My son has 29 x 9.50 super swampers on his Samurai, it drives really good and goes like crazy off road. Go for it.
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I have 33x14.5" boogers and I love them. Mine have been siped and they perform great offroad. I drive my Zuk to work everyday and they are very loud on the road. Of course, loud tires lets everyone know you are coming.
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If you plan on driving your Zuk for long distances everyday then you may want to get another tire because the boogers wear out pretty fast on the road. Just my 2 cents worth.
I'm running 31x10.50x15 TSL's and have been for over 2 years. I've gotten really good tread wear out of them and I'm running about 12 PSI in 'em. I don't air them down or anything for off-road and they work great! Make some really greasy stuff a little easier to climb.
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apollo,
You didn't tell us what your going to be using your sammy for...daily driver,trail rig, or both. I can assume its a daily driver cuz you want 28" tires. My good friend runs TSLs on his Comanche at first he hated them and actually wanted the Thornbirds he gave me back. On road they are very loud even in a well padded '89 Comanche(which we drove from Nor-cal to Moab 2000+ miles) He had his tires "siped" and the on road traction as well as the on rock traction was alot better. If you are buying the 28" swampers because they are inexpensive and not because you really need them, I would suggest a BFG mud or MTR for a daily driven rig. I ran a BFG AT KO on my zuk for years and love them(there now on my S10 prerunner) I didn't play in mud or snow so big lugs were not needed you might have different needs.
A note on tire pressure...I run about 12-15 psi street pressure and 2-4 psi trail with my 33" Thornturkeys running high pressure with the thick sidewall of a Swamper will give you a "buckboard" ride which is even worse if your running stock springs. MY .02
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You didn't tell us what your going to be using your sammy for...daily driver,trail rig, or both. I can assume its a daily driver cuz you want 28" tires. My good friend runs TSLs on his Comanche at first he hated them and actually wanted the Thornbirds he gave me back. On road they are very loud even in a well padded '89 Comanche(which we drove from Nor-cal to Moab 2000+ miles) He had his tires "siped" and the on road traction as well as the on rock traction was alot better. If you are buying the 28" swampers because they are inexpensive and not because you really need them, I would suggest a BFG mud or MTR for a daily driven rig. I ran a BFG AT KO on my zuk for years and love them(there now on my S10 prerunner) I didn't play in mud or snow so big lugs were not needed you might have different needs.
A note on tire pressure...I run about 12-15 psi street pressure and 2-4 psi trail with my 33" Thornturkeys running high pressure with the thick sidewall of a Swamper will give you a "buckboard" ride which is even worse if your running stock springs. MY .02
Well in that case apollo I would get the TSLs...are you sure your not going to do a lift? I first bought 235/75/15 tires for a 2" lift then bought a set of 31" tires when my rig went SPOA and had to step up to 33"s when I went to the Trail Tough YJ spring kit. You won't be wearing out a set of 28" TSLs with only 20% street driving. If you have a lift in mind down the road I wound suggest doing the lift first and buying a set of tires after and saving yourself some money. Once you start this Suzuki build up thing it just gets bigger
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I ran 29 x 10.5 x 15 super swamper TSL SX tires for a long time (2 years ish?). I was ULTRA happy with them! Swampers or any agressiv tire do VERY VERY badly in loose sugar sand. They are an EXCELENT mud tire though! The 29x10.5 is a big 29" tire, a nice 7" rim will work well. They ride LOUD but if you buy them new, flat spots should not be an issue. I've got a worn set of 31x13.5 tsl SX tires on mine now, I needed more flotation/wider tire.
The sx tires are very heavy duty, they don't flex like a car tire at all!!! I've never really run anything besides swampers so I don't know how well/poorly other tires do in different terrains. Down here in FL, we need mud tires
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the 29 10.5 sx tires should be ~~ 100 ish to your door or locally. Great tire!! The 29's wore very very well too, seems I have over 70%+ tread left after about 15k miles.
The sx tires are very heavy duty, they don't flex like a car tire at all!!! I've never really run anything besides swampers so I don't know how well/poorly other tires do in different terrains. Down here in FL, we need mud tires
the 29 10.5 sx tires should be ~~ 100 ish to your door or locally. Great tire!! The 29's wore very very well too, seems I have over 70%+ tread left after about 15k miles.
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