Kmvreter said:
Sorry for being easily confused. You got CT's (good choice) to get rid of the Dunflops. How do the Revo's fit in the picture? Are they for winter and are they on a dedicated set of wheels?
You say "smoother and quieter ride on the highway" above. Comparing what to what? Please rate the 3 sets, first for ride and then for noise (seperate ratings.)
Any CT pics?
Sorry about that. I bought this runner in November '05 and it came with Dunlops stock. I was driving back and forth to Rochester, NY and Philadelphia, PA on a weekly basis and then was in Rochester for roughly 3 months before coming back to Philadelphia. Due to that and the horrible performance of the Dunlops I replaced the four on teh truck with REVO's. I didn't do five as I could not afford another revo at roughly $170 each. I put the four Dunlops in the garage with about 8000 miles on em. I left the fifth on the spare as I didn't care too much about it. So now that I am back in Philadelphia and the weather is clearing up (no snow), I was getting annoyed with the road noise and more importantly concerned with the wear on the REVOs. I decided to get better highway/city tired and thus picked up the set of CTs. Due to the price I was able to get, I picked up all 5 and finally got rid of the last Dunlop on the spare. So now I have 5 dunlops in storage, 4 with 8000 miles and one for the most part new. And I also have my 4 REVO's in storage as well for now.
So thats the story of the 3 different tires. In terms of ratings, its pretty simple and has been seen here countless times. The dunlops as usual were the worst tires I had driven on, and couldn't handle any sort of rain or inclement weather. The CTs are as quiet as the Dunlops, handle corners very nicely and quietly. They have already been tested with a MASSIVE amount of rain from last week and they held up incredibly. I was extremely impressed with them. The REVOs were a little more noisy, especially on cornering however they made up for it with traction and handling in the weather. With those tired, I had never had any issues driving through anything at all - including the 9" of wet/sticky snow that came down one week in Rochester. The constant ice up in Rochester was also no match for them. It was great.
I put about 18,000 miles on the REVOs already and now that its been nice weather for a while, I didn't see why I would leave them on so I swapped em with the CTs. Getting the CTs was sorta shady, they were overstocked at the dealership and the parts manager told me to come in one day and pick up 5 at $350 total, which I couldn't refuse that offer. At some point I need to pick up another set of wheels because I hate to keep removing these and remounting but I'm a little strapped for cash right now.
I can't do pics right now as I am having the side door repaired due to someone opening a door into it and really doing a lot of damage (I don't think I took pictures ... I forgot). I should be getting it back today, also detailed and all, so now is the time for me to take some pictures. I'll head out to a park later and shoot some off once I get the truck back.
