Best Tires
- Thread starter TacoGal
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Seems with todays tires they all work well in the rain. If you hardly ever go off road why to you need all terrain tires? I've found the stock firestone destination all season tires even pretty decent on unimproved dirt roads, plus they don't throw stones that cause paint chips like all terrain will.
TacomaLance
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I put on Michelin X LT A/S, similar to LTX A/T2. Smooth quiet ride and plenty of traction in the rain. Can't go wrong with Michelins and I always wait till Costco has a special on them.
Scott Wyman
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I agree with Lance. I ran Michelins on all my previous trucks with absolutely no complaints. The only reason I went with the Wild Peak ATs is for the aggressive look on my Tacoma. I know, looks aren't everything, but sometimes ya just gotta go for it.
Toyota once put Michelins on Tundras. They were great, long lasting tires. My Tacoma came with Toyos. Can't say I'm impressed, but it likely save Toyota a few buck on each vehicle. I run BFG T/A KO2's on my Jeep. I ran the original T/A KO's before that. These have been outstanding tires. While I don't need an all terrain tire often, and could likely get by with something cheaper I will be putting TA KO2' on when it's time.
I once ran michelins on my gen1 tundra...waste of money. They wore out quicker than some tires, and were less than average in snow, Found general grabber AT2 tires pretty good except on black ice. In deep snow they were unbeatable, otherwise except ice those grabbers were great in all kinds of weather.
I was wondering how good those tires are. I'm thinking of buying a set of HT51 all season ones. I've heard a lot of good reviews.
lbdroidman
Active Member
Goodyear Wrangler all-terrain adventure in load range E. They last me 250,000 km a set. That's about 160,000 miles.
JayQQ97
MW surVivor ... clutched. 360k on the 0D0
lbdroidman
Active Member
I didn't bother saying anything about kevlar because there is no option that doesn't say it.
I had Falken Wildpeak AT3W in 265/75/16 SL, replaced them with Cooper Discoverer AT3 4S after 5 months. I bought the Falken after reading all the raving reviews on Tacoma World, did not like them on the truck, definitely more road noise than the stock Goodyear Wrangler, had shimmy on highway, even after road force balance by 2 different tire shop. Have the Cooper on my truck for almost 2 months now, drove through midwest snow storm, packed snow, ice, rain, zero issues. No road noise, no shimmy, better MPG since its lighter weight.
Best of all, the Cooper were cheaper than Falken at my local Discount Tires. $560 mounted balanced out the door after tax.
Best of all, the Cooper were cheaper than Falken at my local Discount Tires. $560 mounted balanced out the door after tax.
JayQQ97
MW surVivor ... clutched. 360k on the 0D0
How fast were you rolling with the wildpeaks to induce road noise?
Scott Wyman
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Right?!? I don't get road noise from mine.
become 20994
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Balancing issues are hit or miss with Wildpeaks. In my research I noticed folks complaining about vibrations. I recently made the move to Cooper Discoverer AT3 XLT and they are absolutely fabulous.
JayQQ97
MW surVivor ... clutched. 360k on the 0D0
how do those handle some healthy winter slopp?
i went to northern Minnesota this past spring to test the newish Michelin LTX on my truck in some heavy wet slopp, it was above freezing at the time but the snow was heavy and wet
those Michelin did not perform well at all to my liking
it felt utterly hopeless trying to wheel this in 4x4 with the throttle down coming out of a stop on a left turn and maintain a sense of control, the truck just kept wanting to spin out around
