Get tires studded or sipped?

[mynameislance]

I have a jeep wrangler with 35" tires and it does great in everything except the hardpack snow and ice so i'm looking to change that this year. Not sure if I want to get the tires sipped or studded. I have no experience with sipped tires, so anyone who does please chime in.

Lance

 

[PJ-Hunter]

I had siped tires one year. The traction on snow and ice was great, but the tires seemed to wear out faster than any other tire I have ever had. I opted to put all-weather tires on my "beater" and they do great in the snow and ice (I drive over Rabbit Ears Pass every day, all year long and the roads are always icy during the winter). I still have to buy tires every year, but I drive 30,000 miles a year, but I had to replace the siped tires after 6 months.

 

[skibreeze]

I had the tires on my maxima siped and it worked great, didn't have any mileage issues at all. The only bad thing is the siping doesn't go deep enough, when the tire is to 1/4 thread there isn't any sipe left. I've put over 50k miles on mine over the last 2 years.
On my tj there was a huge difference between mtr's and bfg at's, which are much better on bad roads.

 

[Tturbo]

If you drive on heavly iced roads all the time sipped is the way, otherwise they just wear out too quickly.
Studs well they are great but same thing they wear out and you can only have them on your vehicle at certain times of the year.
I went with a good set of Commercial TAs (BF goodrich) without studs and for the first time in years I am happy with the tires on my truck, great traction I drive in all types of road conditions usually lots of snowy roads
Just my .02$

 

[EricW]

Both

I good tire guy will sipe the tread face in between the stud holes. A studded/siped tire is the only way to go. EW

 

[AkHockey10]

I run studded on my Cherokee. Was thinking about going with sipped but, dont have no money ! what is the advantage between the two??

 

[XXL]

I have a jeep wrangler with 35" tires and it does great in everything except the hardpack snow and ice so i'm looking to change that this year. Not sure if I want to get the tires sipped or studded. I have no experience with sipped tires, so anyone who does please chime in.

Lance

I.M.H.O. the real wide tires are useless on snow pack and ice(almost suicidal) especially on a short wheel base, I would recommend going to as narrow a tire that still looks good. The tires made for winter driving that are sipped and have silica or walnut husks added to the rubber is what I put on the wifes vehicle. Todays studs don't last long, they last about a fourth of the life of the tire. They are sweet though, when new. The biggest thing to avoid is speed.

 

[SnowSnob]

Are siped tires where they cut a channel down the tread??

 

[XXL]

Are siped tires where they cut a channel down the tread??

Tiny cuts across the face of the tire tread.

 

[R J]

Studded would be cool. My Cooper Discover ST/C have the little holes already in the outer tread block for studs! I keep looking at it and thinking, yeah, why not.

In MN it's not legal though.

 

[opus]

I.M.H.O. the real wide tires are useless on snow pack and ice(almost suicidal) especially on a short wheel base, I would recommend going to as narrow a tire that still looks good. The tires made for winter driving that are sipped and have silica or walnut husks added to the rubber is what I put on the wifes vehicle. Todays studs don't last long, they last about a fourth of the life of the tire. They are sweet though, when new. The biggest thing to avoid is speed.

"Looks good"? Who cares what they look like! I wish I still had 7.00-16's for the winter, I'd run them.

Studded/siped are the way to go, so I think.

 

[HighonBoost]

if the rubber compound is too soft on the tire when its siped and you want to go 4x4'in the summer ( you say you have 35's ) when the tires spin it will rip chunks out of the tire. best bet it is to get some skinnier tires.

 

[mtn_extreme]

I have my 37" Toyo's sipped and love them. Going on 40000 miles but will probably have to replace next summer (probably about 50000)

 

[Fosgate]

A friend of mine slapped a set of these on his jeep after putting a $30 1inch body lift kit in his jeep at $110 a tire. I was so impressed on these not just how they looked but how we'll they performed and was not very loud for as agressive a tire they as they are. Ironically they looked identical as a set of Interco (Super Swampers) for the same money but tere was not a dealer near me. I put a 2inch lift shackle on the back (Warrior products), turned out my front torsion bars to give another 2inches on the front of my 2dr expolder sport. I then put the biggest tire I could fit on the factory rims without rubbing the fenders. Which wound up being for a 16 inch rim 32inch at $170 each ($190 each if not paying cash). I was climbing snow coverd logging hills last Thanksgiving in the Black Hills. This is my second year and this weekend with the heavy snow and ice I had no problem with control or lack of feel for the road. I simply love these tires and when it comes time to replace them they will be with the same.

http://www.coopertire.com/us/en/ProductDetails.asp?ProdType=LtTruck&id=271&title=Light+Truck+Tires

 

[H2SNOW]

both options have there drawbacks ...studded is good for snow and ice to a point.....but are dangerous on winter pavement and will wear very fast ..

sipped is generaly a good option for all winter driving however the rubber compound in those tires tends to add to the wear out factor..

 

[94fordguy]

I.M.H.O. the real wide tires are useless on snow pack and ice(almost suicidal) especially on a short wheel base, I would recommend going to as narrow a tire that still looks good.

This is exactly what I did this year after a friend did last year, went from 285s to 255s, all I can say is HOLY CR*P DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I went up places this weekend without problems, that I wouldn't have even considered in my wildest dreams with the old ones...NOT EVEN KIDDING!!!

Here's what I got, I HIGHLY recommend themhttp://www.deantires.com/us/en/ProductDetails.asp?ProdType=LtTruck&id=272&title=Light+Truck+Tires

Didn't bother to sipe or stud them either

 

[Wyoming T/A]

i run cooper M & S and they are studded and work great . can get 2 winters at about 12000 miles each winter,,not to bad

 

[Mod-R]

If your not pulling anything I'd just get the goodyears sipped. Now if pulling
in winter dump the goodyears too hard tread compound in the first place.
Buy some cooper discover m/s, get them studded put them on spare rims
run them in the winter, run your goodyears in the summer.
I LOVE my coopers in the nasty stuff!

 

[blackcat900]

I sipe all of my tires works great

 

[mynameislance]

thanks for all the input guys, still not sure which i want to do. if i do go studs, i'll just pull the studs out this summer cause i doubt they'll help my rock crawling any ...i'm leaning towards the studs b/c i'm sure crawling with sipped tires means a lot of rubber chunks left behind