4x2 pick-ups with M/T tires

[Olive Drab]

does it make sense?
or feeling 4x4?

[Ungas]

Maybe the owner of that vehicle drives his pickup on occassional rough road sessions. It could help him prevent getting flat. But a much much cheaper option is to use an All-Terrain tread tire.


Hindi lang yan ang nakita ko, roaming around the metro a black L200 Endeavor model with Safari snorkel! I guess his primary reason are the floods that he encounters?

[ARB]

there are some here, they use m/t on the rear and a/t or h/t sa front. they use it on their farms and they cannot afford to buy 4x4's or some in the construction business. pag 4x2 and may lsd and the driver is experienced it can go places that 4wd's can go to.

[sixpack]

Marami naman kasi dyan gusto porma lang. Kahit 4x4 na naka MT tires di naman ini-offroad ni ayaw nga maputikan.

[OTEP]

Meron samin 4x2 na Frontier. Naka-ARB bullbar pa with Dunlop Grandtreks tapos AR Wagon wheels. hehehe.

Pero Toyota naglabas dati ng Tacoma 4x2 with rear diff lock and suspension lift.

[vinj]

IMO, A/T's would be more feasible in most cases. I used to have A/T's on my Frontier 4x2 then i switched to HT's when i wore them out. The on-road performance is very OK but i feel the difference when i'm climbing something or am driving on some muddy road in Batangas. I'll definitely be switching back to a/t's the next time around... or maybe i'll find a nice 2nd hand Frontier 4x4 someday.

[dx8976]

vinj: do you remember what kind of a/t and h/t tires you used? how would you rate the difference in city driving comfort level between the 2?

[wildthing]

opinion ko, okay lang (naka MT tires) kung talagang ginagamit sa maputi ng lugar pero kung hindi naman (kung japorms lang) I think its ricey.

[Bubbles]

MT's on 4x2 why not. Usually it's called a prerunner. Hey, a skilled driver can get a 4x2 quite far. I'm not saying I'm skilled, just good tires and rig, but most of you know I'm Mr. 2H go go go diba. Porci clinic for example. the only time I was in 4 low was when Mrs. Bubbles was driving.

[crawdaddy]

sa tingin ko feeling 4x4 sila... I've seen a 4x2 Hilux with a lift. hehe ang panget! and dito sa village namin may old 4x2 Nissan pickup na may snorkel and bullbars... sakit talaga sa mata... bad trip pa madalas ko nakikita.

but meron din dito black na 4x4 Frontier with snorkel, MT's, lifted but never ko pa nakikitang puro putik, or kahit slightly dirtly lang...

and I know a family who owns this convenience store near our place na may Safari & Vitara. yung Safari may snorkel din, slight lift, MT's and yung Vitara naka AT's lang. but when I asked the owner of the Safari kung san sila naglalaro/trailing sabi sakin wala daw, "japorms lang" daw (exact words na yan, at least aminado siya! haha!)

but willing naman sila pumunta sa mga clinics so next time baka isama ko sila...

hehe medyo na-OT ba?

[Olive Drab]

Originally posted by ARB
there are some here, they use m/t on the rear and a/t or h/t sa front. they use it on their farms and they cannot afford to buy 4x4's or some in the construction business. pag 4x2 and may lsd and the driver is experienced it can go places that 4wd's can go to.

i agree
but even the most experienced driver siguro would say not ALL places.

[kimpOy]

makes sense na rin, for traction purposes,

minsan kasi when i go to places with light goo, my rig can go thru it with my muds alone.

[vinj]

Originally posted by dx8976
vinj: do you remember what kind of a/t and h/t tires you used? how would you rate the difference in city driving comfort level between the 2?

The a/t tires i had were Goodyear Wranglers and the H/T's are Pirellis. The difference i felt was with the transmission of road imperfections to the car, and road noise wherein i noticed it more with the Goodyears. The Goodyears also complained more on mountain roads but its hard to give a gauge on that as the H/T's i have are wider.

[offroadfanatic2003]

Originally posted by crawdaddy
sa tingin ko feeling 4x4 sila... I've seen a 4x2 Hilux with a lift. hehe ang panget!

ouch!! ganyan kasi yung pick-up ko eh.

( di kaya ako yung nakita mo? kung blue na 94 ako nga yun! )

i've lifted my 4x2 hilux and fitted it with 31 R15 michelin ltx tires. i don't know about the others but necessity is my reason for doing it.

pero IMO, wag lang sigurong lagyan ng sticker na 4x4 ok na.

[OTEP]

Nakita ko na rin yung mga lifted Hi-Lux. IMHO, there is a right way to do it.

Yung nakita ko sinagad ang suspension kaya panget. Halos walang down travel na after.

[Bubbles]

Tama. Any 4x2 pickup with a proper lift will perform better or at least be a lot more comfy in desert like terrain cuz of the possibility of increasing front wheel travel.

YUng 4x2 ng isa kong kapitbahay, isuzu lift ko kasi gusto niya mukhang 4x4. lifted it just enough to fit 31 inch AT's. mukha ngang 4x4. di masagwa tingnan.

[dx8976]

Originally posted by vinj
The a/t tires i had were Goodyear Wranglers and the H/T's are Pirellis. The difference i felt was with the transmission of road imperfections to the car, and road noise wherein i noticed it more with the Goodyears. The Goodyears also complained more on mountain roads but its hard to give a gauge on that as the H/T's i have are wider.

any particular reason you used wider hts?

[vinj]

I would assume better on-road performance with the HTs(specifically in the handling dept.)... and it did.

[RedHorse]

pickup ko din feugo na 4x2 with bridgestone AT, may snorkel, na naka body lift...

[Ungas]

RedHorse::: Does your ride happen to be color green?