Tires & Wheels

 At 4x4Review we are constantly testing products, writing in-depth product reviews, and telling our readers how products perform in the real world, but we don’t always tell you how the product held up months or even years later after the first review. I cases where we can keep tabs on a product through its entire life, however, we will take …

I’ve heard it said that simply adding rims to a car or truck can have a dramatic effect on the eye of the beholder. It’s also no secret that many used-car lots will spend a few hundred dollars on a set of cheap, yet good looking rims to increase their return on investment some ten fold. For those of you …

When it came time for us to put some bigger meats on our ongoing project Land Cruiser, we found ourselves mounting several sets of 35″ tires on the same old, crappy, banged-up, out-of-round, ugly rims that I got for free, in exchange for tuning up a neighbors Camaro. Although the rims served me well for several years, they were certainly …

Some words these days are just getting overused. For example: hardcore, extreme, and custom. There should be some grading criteria when it comes to using these well-worn-out adjectives, so that we can help them regain their value. Goodyear recently introduced a new tire to the off-road world and now its up to the staff at 4x4Review.com to decide if this …

During SEMA 2010, two new Cooper Tires caught the attention of 4X4REVIEW.COM on Day 1 of our annual coverage.  The new Cooper Discoverer A/T3, replacing the Discoverer ATR, and the new Cooper Discoverer S/TMAXX eventually replacing the Discoverer STT would be worth a closer look.  Cooper Tire Ride-N-Drive Cooper Tire invited 4X4REVIEW.COM to their Tire & Vehicle Test Center to …

It was part of our plan all along – lift project Buckshot and shod it with some 35” tires and beadlock rims. We knew that project Buckshot would see quite a bit of street and highway driving as well as trail rides and hardcore rock crawling too. We also knew the final paint scheme for Project Buckshot (that’s a closely …

    We all do it; we make a statement of fact – bold and boisterous, loud and proud. A truth that we know we will stand by forever. Unfortunately there is always some one around that remembers this guarantee you make, this rock solid fact, this foundation of stone you have set in place. One such person was our …

Yeah they look cool, and lots of people ask us: What do they do? Do they work? Are they worth it? Our answers always the same. For rockcrawlers like us, a beadlock wheel’s purpose is to keep the tire securely mounted to the rim during low air pressure driving. Basically a beadlock wheel starts life as a standard wheel (aluminum …