Installed Expedition One DX!
09-21-2007, 07:27 AM
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JK Super Freak
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and slick i like your jeep man, very nice you've done good work to it IMO but not ready to bow down to you yet lol
i'd love to see them side by side on the trail one day let me know if ya ever head down to florida, i'll show you some sweet Everglades trails that will make those boggers really work :Palways wanted to wheel in flordia
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your in miami.... want to go down there for a week soon be and some buds
09-21-2007, 10:12 AM
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JK Junkie
...i love my Thornbirds and they have worked out great for me thus far... but i always considered them an aggresive A/T tire as it was intended. so thus i expect boggers pitbulls and other such extreme M/T tires to out perform mine. but i'm happy with what i got thank you and yes they do look awesome much better IMO then a standard B/F mt...
First I want to say that the Jeep looks good. You are right about the tires looking much better than a standard BFG M/T. I once bought a set of Thornbirds for that very reason. I figured that they would also be pretty decent on the road and good in mud as well. It was my experience with these tires that they were absolutely horrible on road and only marginal off road. The bias ply construction makes them very heavy and loud, and ride very rough. While they may do pretty well (comparitively) in deep mud due to the side lugs, I found that on slick hardpack they were once again horrible. It is my personal opinion that a modern radial M/T will out-perform the Thornbirds in every area other than outward appearance. If that is more important to someone than actual performance, that's fine. I just think people should hear the whole story before going out and paying a lot of money for a product that they may not have any experience with.
09-21-2007, 10:35 AM
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off topic, but like i said to each their own. i read all the reviews and desided to give them a try anyway, so far am not disappointed. But everyone may have a different requirement or scale to measure these tires up to. IMO the do the job i throw at them and look good doing it. its a jeep not a vette all mudding tires suck onroad. its a clear division you pick when u get tires u want on road performance or offroad performance. but i'm not going to change anyones mind here nor am i tring to get anyone to buy them so get what ever you want. i like my choice it works for me...
*jeep wave*
*jeep wave*
04-10-2014, 07:34 PM
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Thornbirds are bad ass.I had a set.lasted forever.I had 35 x 14.5 x 15.
damn southside u just stop by here to drop some nastys? insulted my tires and don't like my bumper jeesh...say what u want about the thornbirds u should see the mud i get through with no problem, when others with bfs and procomps etc are framed. i bow to the boggers only in mud thank u.
04-10-2014, 07:50 PM
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Wow....necro.
Thornbirds are good tires, not great though. I found them lacking in the mud.
On topic for the necro-
The exp dx is super bare bones and now (2014.....7 years after the original post), there are better options.
Thornbirds are good tires, not great though. I found them lacking in the mud.
On topic for the necro-
The exp dx is super bare bones and now (2014.....7 years after the original post), there are better options.
