non radial tires????

[90toy]

so i'm gonna get me some tsl's and as you all may know, non radial tires are waaaay cheaper than radials. my question is, are they really that uncomfortable for street driving? i dont care if they are a bit wobbly or what ever but is it worth the extra $ to go radial?......i'm sure everyone will have mixed feelings about this but i gotta ask.

thanks.

[Hottrod81]

I have bias IROKS and they are fine to drive with.

[mudmaster]

My bias TSL's are pretty lumpy until they warm up

[MiniSimp]

I have 36" Bias IROK's and they are smooth as glass on the street and freeway......thanks to BB balancing.

[Rockcrawlintoy]

they drive a little different but its not that big of a deal

[MiniSimp]

they drive a little different but its not that big of a deal

True, you gotta start your turn about 5' early.

[~tc~]

Drive some bias plys and you'll see how spoiled we've all become by radials...

I had 34x9.50 TSL's and they were not good enough offroad to justify how bad they were onroad. Flat spots every morning. LOUD. Cost me about 2MPG to run them. VERY strange wear patterns. They wore pretty quick too.

Are they driveable? Sure.

Is any extra money for radials well spent? IMHO yes.

[89 toy]

it all depends on how much street driving you are doing. i had a set of 33" tsl's i ran them bald in about 9 months probably put 15,000-20,000 miles on them. they rode fine on the road handled ok after they warmed up a bit. i have ssr's now and have about 25,000 miles on them and they are still 65% tread left.

[Rocksurfer]

I ran a set of Thornbirds on the street as a dd and couldn't tell any difference, of course I was also not cornering hard either.

[808-Yota]

For me my first set of boggers lasted only about 7 months then got a set of radial tsl's and its been going for  two years so far and still going.  Yeah I spent more for the radials but it lasted 4 times longer so it was money well spent.

[90toy]

hhhmmmmmmmm still dont know what to do, i'll have to check some prices again. i will be driving onroad a nice bit so maybe its worth the extra coin.

thanks for the help.

[kneedownnate]

A local guy has a set of 36" bias iroks on his runner and says he'd never buy em again.  They are wearing out super fast.  Probably more of an issue if you dd more though.

[Rocksurfer]

True my Thornbirds did wear out fast and they were on my dd but I lived 100 miles away from work back then.

[yotaboy79]

the bias iroks are one of the fastest wearing tire ive ever ran because there so soft but they hook up like no tommarrow in almost any situation next in line to that are tsl sx's they last a little longer the traditional bias tsl will last the longest because of the harder compound but any radial will out last them except maybey bahaclaws those didnt last me long at all so if you want somthing thats going to last go radial but if you want better performance offroad go with bias it all comes down to what your prioritys are

[Rockcrawlintoy]

yeah the iroks wear quick im lucky to have 2 sets of tires one for street and one for wheelin. it makes things really nice

Drew

[90toy]

hmmmmm i have a set of 33's now which i did plan on running daily, but i know as soon as i see the 36's on the truck they'll never come off. maybe radial is the way to go for me as i will be doing alot  of street driving. thanks for the help.

[302Toyota]

I have a set of 36 14.50x15 tsl Radials About 1400 mounted and everything they ride very good just alil loud i never noticed flats spots in the tires from sitting over night and they have lasted a good while on a fullsize 78 bronco daily driver but i purchased a set of 35 15.50x15 tsl Sx they were loud wore out fast rode rough and they were about 950 or 1000 with everything they were mounted on a set 15x12 eagles One of my friends has a set of 38 ssr tsl  unsure of the exact on a size buts its on a f 250 and they ride very well to be that big and have lasted him along time unsure of mileage ....i would def say its worth the money for the radials but thats just me

[toy4x4ota]

my bias ply tsl 38s run fine on the road, its the wear that you got to worry about. that said i think radials are worth it, strickly for the fact that they will last longer on the road. but my 38 tsl's kick ass offroad

[bigarms23]

i have bias iroks and in my opinion they work great on both street and offroad. I had them for almost a year and cant tell the difference than wheni had radials

[Brandon]

if your getting swampers it won't matter what they are made of.. they are swampers don't expect them to ride like slicks

LOL

I actually preferred the Bias, if your gonna get a TSL might as well really do it..