no notice to change in fuel milage. It's worth removing and at least setting to the side.

Roastbeef · **Joined:** Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:31 pm **Posts:** 199

mawlkrawler wrote:

They look fantastic. I'm glad you posted this thread. Made up my mind what I'm gonna do with tire size after mine need replacing. Any plans on regearing?

I do want to regear and put lockers eventually. And by eventually I mean when I can afford it. To be honest I think the 265's look amazing and I have had nothing but compliments about them. On the other hand i get about 14 or 15 mpg city and 17 or 18 on the highway. I was getting about 18 city and 22 highway prior.

Me personally I couldn't justify buying a set of tires darn near the same size. That's why I went with 265.

Roastbeef · **Joined:** Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:31 pm **Posts:** 199

amjones wrote:

The tires look great, but what kind of mileage on the highway did you get before? I get 21-22 ('10 Renegade), I'd hate to drop to 17-18.

And are you telling us what your computer says the mpg's are? This would be off because of the new tires, correct?

Yeah it's about 4mpg off. If I'm cruising about 65 or 66 I'm really going 70. That's all the faster I drove so I don't know if the gap increases with the higher speed

Roastbeef · **Joined:** Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:31 pm **Posts:** 199

Marlon_JBT wrote:

tommudd wrote:

amjones wrote:

The tires look great, but what kind of mileage on the highway did you get before? I get 21-22 ('10 Renegade), I'd hate to drop to 17-18.

And are you telling us what your computer says the mpg's are? This would be off because of the new tires, correct?

IF you regear like you should
then mileage will be brought back to what it was before or close to what it was
Without regearing you'll have loss of mileage, trans always shifting trying to find the right gear, will run hotter etc

... waiting for my warranty to expire.

I called my dealer today and asked about the warranty. From what he explained to me, if you change a part on you're jeep with aftermarket parts and it fails then they won't obviously replace that part. Also if that part causes other parts or components to fail or break those will not be covered either. But say you're seat belt breaks or you're shifter that has nothing to do with anything breaks it will be replaced. It was just the piece of mind I needed to be able to take my jeep to the dealership.

Roastbeef · **Joined:** Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:31 pm **Posts:** 199

Ted15 wrote:

:dizzy: I honestly don't know how you guys are getting such good mileage. I get 14 mpg now and I've never gotten higher that 16 mpg.
So, 4.56 is the way to go huh? Will that mess up the shifting? Isn't that too low? Or will that just give it a buttload more power? What about top end?

I drive my jeep like gramps... On cruse everywhere I go

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