what kind of tires should i get?

[AlexJet]

My personal experience + experience of couple my friends:
- me: GoodYear MT/R - mud (allot), sand, gravel, rocks, highway, city daily driving - 50'000miles (~1/3 tread left) on Land Rover Defender 90
- my friend: GoodYear MT/R - mud, sand, gravel and paved roads, daily driving - 70'000,iles (~15% rear tread left with Detroit Locker + ~25% left on front) on Jeep Cherokee
- another friend: BFGoodrich MT

 

[KL4RUNNA97]

seems like SSR's are off the list and procomp tires...

its now BFG's M/T vs. mickey t BAJA claws

anyone have exp on claws or knows friends that do? plz post how long they last for

thanks for the info

 

[Thai]

Good info Alex...I would love to have MT/R...but right now, i am probably gonna get Firestone Destination M/T.

 

[AlexJet]

Good info Alex...I would love to have MT/R...but right now, i am probably gonna get Firestone Destination M/T.

I'm so impressed of MT/Rs, so I'm getting a new set of them. Should be delivered to my place tomorrow mounted on my AR Baja rims.

 

[4by4th]

I've gone through several sets of BFG Mud T/A's and AT's over the years, also a set of Super Swamper SSR's. See my post here for more info:
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22499

The key to staying happy with mud tires is to rotate regularly. Best routine is to do it at every oil change. If you miss a few times or don't do it often enough the tread gets chopped and will be noisy on the highway and bumpy at low speed on the road. Both brands of mud tires I've had were quiet enough when new, and gradually got louder as the tread wears down. MUD T/A's or Super Swampers with 40-50,000 miles on them are considerably louder than BFG AT's with the same milage. The noise is the reason I replaced the mud tires in all cases, more so than dangerously low amount of tread. I thought they performed well on wet roads, never had any problems with traction. When the SSR's were fairly new we were driving through Illinois on a very icy day. Cars were going off the road all around us but we never lost traction. The SSR's were siped.

Mud tires seem to work better from a noise standpoint on trucks than SUV's. I think it has a lot to do with 2 out of the 4 tires being outside of the vehicle under the bed as opposed to all 4 under the cabin.

I'm also trying to figure out what tires to put on the 4Runner. Due primarily to my experience with Mud T/A's on the Cherokee, I'll probably settle for BFG AT's or Nitto AT's. The Mud T/A's were a lot noisier on the Cherokee than on the Nissan or Ford P/U's. I took them off the Cherokee long before they were worn out.

 

[Thai]

Well, tomorrow is the big day (or maybe Wednesday)...Firestone Destination M/T 265/75/16 (32") will go on my G. I will give a full report afterwards. Right now, i have BFG AT KO 265/70/16 (31").

 

[KL4RUNNA97]

Make sure you post some pics for us to see

 

[numba1runna]

Have any of you guys heard anything about the Durango Radial M/Ts?

 

[neliconcept]

im impressed with both goodyear mtrs and the firestone destinations

the firestones were on two rigs that I went offroading with.. very good tire.. claws into the rock easy and probablly does a hell of a lot better in the mud then the goodyears.. main reason.. goodyear has more of a rounded edge to them as well as the thread pattern is closer together then bfg or firestones are.

They are the rock crawling tires for the poor though,

 

[Thai]

Here are some pics and initial impression of the Firestones:

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/showthread.php?s=&postid=194643#post194643

 

[Trik444]

I'm happy with my Cooper STT's.

 

[numba1runna]

If I wouldn't have recieved the deal I did for the tires I have Cooper STT's would have been my choice for sure.

 

[Thai]

Interesting fact:

"All military G-wagen built in Graz get the BFG MT - if its good for them, it might serve you well as well. Bridgestone is not a bad tire - BFG is just better. Aside from sponsoring money, there is a reason why 80% of the winners of the US off-road races use BFG."

The above quote is from an off-roading instructor. Of course, i disagree! But, i may try the BFG M/T KM-2 next time around.