Those with 2"+ lift: How long are your tires lasting? (poll)

[dkyleb]

Just wanted to see how long everyone's tires are lasting. Brand isn't important right now, just wanted to get a ballpark figure.

 

[BlackWorksInc]

Just wanted to see how long everyone's tires are lasting. Brand isn't important right now, just wanted to get a ballpark figure.

This is a more diffcult question to answer than you'd think.

Are you talking about stock tires or aftermarket? P or LT Rated (if so C,D, or E?); what inflation pressures (are you running them over inflated all the time, or correctly inflated)? Is the vehicle correctly aligned and setup with the lift or have you just slapped on spacers and gotten it "close". How often are you off-roading and how difficult a trail do you take, the more you're off-roading the more likey you'll chew up and chunk the tires leading to accelerated wear.

I can tell you that my old LT285/70R17 Nitto Terra Grapplers were barely 1/4 of the way worn after about 20~30k of somewhat decent off-roading and road use and were wearing fairly evenly. I imagine 60k~80k before they wore out to be within reason.

My LT35/12.5R17's will hopefully make it closer to the 60k range before they're worn out. But they're a somewhat softer tire and more aggressive tread designed only partially for road use.

Realistically the only real metric/ballpark is gonna be whatever the manufacturer suggests is the rough tire life and/or 7yrs; whichever comes first.

 

[cloudrunner]

I've got about 50k on my Terra Grapplers 285/70/17 E. It is amazing how much tread is left on them. Only about 50% worn.

 

[Brian3676]

Lift should really have no effect on tire life. Assuming you get an alignment and everything is brought back into spec, they should last as long as if the truck was stock.

 

[S p a r k y]

My 285/70 Duratracs, are 40K in and there is 1/2 tread left. My 265/70 P-rated Falkens were completely gone by that point.

 

[luke87gt]

This question may be a bit too general.

Tires have a wide range of mileage ratings.

If your alignment is within spec, the lift should not be an influencing variable to the life of the tire.

 

[luke87gt]

My 265/70 P-rated Falkens were completely gone by that point.

This seems to be a common theme with the Falkens. For those that aren't getting the advertised mileage out of their Falkens, I believe Falken does offer a pro-rated refund (for example, if your 55,000 mile tires only get 40,000 miles, they should refund 15,000/55,000 = 27% of the purchase price).

 

[07V8]

Lift has 0 influence on wear. It's all about alignment and driving style.

 

[Bama_Runner]

Just wanted to see how long everyone's tires are lasting. Brand isn't important right now, just wanted to get a ballpark figure.

52,000 Miles on my BFG KOs. They still have over 50% tread. I rotate religiously every oil change.

 

[BlackWorksInc]

Lift has 0 influence on wear. It's all about alignment and driving style.

To be fair as I pointed out earlier, a Lift can affect alignment angles and thus impact tire wear. Additionally, depending on what kind of lift you're running and the tires you are running you can affect tire wear via cupping due to too heavy a tire and an improperly matched spring/shock combination. I've seen this consistently on Tacomas and Tundras running bracket lifts (mainly ProComp) that have ruined brand new MTs in under 5k.

There's a lot that can affect tire wear as we've all been pointing out.

 

[MSRP.]

Also need to consider what you can tolerate in terms of “passable performance”.
Personally, even though the AT tread may still be ‘recognizable’, towards the end of the last bit of tread, it’ll blow in the rain compared to a newer tire—and most certainly compared to the regular folk all-seasoned-equipped passenger cars.
I like to maintain some type of passable wet/snow performance, so I typically sell our tires once it reaches around 6/32” on the used market for a few hundred, and put that towards something newer, quieter, whatever’s new.

Something to consider.