FYI, the deal about being able to ditch the front license plate in Texas was part of a bill that went through the Legislature, but it was removed during the process. Texas (government) has no plans of removing it. It's here to stay for a long, long time (if not forever). Oh, well, mine's still in the toolbox.

 

I got them brand new (with stickers) from a local tire shop. $550 for 4 285/70/17, mount and lifetime balance.

Also this was back in March '06 when the Nitto TG, Toyo OC A/T's and the BFG's in this size where on national backorder; so I consider it a smoking deal.



Thanks for the info noch. I keep polishing my story everytime I see a cop eye'ing me.

 

I researched these 2 tires for months and got nowhere. Everyone had good and bad things to say about both. I ended up going with the TG. I have only 1500 miles on them but they work great in the rain and dry roads. Still waiting for snow.

 

Hehe, unless you are running down the road next to one of those interstate walls... they howl pretty loud.

But the Toyo is a nice tire, i only have about 3k miles on mine and love them. They are also rated as a 35k mile tire, but with the wear i have now(next to nothing) i expect them to last a long time, probably well over 35k

 

I just got my nittos muds on my truck over the weekend, and I dont feel they are loud at all.

 

i have had the tera's for over a year now and will not get 30k out of them. Good quiet nice riding tire but in order to do that they are a relativly soft compound. It really depends how you drive the truck and where you live. I have heard 50k and i will get maybe 28. All around good tire but not a fan of them off road. I will be going with a more aggressive tire next time around.

 

If you have skid plates like the fx4's do just slap that hideous front plate on their i did!


As for tires, Im goin to go with either the bfg a/t or m/t, 40k just wasnt enough out of a tire at the rate i drive. if i can get 60k out of the bfgs ill be happy. just my .02

 

Do you have close up pictures of how you mounted your license plate on the skid plate? I would like to do that as well.

 

All i really did was mark where i wanted it on the skid plate. then drilled two holes a size smaller than the bolts from the stock liscense plate holder. after that it was just a matter of bending the bottom to fit the curve and wrenching the bolts into the skid.

 

thanks for the explaination im going to have to do this on my truck.

 

Why do people hide their plates? I mean can you really get "info" from them?

 

Some people can. My friend is a P.I. and can run plates.

 

Heck 35K or more would be fine with me especially since my truck is not high milage driver. I will be puttiing on some miles this summer though driving from NC to El Paso,TX

 

yea plates can be run but so what... Anyone could get your plates when your parked at the store, or sitting behind you at a red light.

Heck people can even get the vin # to your truck, all they got to do is take a look at the vin while your parked and in the store or somthing..