Yet another request for tire recommendations

[4runr4eva]

A highway tire is actually good in the sand and what you want over an aggressive off road tire. An aggressive tread will dig into the sand instead of floating over it. I’m probably the only one on this forum that actually likes the stock Bridgestones. Granted, my use is 95% highway and I use my 4wd for all the snow in the winter and driving in the sand in the summer. But I find them to be relatively quiet, good in the wet and good in the snow, and at 18psi, really good in deep soft sand. I currently have 26,000 miles on them and have about half the tread left.


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I am about to dump my stock bridgestone duellers in the next few weeks. They have just a hair over 6K. You can have them for free if you want to come pick them up in the Boston area. LMK.

 

[mteolus]

One of my Bridgestone Duelers failed at 20k (tread started coming off) and the others were worn out at 30k. Dealership would not replace the tire so I had to go to Firestone and they charged me $96 for a new one. Not sure if I would have beeched to Toyota if they would have done anything. Didn't necessarily hate them except for the problems, but they looked wimpy on a 4Runner and the 30k lifetime is a joke.

 

[redneckj]

how many miles do you have on your set? how comfortable and quiet is the ride?

I have about 800 miles on my current set. My last set, on my GEN 3 4runner i had about 20,000 miles on. ZERO complaints. The tires do everything I ask them to do. Not loud, do great in all conditions and balance out well.

 

[ElectroBoy]

For many years on my other 4Rs I ran Michelin LTX MS/2. They ran great and lasted a long time. They even performed well for me in hard packed and 8 inches of snow, you just gotta drive slower and more deliberate.

For my 5th Gen I used the stock Bridgestone Duelers for 20,000 miles then bought Cooper Discoverer AT3 4S. I tried them for 2000 miles over 27 days but could not get over the vibration they created and I sensed in my hands and seat. Not the road noise, that was not a problem. Vibration, due to the tread lug spacing on pavement I presume. At all speeds.
They look great and performed well on the dirt roads I took them on. I think they would work well for many people. But my OCD was on high alert and it bugged me.

So I took them back to America’s Tire (30 day trial period), paid more money and got Michelin LTX AT2 tires. In 265/70/17.
It’s been 1 week and 600 miles and so far I like them a lot better on the road and dirt. They look good too.

 

[Oey12]

I agree that the Michelin’s LTXs are very boring looking tires but their rain, ice, light snow, comfort, and road performance is SUPERIOR to any AT tire I have ever used (BfGoodrich KOs and KO2s/Nittos/Coopers). I am a self admitting Michelin fanboy but I have the driving experience to back up my claims. If your a serious offroader than these are not your tires. I tow trailers, driven down many unpaved hunting trails, got home in many blizzards, and never has an issue. Yes they will slip slightly more in deep snow and on looser ground cover but they always seem to find traction. This one spot where I used to hunt and ATV had a very steep loose and rocky hill getting to the cabin. My 2003 Tacoma got me up that hill no problem with “Highway” tires even when it got icy. My cousin and a few of the other guys were always amazed at how well I got up it. They all had full size pickups with AT tires and always spun their tires. OP get the look of the tire out of your head...honestly...the LTXs completely live up to the adage “Don’t judge a book by its cover”.