finally after actively looking since december i got the tires today, and am very happy i went with them. They measure at exactly 39.5" unmounted, and have a nice soft sticky tread. I put a tire on the scale at the freight company and a single unmounted tire weighed in at 84#

http://www.users.eesc.com/twist/darkoj/IROKS%20002.jpg http://www.users.eesc.com/twist/darkoj/IROKS%20003.jpg http://www.users.eesc.com/twist/darkoj/IROKS%20004.jpg http://www.users.eesc.com/twist/darkoj/IROKS%20005.jpg http://www.users.eesc.com/twist/darkoj/IROKS%20006.jpg

Are those radial or bias?

bias

Mount those up so I can try them out on my rig at your tesing grounds and we'll see how they do

Originally posted by DetR6oit
Mount those up so I can try them out on my rig at your tesing grounds and we'll see how they do

hahahaha, boy am i glad i didn't get MTR's :flipoff2:

looks sweet! let us know how they wear and chunck on the street, that's the only thing keeping me from getting them, i dont' dd my rig but do drive it some:flipoff2:

Too bad they come with %75 tread:rolleyes: I think they are cool other than that.

well, the tread is just about the same as a MTR. I beleive the 37" MTR is around 20/32's and these are at 19/32's. Tommorow i am going to measure them out with the tire depth guage i have and get a realistic reading. The only problem i see on the street is them being so soft, but im going to drive it on the street anyway.

yeah, i wish the tread depth was a little deeper:flipoff2:

Shiiiiit.....MTRs don't count, I was talking about a real tire like a TSL:flipoff2:

I dunno...I'll stick with swampers and boggers. 'Roks seem a bit overhyped. Plus they make me think of mullets and camaros. Guess the iroks have a softer tread over the swampers though. Can't imagine they'd last that long on the street. But who wants to drive on the damn street anyways? :flipoff2:

gotta cruise the mall sometimes.heheh

I am going to have them mounted on H2 wheels in the next few days with the weight of the rig on them, I should have comparison pics of them next to a 40" MTR if Detr6oit ever gets his broke down jeep to my house.

Originally posted by DarkoStoj
I am going to have them mounted on H2 wheels in the next few days with the weight of the rig on them, I should have comparison pics of them next to a 40" MTR if Detr6oit ever gets his broke down jeep to my house.

My Jeep is fixed, :flipoff2: well mostly besides that I'd like to get new front wheel bearings before I drive it again

I don't know, watching Frankie Fountains buggy work on em for a weekend (well, for a total of 1.5 hours between 2 broken diffs, anyway) was fairly convincing.

Oh, and FWIW I believe they left the "excess" rubber off the lugs to shave more weight. Same thing they did with the "open" sidewall lugs. To a point, competition guys don't care about tread depth the way us east-coasters do, and that was the market. The tread depth is at or near the depth of my 38.5SXs - which is to say that it's nowhere near the depth of a 42" TSL.

Originally posted by DetR6oit


My Jeep is fixed, :flipoff2: well mostly besides that I'd like to get new front wheel bearings before I drive it again

you need to ditch the unit bearing hubs and 30 spline outers and go to ford outers. Seroiusly, with the $500 you spend on the unit bearing hubs you should be able to get yer ford shit, and have manual hubs, also the possibility of upgrading to 35spline w/o heavy machine work

Originally posted by DarkoStoj


you need to ditch the unit bearing hubs and 30 spline outers and go to ford outers. Seroiusly, with the $500 you spend on the unit bearing hubs you should be able to get yer ford shit, and have manual hubs, also the possibility of upgrading to 35spline w/o heavy machine work

http://www.misfitoffroad.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=393

I have been calling around on rockcrusher outers too

Originally posted by DarkoStoj
well, the tread is just about the same as a MTR. I beleive the 37" MTR is around 20/32's and these are at 19/32's. Tommorow i am going to measure them out with the tire depth guage i have and get a realistic reading. The only problem i see on the street is them being so soft, but im going to drive it on the street anyway.

Wait till you get them mounted and aired up they balloon out big time. We have a set for both rigs just for trail becuase they will wear fast on the pavement.
Don't worry about the lack of depth on the lugs they hook up better than any swamper I have ever had.
have fun

Originally posted by TNToy
I don't know, watching Frankie Fountains buggy work on em for a weekend (well, for a total of 1.5 hours between 2 broken diffs, anyway) was fairly convincing.

Oh, and FWIW I believe they left the "excess" rubber off the lugs to shave more weight. Same thing they did with the "open" sidewall lugs. To a point, competition guys don't care about tread depth the way us east-coasters do, and that was the market. The tread depth is at or near the depth of my 38.5SXs - which is to say that it's nowhere near the depth of a 42" TSL.

Actually, we had a big discussion about this in another thread.

They didnt use steel belts, thats where the weight savings came in I guess. The 1/8" less tread depth couldnt really make that big a difference. Im sure a bald SX weighs WAY more than a new irok :laughing:

The tread depth is to avoid lugs tearing with since the compound is so soft, So i'm told.

Originally posted by GOFER


Wait till you get them mounted and aired up they balloon out big time. We have a set for both rigs just for trail becuase they will wear fast on the pavement.
Don't worry about the lack of depth on the lugs they hook up better than any swamper I have ever had.
have fun

I'm sure you have the 15" rim correct? The 17" tires don't stick the sidewall out nearly as much as the 15, so they don't baloon as much.

Originally posted by DarkoStoj


I'm sure you have the 15" rim correct? The 17" tires don't stick the sidewall out nearly as much as the 15, so they don't baloon as much.

The radial IROKs really sit tall. They do not buldge out at the sides at all.
And the tread is 21/32 on the radials.
They are also very light but I havent weighed one yet.

Where are the pics H8:D I wanna check out the new shoes for your rig!

Originally posted by desertCJ
Where are the pics H8:D I wanna check out the new shoes for your rig!

I mounted up 4 of the tires last night in the rain, and was planning on using Lance's camera this evening to take some pics,...but the batteries were dead. Ill get some pics and post em tomorrow.

:bounce2:

h8, did you get the radials in the 37" size? I think i remember reading you got the 39.5, but i didn't think they made em in that size. Make sure to post some pics, then bring them over here so we can take comparison pics :flipoff2:

Originally posted by DarkoStoj
h8, did you get the radials in the 37" size? I think i remember reading you got the 39.5, but i didn't think they made em in that size. Make sure to post some pics, then bring them over here so we can take comparison pics :flipoff2:

I got them in 39.5"

I think it would make more sense if you brought yours out here to the west coast so we could compare them out at the hammers. :flipoff2:

wonder if my rig can make it that far....

Originally posted by DarkoStoj
wonder if my rig can make it that far....

To California?
Or through the Hammers?:flipoff2:

well, if i make it down to california, i'd have a kickass time at the hammers. My rig would break down though and i'd have to crash on your couch, and your eventually going to have to make me a apt over your garage for "uncle Darko" because there would be no way in hell i'd be able to get across the states w/ a busted up rig(trust me, WORST LUCK EVER)

mounted them today, here is a pic to show how much they balloon out, a little more then i origionally thought they would. Haven't tested the tires out though, but they look incredible

http://www.users.eesc.com/twist/darkoj/IROKS%20mounted%20002.jpg

So whats the actual height with em mounted? at what psi? :beer:

I didn't use a level but i laid some tubing over the tire and mounted on a 17x8.5" wheel at 20psi they measured just under 39"

Originally posted by SR5Dave
Actually, we had a big discussion about this in another thread.

The tread depth is to avoid lugs tearing with since the compound is so soft, So i'm told.

Rumor control if you're talking about the discussion with MudzerK5 (http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=216575).

I was just speculating why the lugs were shallow, there is no real evidence to support it.

I'm very interested in the weight difference b/t the radial & bias. other than the belts, are the carcass's the same, sidewalls?