grooved thornbirds
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i heard theses tires suck there great for the street but thats it. Anyways my dads a pro at grooving he used to do big truck tires and he did his coopers
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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.
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.
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I still dont know why everybody hates them......
I had 31's on my nissan they did awesome off road and on the road as well i never had ANY problems with them at all........
I had 31's on my nissan they did awesome off road and on the road as well i never had ANY problems with them at all........
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the only tire i will consider on my build other than them will be boggers
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my tires now are bald bfg a/t and i know they will fair much better than them. if they suck ill just groove em thats why i started this thread to see what u guys knew about grooving. if a grooving iron is only 60 bucks i may take a whack at it.
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if they are cheap and you want to give them a shot just do it. i havent heard anything good about them, but if they are super cheap try syping them and see how they do. if they suck well, you didnt spend much money and try getting some other sucker do buy them from you.
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This has nothing to do with thornbirds, but I watched this video after watching to one 93XJ posted. It's about 5 min long, but well worth the watch to me. This guy does some pretty crazy stuff with his XJ.
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This has nothing to do with thornbirds, but I watched this video after watching to one 93XJ posted. It's about 5 min long, but well worth the watch to me. This guy does some pretty crazy stuff with his XJ. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkxDQQ7wIpo&NR=1
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tire grooving is easy with a grooving iron, i bought one from a race shop, i cut my 42 inch tsl's with no problem, it just takes time go slow dont rush yourself and after a while you will find what works the best....what i recomend is getting a few different sized cutting heads and blades, i got two, a 1/4 inch width and 1/2 inch width, plan ahead before you cut make sure you keep the same pattern around the whole tire so it will be ballanced, i marked everything i wanted to cut with a tire crayon, or marker
good luck
good luck
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I had a set of ThornTurds on one of my mud trucks.... BAD tire...Bad,Bad,Bad for anything but looking cool and driving on the street....
Luckily I lived in an area with alot of poseur trucks.....
Luckily I lived in an area with alot of poseur trucks.....