Current Preference on 16" Tire Replacements

[lasturbo]

My tires have had their life plus they are winter tires as my VX came from New York. I do not plan any lifting (yet), will be a daily driver, and was curious what the 16" tire crowd is replacing/or have replaced their tires with the current tires available? I want to stay stock at this time with the 245/70 16 but will go up if they do not rub & no cladding mods. I was looking at BFG AT KO and Yokohama Geolander AT's.

[deermagnet]

I'm now on my eighth set of tires which were installed today. All were stock size 16".

3/25/00- I started with the stock 'Stones, of course. Hated 'em. Black wall and terrible in the snow. Junked 'em way early.
4/10/01- 14,265- Michelin Cross Terrain SUV. Poor mileage for $150 each.
10/08/02- 41,908- BF Goodrich Open Trail T/A. Cheap tire with poor mileage.
10/07/03- 62,956- Dunlop Rover A/T. Decent mileage for an A/T.
10/08/04- 89,550- Toyo Open Country A/T. Decent mileage for an A/T.
1/31/06- 117,756- Mastercraft Courser A/T. Cheap tire with decent mileage for an A/T.
4/24/07- 145,551- Cooper Discoverer H/T. Very quiet and smooth riding with good mileage.
8/13/08- 176,110- Cooper Discoverer H/T. My first repeat tire 'cuz they're soooo quiet and smooth.

You can't always be smooth, but your tires should be. ;)

BTW, the wear on all these tires has been incredibly even. No unusual wear marks at all. I've had seven front end alignments and do a fair amount of rotating.

Mark Griffin

[lasturbo]

Mark (Deermagnet),
Are you running factory size tires-245/70 16?

[LittleBeast]

I want to stay stock at this time with the 245/70 16 but will go up if they do not rub & no cladding mods.

BOOOOOOOOO

:)

275/70/16 (31.2 x 10.8) should be fine no lift needed:

Just a little trim with some tin snips around the underside plastic if anything at all..... It is worth it!
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Compare1.jsp?width=275%2F&ratio=70&diameter=16&skipOver=true&y=11&ratio=70&skipOver=true&width=275%2F&diameter=16&x=20&startIndex=0&search=true&pagelen=20&pagenum=1&pagemark=1&RunFlat=All
http://www.discounttiredirect.com/direct/searchTiresBySize.do?sw=false&cs=275&ar=70&rd=16

[deermagnet]

Are you running factory size tires-245/70 16?

Yes, I've always used that exact size so that my speedo and odo are correct.

I forgot to mention that with the Cooper tires I broke 20 mpg for the first time ever this summer. I normally got 18.5-19.5 mpg. They roll real nice. :_steering

Mark

[lasturbo]

Thanks for the time and links as well!!

[taylorRichie]

I've got a set of Ultra Quiet, great handling Yokohama Geolanders in a factory fitting dimension, all mounted up to a nice set of Factory 18" wheels :D

You could always buy those ;)

[So-CalVX]

^Prolly cheaper than a new set of tires too.. huh richie...:bwgy:^

[taylorRichie]

Yep... and these are new tires :D 1 pair has about 2,000, the other pair about 10-15K... (I'll have to look at the paperwork to verify) And they were $500 /pair of tires. And they're mounted and balanced ;)

[Ldub]

My tires have had their life plus they are winter tires as my VX came from New York. I do not plan any lifting (yet), will be a daily driver, and was curious what the 16" tire crowd is replacing/or have replaced their tires with the current tires available? I want to stay stock at this time with the 245/70 16 but will go up if they do not rub & no cladding mods. I was looking at BFG AT KO and Yokohama Geolander AT's.

IMO, going up to 265/70 R 16" looks a lot better...:smilewink
You don't need any lift & the pic shows how slight the cladding trim is.
While it's true that your speedo will be off by a few MPH, on the plus side, your odo is recording fewer miles...:smilewink
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/PictureVX_KODAK_MOMENTS_664.jpg

I want to thank whoever took that pic, I horked it out of someone elses gallery & have used it many times to illustrate how minor trimming can yield great results in the form of a more agressive looking VX...:smilewink

Also, the most popular, quiet & all around great performing tire around here is the Nitto Terra Grappler...:thumbup:

[LittleBeast]

.....minor trimming can yield great results in the form of a more agressive looking VX...:smilewink

Also, the most popular, quiet & all around great performing tire around here is the Nitto Terra Grappler...:thumbup:

Amen and AMEN! lol right on Dubster

[Rene M]

Yokohama Geolander AT's

I have these and they suck!!!!!
loud, very soft side wall so at 40 psi the truck still feels like its going to fall over or pull a bead off the rim.

[Ldub]

Also, the most popular, quiet & all around great performing tire around here is the Nitto Terra Grappler...:thumbup:

In light of what Rene M just said...load range C at least, D might be a little on the stiff side...:smilewink

[Rene M]

In light of what Rene M just said...load range C at least, D might be a little on the stiff side...:smilewink

They have been the wost tire i have ever owned.. Thats in it self says a lot.

[Ldub]

They have been the wost tire i have ever owned.. Thats in it self says a lot.

I hear ya...never had any Yokos, but was thinking that if anybody popped for the Nittos, they might not like them if they bought anything under load range "C".
Not for SURE that they would even be available in anything under "C" at that size.
I'm tryin' to cover my ash here...can you tell?:smilewink

[LittleBeast]

http://www.nittotire.com/functions/tire_popup.asp?tire=terragrappler

There are the specs, I have had 2 diferent sets of Terra Grapplers (285/60-18) and I loved every minute of them!!!!!

[taylorRichie]

I thought my Yokohoma Geolander HT-S were great(AND EXTREMELY QUIET), they even got me around moab.

That being said, I run 33"X12.5" Nitto's now :D (in the mud grappler variety)

[Gussie2000]

I think that 265/70/16 is the best size beside the stock size,it shall give you a 1+ MPG,in city traffic bigger tires would decrease noticeable you mileage because of the weight it self,plus you'll have readjust the gauge/speedo too.:cool:

[dietz99vcross]

While I am sure I will here it from the die hard off-roaders here goes. I recently put on a set of Toyo Proxes S/T's in the stock size. I like the aggressive street tire tread, they were not to expensive, mileage is good, they are quiet and the grip on pavement is better than the other tires I have had.

[Knigh7s]

While I am sure I will here it from the die hard off-roaders here goes. I recently put on a set of Toyo Proxes S/T's in the stock size. I like the aggressive street tire tread, they were not to expensive, mileage is good, they are quiet and the grip on pavement is better than the other tires I have had.

Hmm I was looking at those for my 1g dsm. But wasn't to sure on road noise. I was going to get some BFGoodrich g-Force super sports for the VX, loved them on the 1.8t, grip was great and road noise was almost null. I'm currently running Hankook Ventus on the VX but upwards of around 80mph I get that annoying hum that you would normally get from most A/T tires...