Cablefed
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This past weekend I was driving home in the early hours and had a clear road and some nice turns to play with on my ride home and encountered a slide out going through what I condsider an easy turn, but was able to recover without any physical incident, just some skid marks in my pants and a heart rate thats faster than a rabbits.
To date I have slid out three times in my truck. Twice was due to moisture on the road and was going slower than most of the traffic on the road in both cases. This past time it was due to just pure traction.
I'm still sporting stock P's and still have some tread left on them before needing some replacements, but after this past weekend I want to order new tires.
I have lowered my ride with Stinks kit and added swaybar adjustments to compliment the lower stance. The truck does corner better, but at the end of the day the tires keep the truck on the road and I gotta say these stock tires make me nerveous as hell. I am almost at the point of getting rid of this truck just cause I'm against the grain to take it out in the rain. I have raced cars in the SCCA for years doing solo 2 events and track days so my confidence and skill are what I consider above average, but when dealing with a vechicle that is twice the weight and poopy tires to boot something has to give and its usually the part that has contact with the road.
I spent a few hours searching tire threads on VTCOA and found that changing to a 305/45/22 could help the ride and also traction in the rain. I am opting for the Continentials UHP for my daily tires in the 305/45 setup instead of the stock 305/40 setup.
I know everyone has different tastes and needs out of their trucks. I just want to know when I drive my truck in the rain I can go the same speed as the rest of traffic with confidence and without issues of traction with normal driving behavior.
For those sporting the Continential UHP tires what are your experiences with them in the rain? Good traction? Before I go and dump more money into this beast I want to know I'm making a good decisions with tires. Any and all input on these suckers is greatly appreciated. Cheers!
To date I have slid out three times in my truck. Twice was due to moisture on the road and was going slower than most of the traffic on the road in both cases. This past time it was due to just pure traction.
I'm still sporting stock P's and still have some tread left on them before needing some replacements, but after this past weekend I want to order new tires.
I have lowered my ride with Stinks kit and added swaybar adjustments to compliment the lower stance. The truck does corner better, but at the end of the day the tires keep the truck on the road and I gotta say these stock tires make me nerveous as hell. I am almost at the point of getting rid of this truck just cause I'm against the grain to take it out in the rain. I have raced cars in the SCCA for years doing solo 2 events and track days so my confidence and skill are what I consider above average, but when dealing with a vechicle that is twice the weight and poopy tires to boot something has to give and its usually the part that has contact with the road.
I spent a few hours searching tire threads on VTCOA and found that changing to a 305/45/22 could help the ride and also traction in the rain. I am opting for the Continentials UHP for my daily tires in the 305/45 setup instead of the stock 305/40 setup.
I know everyone has different tastes and needs out of their trucks. I just want to know when I drive my truck in the rain I can go the same speed as the rest of traffic with confidence and without issues of traction with normal driving behavior.
For those sporting the Continential UHP tires what are your experiences with them in the rain? Good traction? Before I go and dump more money into this beast I want to know I'm making a good decisions with tires. Any and all input on these suckers is greatly appreciated. Cheers!
. i think the main thing is that when going around any turns you really got to be carefull....lota tq at low rpms's bro....
