thoughts on general grabbers......

[98patherfinder3.3]

im looking at getting some general grabber at2 for my pathfinder. anyone have bad or good experiences with them?

[fueler]

no personal experience but they look like really nice tires to me someone here on nico just put on some grabbers several months ago, i cant remember who though.... chime in! And read this link: http://www.fourwheeler.com/tec....html

i have the overpriced "brand x" BFG's that say "Baja Champion" on the side.... as well as every other truck out there LOL!

[carnal_c30]

it was mee! haha I have general grabbers here is my basic review.

Noise- they make some noise because of their tread pattern, but not too loud or intrusive

Dry Handling- decent dry handling, not as good grip as a street tire obviously but I was happy with it

Wet Handling- no experience, but its guaranteed to have excellent hydroplaning resistance

Dry Braking- so so, it seems they have a hard compound and dont have the same dry grip as street tires, thats the biggest downside I found.

Wet Braking- no experience

Sand- pretty good in sand, better than the M/Ts some of my friends run

Mud- light mud, decent performance, doesnt clean itselt out as well as I thought with such chunky tread but overall I was happy

I'm sure you can find better off road reviews elsewhere, and consumer reports did blast it for its on road handling which I feel isnt nearly that bad, just not as good as more street styled AT tires.

[98patherfinder3.3]

yeah i have a friend with them on his jeep and he loves them but they are pretty loud on his. that was what i was worried about the most. how are they at higher speeds and do they effect your fuel economy alot?

[carnal_c30]

I Didn't think they were too noisy and at freeway speed I don't think they are too loud also I had Yokohama geolander ATs before so that's my basisbof comparisonAlso as far as mpg I'm sure of differs a bit I noticed no difference between the yokohamas and the generalsI also run slightly oversize so I'm sure it does reduce my mpg

yeah i have a friend with them on his jeep and he loves them but they are pretty loud on his. that was what i was worried about the most. how are they at higher speeds and do they effect your fuel economy alot?

[fueler]

its all relative, i wonder if the guy who said they were noisy has ever run a mud terrain....

[Ca_Silvia]

I just put a 265/70/16 on my 04 Pathy. I love em, not to loud, wind noise with the sun roof cracked is louder.

Dry- Good tration, my stock 3.5L can't spin them so...

Wet/snow/ice- very good, mind you they are brand new<1000km so there is tons of life in them. Never hydro planned or lost traction in snow. Ice, well its ice theres only so much A/T can do on ice.

With that size i put on it did rub the under side of the strut mount for 2 days till it rubbed down. Not a big deal to me, but maybe for some other it would be. Problem would be solve by running a 1" spacer not problem.

[JHC828]

What kind of change in MPGs did u get with running oversized tires? I'm wanting to go to a 245/70/17 on my 03 but it already only gets 15 MPGs.

[Ca_Silvia]

Well my mileage did decrease however, what you are comparing is not the same. With my Generals (31") is get 420km with my old 245/70/16 (?) is was getting 470km.

You can't really say your mileage went down becausethe tires are throughing off your odometer due to the larger size.

Plus i put a bush gaurd on, that **** definatly doesn't help the MPG

[carnal_c30]

Plus i put a bush gaurd on, that **** definatly doesn't help the MPG

brushguard *shiver*

[Graat]

I just got a set for mine a couple of weeks ago. I got them because they had the highest wear rating of all the tires I was considering. I don't find them noisy.