General Competition Grabber now DOT!!

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Looks like General Tire just made their Competition Grabber just turned legal!

http://image.fourwheeler.com/f/editorials/you-got-it-here-first/26661067/general-grabber-dot-legal-street-version-race-tire.jpg

Tis a hot tire! Wonder how it performs against it's race bred brother?

Click to read specs on the CT4WD News (http://www.ct4wd.com/news/index.php/component/content/article/27-4wd-product-tools/92-tiregeneralgrabberdot)

[CalgaryRider]

hmmmm, I wonder how they would hold up in Calgary in the winter... I love the look of the competition tire

[Krazie Sj]

Probably suck on Ice, but from what I read it did very very well on sand and snow.

So long as you know your vehicle and are used to driving an MT style tire on ice I don't think it'll be a problem. Sad thing is Nitto doesn't even have them listed on their website. :(

I wanna know how much they're going to cost!

Never mind, they just added them on their site.

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These are made by Continental Tire which General Tire is owned by. Check General Tire's site.

http://www.generaltire.com/tires/TC3/

Found 4 Wheel Offroad Magazine's review for upcoming July

http://www.4wheeloffroad.com/techarticles/wheels/131_1007_new_dot_approved_general_grabber/index.html

http://image.4wheeloffroad.com/f/33361200+w750+st0/131_1007_06+new_dot_approved_general_tire_grabber+ snow_test.jpg

[91Runner]

Good looking tire, but it will probably carry the Nitto price tag :(

Way too rich for my blood/rusty truck :)

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[874runnersr5]

mmmmmmm 4runnner.....


btw, whats with those things that go from the bumper to roof rack?

[City_Rider]

mmmmmmm 4runnner.....


btw, whats with those things that go from the bumper to roof rack?

Boat ties?

[Doc McCoy]

mmmmmmm 4runnner.....


btw, whats with those things that go from the bumper to roof rack?


Boat ties?

You see them more often on European or Expedition style rigs. It's to help keep tree branches away from the front quarter panels. To be honest I don't know what they are called but you see them a lot on done up Land Rovers because they actually will have tabs for them ...

Kinda hard to see in this pic but there is a Landie and I think it's a 40 behind 'er, both with the "wire thing to protect the paint" things.
http://www.4x4offroads.com/image-files/land-rover-300tdi-1994-pict0135.jpg

[Doc McCoy]

I like the red lettering. Had I known, I might have gone this way just to try 'em out. Red lettering gives 'em another 10hp I hear!

In truth, it's hard to completely trust the reviews from some of the magazines these days, I think that with revenue down a lot of them seem to be sucking up to the sponsors a bit more. The way they describe the testing on snow and mud is what got me worried. The Grabber has always been more of a Core2 or 4 tire which is great for sand or gravel. It comes from a long line of desert style racing. More comparable to a BFG Baja than to a BFG Krawler competition tire. Of course when they bring it over to the consumer market they must have tried to make it more of an allrounder. However, untill we see people we know, using them in the real world (instead of a magazine) ... I reserve judgement.

[the_kernel114]

You see them more often on European or Expedition style rigs. It's to help keep tree branches away from the front quarter panels. To be honest I don't know what they are called but you see them a lot on done up Land Rovers because they actually will have tabs for them ...

Kinda hard to see in this pic but there is a Landie and I think it's a 40 behind 'er, both with the "wire thing to protect the paint" things.
http://www.4x4offroads.com/image-files/land-rover-300tdi-1994-pict0135.jpg

they are there to keep branches off of your windshield.

[874runnersr5]

huh, who woulda guessed...

[Doc McCoy]

they are there to keep branches off of your windshield.

I guess that makes even more sense ... any idea if they have an actual name?

[the_kernel114]

i have no idea of the actual name lol

[Soccernut]

I have heard them called Limb Risers on the FJ forum

[City_Rider]

Add this mod to the list!

[keener]

they are there to keep branches off of your windshield.


Maybe doubles as a clothes line for drying pants off after all the silly australian water crossing.....haha