Grooving or siping TSLs?

[BigClay]

Has anyone ever grooved or siped their TSLs? How did you do it and how did it turn out? For the type of wheeling we do around here, what is the best "pattern"? Does siping increase chunking?

 

[frankenyoter]

My tires are old, worn, and chunked. I just cut out the wear bars on the middle. Made a huge difference.

 

[karatejosh]

I did the tn or atna cut on my tsls it did help alot but I think it made them ware out really fast

 

[drkelly]

I cut the ends off of the lugs on my LTB's creating about a 1" wide gap between them. I cut them deep too. They seemed to work much better this past weekend at the Flats. They were slinging the heck out of the goo poo.

Before cutting:

After cutting:

 

[Tom@Hilltop_Machine]

I grooved the front tires as you can see in this pic.

 

[BigClay]

What are the advantages/disadvantages of grooving the front and rear tires differently?

 

[Tom@Hilltop_Machine]

Having the front acting like fingers trying to grab everything. As for the rear if the lugs are too small they tend to break off.

 

[Caver Dave]

I cut each (center) lug in half and removed the "wear strips"...
Wasn't all that noticeable until bead-locks and <5#, but VERY evident now that it allows the carcass to uber-flex = grabbing rocks better

 

[Chuckman]

tknops cut is what I chose and at speed they are stable because the balance is not affected 'too much' but on the rocks the carcass flexibility is incredible

 

[iwaxmyjimmy]

I've been thinking about grooving my new SX on my JK like tknops. It's not s street queen but I like being able to drive it at 70mph, think it'll be fine?