Tires and wheels

With all this talk on shocks, I was wondering what type of tires and whells combo is preferred? I hear all types of combinations and makes but I want to know what most like.

I need to get some wheels and tires. Still riding around on the factory ones which arent really all that bad!

As for wheels, I'd say pick out a set you like and go with them. Stock is 12" but 14" look good, just a little more wheel/money. Beadlock wheels have a outter ring that make them stronger for rocks and whatnot. If you find a wheel that you like that is not offered in the RZR bolt pattern you can get wheel spacers that will change it to the rhino bolt patter. I think the RZR is 4/156 and the Rhino is 4/110. I got wheel spacers for my wheels with the rhino bolt pattern so I have 4/110 wheels.

Now tires can be a little different. I have the GreenBall Dirt Tamer tires that are just like the Maxxis Bighorns but cheaper. I have a SXS mag at home that did a shootout on tires and it actually scored the Dirt Tamers higher then the Bighorns but a lot of people have the big horns. I love my Dirt Tamers and I will buy them again when they wear out. You just need to see what kind of tires that match your style of riding.

Where do you get dirt tamers??

I`ve been running the dirt tamers and have 1800+ miles on them and have never had to plug one yet and we ride a lot of rock. I just ordered a new set and they run around $360.00 a set.

Stealth, what air pressure are you running!

Stealth wrote:

I`ve been running the dirt tamers and have 1800+ miles on them and have never had to plug one yet and we ride a lot of rock. I just ordered a new set and they run around $360.00 a set.

Are these radials? We have always run Big Horns and get about 2500-3000 on the SXS's and 4000-4500 on 4-wheelers.

To my knowledge they are not radials.

simoniz wrote:

To my knowledge they are not radials.

that's why they cost less

the GBC dirt tammers are not radials but are great tires. i had them on my LE and still have them in the barn. i may put a set of them on the S when i need to replace the bighorns.

Tbone you will love aftermarket wheels. They will make it a little wider, making it feel better in the tipsy stuff, and be more stable in turns. I say go with the 12s for the tall sidewall and the cheaper price. I can say ITP wheels are very nice, I have them on the Rhino. I'm not a big fan of their tires though. Had 2 sets now, and had one out of 4 leak pretty bad around the bead.

As for tires...don't go with a pure mud tire for all round trail riding.

Going aftermarket, you also be going to at least a 6ply maybe 8ply tire. That will give you a much thicker side wall and you will have less body roll in the turns. The stock tires will literally almost roll off the rim in a turn at high speed, causing the front end to push too.

I have run 12" & 14" tires. I prefer the 12". Unless you plan on running in alot of mud, go with an all purpose tire. I have ITP Terrarcross, Maxxis Big Horns & Maxxis Ceros. The Big Horns run great on the trails for me. The Terracross held up very well on hard packed surfaces & ashphalt.

Ok great!!

This brings me to yet another question.......My Can Am Outlander was advertised with "radial tires" I can understand that on a car but why do people like them for offroading? I dont understand how thats a good thing vs non radial.

I'm sure others will give you more info.. A radial gives you more of a foot print on the ground. Some folks say they even give you a little smoother ride on the rough stuff. One thing for sure is when hit hard pack surfaces you get a much better ride. No bouncing or wobbling... and they last forever.

I've had 5 sets of Big Horns radials and 1 set of the Terracross XD. The Terracrosses where out of round, at high medium to high speeds they wobbled allot..

So you should always try to get a radial tire?

i have ran both the dirt tammers and the big horn and i can not tell any diff in traction. the big horns are going to last a little longer but not buy much. to me i could care less if its radial or not because i dont notice and diff when running a radial or non radial.


also the set of 27inch dirt tammers i have with 1300 or 1400 miles and them are just a little taller than the 26inch big horns that came on the S.
big horns run big on there sizes but from what i have seen with GBC tires they run a little small.

simoniz wrote:

I'm sure others will give you more info.. A radial gives you more of a foot print on the ground. Some folks say they even give you a little smoother ride on the rough stuff. One thing for sure is when hit hard pack surfaces you get a much better ride. No bouncing or wobbling... and they last forever.

I've had 5 sets of Big Horns radials and 1 set of the Terracross XD. The Terracrosses where out of round, at high medium to high speeds they wobbled allot..

Call Matt at ATV outfitters in SC. He pretty much has the best prices on tires and wheels. Next day delivery in pretty standard too!

does he have a website?

TBONE21 wrote:

does he have a website?

http://www.atvoutfitters.net/

Hey TBone21,

No experience other than 14" Crusher wheels( 6" wide in front & 8" wide on the back) and Bighorn 26" non-radial tires. All I can say for sure is that the tires will take a beating on the sidewall without failing, the 14x26 combo gains some ground clearance, spacing out the front gets a little more front bite and the setup will take some acceleration away (if you care/or unless you compensate). It's all I've known and I like it.

stay away from the 14 inch wheels. they get sidewall cuts much easier. at least the ones on my rhino did and from what i have seen out on the trail.

I've got 14" T7 Beadlockers on both my Ranger and RZR. I've never had a sidewall cut. I never run less than 12lbs. of air neither. I run 14lbs. most of the time!

simoniz wrote:

Stealth, what air pressure are you running!

7 FRONT, 8 REAR

Last weekend my buddy actually broke a rim running that low of air pressure. I will post pics. later today. He had a T7 beadlocker like me. I kept telling him he was running to low of air pressure. He got home Monday called ITP and sent them a picture and they said they would not warranty the rim because he was indeed running to low of tire pressure for the RZR.

I always thought ITP replaced wheels reguardless of the break reason ? I've heard of guys hitting rocks or trees and having thier wheels replaced .

They wouldn't replace his...

I didnt know that they will replace rims. I may have to get me a set of them!

ITP comes with a Lifetime warranty on them.