richxj89

i have a chance to get a set of 35x14.50 thornbirds with good tread on the cheap. has anyone had any experience grooving tires? i want to make them perform better in the mud

okcjeeper

I have never done it myself but several of the local offroad shops offer the service..If I was strictly a mudder/rock crawler I'd by some and have em grooved but for me it just seems like a waste of money. I know a few guys who have done it on the big truck and say it's awsome in the mud.

93XJLI

theyre still a horrible tire.

ktmracer419

those are a pretty crappy size for a cherokee too.

forget about street driving. bias swampers never come round nevermind 35x WIDE thornbirds

richxj89

well i have my friends 35 x 14.5 boggers on my jeep now and they fit fine. i thought thorn birds were good for the street?

95greenxj

they are if u want to throw thread all over the place.

jpdocdave

i don't understand all the thornbird hate. i've had them and loved them, and i'm considering them again. they did fine on the street and wore nicely. they are a tough bias ply tire, and did amazing off road.

a lot of people talk bad about them, but is it from expereince, the few people i know that actually ran them, have nothing bad to say about them.

i used them on a daily driver for a long time, 33". no tread ever flew off, handled as well as any 33" aggressive tire would, and i put over 30k on them and they were about 50% worn.

richxj89

my friend had 33 thorn birds on his tj and loved them. he says he liked them better than the boggers he has now cause its his dd

jpdocdave

add another one to the list of owners that liked them.

ktmracer419

you 2 are the only people who have ran them that like them.

groove em up.

iirc tire grooving tools run around 60 bucks

jpdocdave

um, i said everyone i know thats had them liked them. at least 4 guys i know of, and another here.

93XJLI

you lie.

jpdocdave

prove it.

if anyone thats had them wants to say what they didn't like about them thats fine. thats all i am saying, i've heard tons of bad things, but the people that have had them like them.

93XJLI

do that on your thornturds.

ktmracer419

if you like them you like them. but what tires do you have to compare them to?

i have seen them in action once, and havent seen them in action since for good reason.