Bye Bye Dunlops!!!
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greasefingers
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I had my Dunlop
HiVel-JR
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Dude, you are lucky. What did you say to your wife? Maybe I need to go find some construction sites and drive around for nails. I really do not like the dunlops, IMO I think Toyota could do better with the tires on vehicles off the lot.
I want to use them up before I get some new tires.
How many miles were on them?
I want to use them up before I get some new tires.
How many miles were on them?
Uneek
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Re: What others did you consider?
They're very good tires, quiet and grips well. I haven't driven them in snow yet (been a dry winter here in CA until the past couple days). I had them on ice and it gripped pretty well (enough to get the 4R's tail pointed in the right direction and avoid trees and shrubs on the side of the driveway). I did slide a few inches after stopping on an incline driveway covered in ice, I thought I would continually slide into something.
T4ROR said:
They're very good tires, quiet and grips well. I haven't driven them in snow yet (been a dry winter here in CA until the past couple days). I had them on ice and it gripped pretty well (enough to get the 4R's tail pointed in the right direction and avoid trees and shrubs on the side of the driveway). I did slide a few inches after stopping on an incline driveway covered in ice, I thought I would continually slide into something.
I recently had the Dunlop tires siped and have noticed a remarkably improved performance on both snow and dry pavement.
There have been posts alluding to siping's tendency to break up a tire's rubber but I talked with my tire man and he said that's mostly bogus.
With a siped tire you run cooler, have much better wet and dry adhesion and the braking is vastly improved.
He said a well done siping job doesn't cut up the tire in any negative way and the studies he's seen and I reviewd online prompted me to sipe five tires for $12.50 each.
If you're 'stuck' with Dunlop OEM's, you might want to look into siping them.
There have been posts alluding to siping's tendency to break up a tire's rubber but I talked with my tire man and he said that's mostly bogus.
With a siped tire you run cooler, have much better wet and dry adhesion and the braking is vastly improved.
He said a well done siping job doesn't cut up the tire in any negative way and the studies he's seen and I reviewd online prompted me to sipe five tires for $12.50 each.
If you're 'stuck' with Dunlop OEM's, you might want to look into siping them.
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BuckyBadger
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Went with the same shoes about a month ago when I found a coupon for them. Wanted to get them on before I took my annual snowmobile trip the U.P. of Michigan. They were great! I wanted to try the GY Silent Armors, but they didn't make the stock size I needed.
I took a picture with the stock Revo's on but it was with my cell phone and it came out pretty dark, I can try to take a photo with my real digital camera and post it on here. Here is the dark photo with my cell phone, this was before they wiped off the blue protection from the white lettering. I will try and lighten it up in photoshop and reattach it or just take another photo.
I took a picture with the stock Revo's on but it was with my cell phone and it came out pretty dark, I can try to take a photo with my real digital camera and post it on here. Here is the dark photo with my cell phone, this was before they wiped off the blue protection from the white lettering. I will try and lighten it up in photoshop and reattach it or just take another photo.
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BuckyBadger
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veloindy said:
Here you go, just ran out side of work, and it is stll -21 degree windchills here!!!! so hope this helps give a better look, sorry yes my truck is covered in road salt, they dump it on the roads up here, tires are dirty as hell too. Hard to tell from so far away but you can look at the tread on tirerack or something, a lot better than the dunlops (ps my dunlops are on the classified section if anyone wants them)
I stuck with the 65s, vs 70s so I didn't have to worry about the spare....the other small differences would be the 70s would weigh more (slightly lower gas mileage) and the speedo would be slightly off. The 70s would give you more clearance, and are slightly more narrow, making them a little better in snow. And some like the looks of how they "fill" the wheel well. But for me the stock size is the way I went and so far they have been great.
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qballjr13
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Check out this link below. It will take you to a detailing forum where I posted pics of my truck after I did a full detail. There is a pic of the Revo's (stock size). I LOVE THEM!
http://autopia.org/forum/click-brag/82493-2004-4-runner-mine-56k-probably-not.html
http://autopia.org/forum/click-brag/82493-2004-4-runner-mine-56k-probably-not.html
rivertrek
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Just checking in after being out for awhile....
I did check on other tires and I have always been a big fan of the BFG AT/KO's that I have had on all my other trucks. The Revo's seemed pretty close for traction in snow and rain, but also mud where I use my 4Runner the most when I'm whitewater kayaking. I decided on the Revo
I did check on other tires and I have always been a big fan of the BFG AT/KO's that I have had on all my other trucks. The Revo's seemed pretty close for traction in snow and rain, but also mud where I use my 4Runner the most when I'm whitewater kayaking. I decided on the Revo
