Tires question- Got it! 2024 ORP

[SWFLnewbie]

Stock suspension and driving mostly highway except if in hurricane muck and during heavy rains! The truck currently has Nitto Ridge Grapplers 265/70R17. My driving will be almost entirely highway, with heavy Florida rain/wet roads being my biggest concern. Thinking of switching to Michelin Defender LTX M/S2s. Anyone running them on an ORP/KDSS? Thoughts on wet traction, highway ride and noise? And the occasional chaos evacuating from the island I live on?

Thanks in advance!

 

[gomiami]

My GX460 has KDSS and, while they are 18s and not 17s, it is similar enough to make some comparison. The Michelin Defenders LTX/M2s are my next set of tires based on numerous feedback from other GX owners that I have researched. The feedback says they are smooth, quiet, corner well, perform well in rain, snow or mud and are long-lasting. The main criticism are the looks, with many calling it a soccer mom tire, which I could care less about.

I've got another 10-15K of life left on the factory tires and then it'll be a trip to Costco to get a set of five LTX/M2s.

 

[SWFLnewbie]

Thanks Gomiami, I appreciate the wisdom and Costco. Sounds like a plan.

 

[Nick B]

That Michelin is a nice tire and I recently put them on my wife’s GX460 . But they do look like a tire your grandma would have on her Buick .

 

[SWFLnewbie]

@ Nick B: True. My use case is a little unusual — probably 95% highway in somewhat extreme heat, and where I want relatively quiet and excellent wet-road manners, but I also want enough tread to get off a barrier island through flood muck, sand and debris after a storm. I’m looking hard at the Continental TerrainContact A/T2, Pirelli Scorpion WeatherActive and Yokohama Geolandar G015. The Continental seems like the best compromise so far — curious if you’ve had experience with any of those.

Thanks for your response!

@Forum: I’d welcome all suggestions!

Thanks all!!