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TxCruzr 06-16-2002, 04:32 PM I have some 35inch BFG M/Ts that I want to groove and need some help on picking a design. I tried a few cuts with our air grinder but with the small compressor that we have it will take a week for one tire. We might buy a groover or rent/borrow a bigger air compressor to groove the tires. Here is a picture that you can photoshop or if you want to use one of your own pictures... Thanks Joseph A. Sillyneck 06-16-2002, 04:33 PM get a groover. I'd just sipe them though. groove swampers. take them to a tire shop and have them sipe them for cheap. elf_cruiser 06-16-2002, 04:36 PM Where do you wheel? For rocks i agree with Sillyneck, Discount tire will sipe em for $10 each, works awesome on slickrock type stuff. That would be the best bet. BFG's are too stiff for grooving IMO, the lugs will tear off cause they don't flex as well as a swamper. Becks 06-16-2002, 05:00 PM Has anyone tired to groove MT/Rs? I have a spare(large hole in side wall) that has about 98% tread that i could practice on. H TNToy 06-16-2002, 05:14 PM My BFGs sucked. I picked up a grooving iron, and they work GREAT now... http://home.off-road.com/~mithrandir/grooving/groove05.jpg If it doesn't say SuperSwamper on the sidewall, it's an all-terrain. TxCruzr 06-16-2002, 05:22 PM you sure thats a bfg a/t? I wanna pic of the sidewall :flipoff2: TxCruzr 06-16-2002, 05:25 PM What if I just borrow a huge air compressor that doesnt run out of air every 10 seconds like ours and sipe the tires on my own...the blade on the cutoff wheel would cut thicker than a sipe but not as big as a tire groover. Thanks Joseph A. bgreen 06-16-2002, 05:36 PM for mud bgreen 06-16-2002, 05:40 PM for rocks TxCruzr 06-16-2002, 06:47 PM Thx bgreen...I'll be doing rock and every now and then mud when I can't avoid it. The 2nd pic that you posted was what I was thinking about on the outside lugs. Thats the design I'll probably do when I get to it in a week or so... Thanks Joseph A. Nobody 06-16-2002, 10:16 PM Originally posted by Sillyneck get a groover. I'd just sipe them though. groove swampers. take them to a tire shop and have them sipe them for cheap. what he said... get them siped bgreen 06-16-2002, 10:33 PM If you are at all interested in grooving or siping tires you are a cheap bastid if you dont just buy a Ideal Tire Grooving Iron. They are cheap and will make almost any tire work better than stock. For simple grooving they work great, and wont take long at all to do something similar to the 2nd pic I posted above. | |