More inflation - new tires edition

[Sandy Johnson]

and made Pro Comp up until a few years ago.

Dude! I actually love my old pro-comp mts on my crawler. An uncultured buddy of mine called them china trash and said I was going to flat them in Johnson valley going on 5 years now(and they were taken offs from a 4400 car before that), and I've been making him eat his words every time someone else in our group gets a puncture. I can't wait to tell him his Chinese conspiracy theory is fake news!

 

[AKnate]

Amazon not selling tires anymore?

Even ones I've bought in the last 2-3 years say "no longer available"

Last tires I bought, i just bought the whole non running truck for them. Cost me about $160 a tire for 19.5s and got a decent shape dump bed for "free"

 

[45acp]

Do you make other rubber products or just tires?

Nope, just tires.

 

[Levigarrett76]

Uh, pics

Ill see what i can do

 

[east_beast]

My old TJ needs some tires. Of all the tires I've ran, the Trxus MT is my favorite for an offroad tire that needs to be somewhat streetable. 33x12.50s are $375 apiece now. Holy shit.

 

[Levigarrett76]

Uh, pics

 

[JR4X]

Rotate 'em regular. They cup all to shit if you keep them in one spot.

Every 5K on my Superduty’s. If I miss a rotation and go 10 you can totally tell

 

[Levigarrett76]

Every 5K on my Superduty’s. If I miss a rotation and go 10 you can totally tell

same

 

[M92PV4U]

Nope, just tires.

Oh. I was just wondering because I have garden hoses that say goodyear and continental, I thought maybe cooper did something like that.

 

[JTreadway]

people around here are fuckin crazy

I have those Duelers on my 23. They absolutely suck. Wearing like shit and don't hold a trailer well at all.

 

[Projectjunkie]

 

[45acp]

Oh. I was just wondering because I have garden hoses that say goodyear and continental, I thought maybe cooper did something like that.

Just P and LT tires. Although with Bad Decade running this joint now there's no telling what the future holds. I've been saying the last year they need to set up a line where we build condoms. That way we can at least make them put one on when they fuck us every day.

 

[JR4X]

 

[Kyle]

I’d skip on Michelins. The new ones are made to wear really fast and mine were too weak and ended up running the middle of the tread slick. Yes tire pressure was fine. No they didn’t like 85mph.

I’ve had excellent luck with continentals. The LX20, and now the most recent set are LX25. Used takeoffs.

 

[Pook]

The AT wranglers that came on my 22’ f350 didn’t even last 15k miles. I have studded winters on the truck 6 months of the year… truck has 30k miles on it. I got it at the end of August 2022 and winters went on in October. Came off in late spring. The. Again the following winter summer seasons.

Garbage

 

[Wheelerfreak]

The AT wranglers that came on my 22’ f350 didn’t even last 15k miles.

Garbage

I’ve also got a 22 350 that came with the GY wrangler kevlars and they are damn near at the wear bars with just over 15k on them. Garbage is right. I rotated and balanced them every 5k too. Gonna be replacing them here soon

 

[Levigarrett76]

I’ve also got a 22 350 that came with the GY wrangler kevlars and they are damn near at the wear bars with just over 15k on them. Garbage is right. I rotated and balanced them every 5k too. Gonna be replacing them here soon

My 2020 are at almost 48k......gasser tho, no diesel torques. I think dude was running door jamb air pressure unloaded all the time
Rear:

front

 

[JR4X]

MFG’s DGAF how long the factory tires last. Half the bro’s that buy new trucks are going to throw big gay rubber bands on them right off the bat. 1/2 of the other half is going to throw new mud tires on it right off the bat.

Just like all trailers, come with the cheapest junk tire they can possibly get away with.

 

[45acp]

And also, FWIW oem tires aren't quite the same as the identical tire from a shop. OEM are special spec done on an extreme budget. I've heard stories of manufacturers getting an OEM contract for like 10 million tires and bidding it at cost just to keep other manufacturers from getting it. The profit margins are almost zero.

 

[Levigarrett76]

And also, FWIW oem tires aren't quite the same as the identical tire from a shop. OEM are special spec done on an extreme budget. I've heard stories of manufacturers getting an OEM contract for like 10 million tires and bidding it at cost just to keep other manufacturers from getting it. The profit margins are almost zero.

Interesting, same deal as walmart “brand name” tires thats are cheap shit?

 

[45acp]

Interesting, same deal as walmart “brand name” tires thats are cheap shit?

Yea, from what I understand Walmart is similar.

We don't make any OEM, I just hear this shit from... well I probably can't say where I hear this shit from.

 

[Wheelerfreak]

And also, FWIW oem tires aren't quite the same as the identical tire from a shop. OEM are special spec done on an extreme budget. I've heard stories of manufacturers getting an OEM contract for like 10 million tires and bidding it at cost just to keep other manufacturers from getting it. The profit margins are almost zero.

That seems like a real short sighted strategy IMO. I’ll never buy a set of GY Wranglers just based on my experience with the OE tires. I’m looking at Coopers or BFG’s now to replace the shit GY tires.

 

[DRTDEVL]

That seems like a real short sighted strategy IMO. I’ll never buy a set of GY Wranglers just based on my experience with the OE tires. I’m looking at Coopers or BFG’s now to replace the shit GY tires.

A vast majority of people don't care what brand is on there, they are going to put the cheapest tire they can get at Discount Tire / Walmart TLE / Les Schwab when the time comes.

 

[budget76]

this thread is why I kept the wheels/tires off my escalade before it got scrapped. they're on the Yukon right now, and the 60%'ers that were on the Yukon are in the basement. if/when I wear out the current set I'll get the slow leak fixed on the 1 and have another 20k miles of tire life. The thing's gonna rot out before then




it blew my mind when I got a set of jeep JK takeoffs on wheels for free with at least 50% tread if not more, and I struggled to sell them. I think I got $200 eventually from an XJ guy. dirt cheap for 20k+ miles of life already balanced and ready to bolt on

 

[Wheelerfreak]

A vast majority of people don't care what brand is on there, they are going to put the cheapest tire they can get at Discount Tire / Walmart TLE / Les Schwab when the time comes.

That may be true for most, but not me. These have been the worst OE tires I’ve ever had and won’t buy GY again due to that experience

 

[Sandy Johnson]

That seems like a real short sighted strategy IMO. I’ll never buy a set of GY Wranglers just based on my experience with the OE tires. I’m looking at Coopers or BFG’s now to replace the shit GY tires.

Getting your foot in the door as an oem brand works really well for people who aren't mechanical or technical. They roll in to the tire shop and when the tire guy asks what kind, they just say "Put more of what was already on there." Easy. No thinking or knowledge of tires required. Bet that strategy works well to keep most people with more money than time to research what they want.

 

[Sandy Johnson]

That may be true for most, but not me. These have been the worst OE tires I’ve ever had and won’t buy GY again due to that experience

I've never had a set of good years that made me think "These are great tires! I want more!"

 

[87manche]

Yea, from what I understand Walmart is similar.

We don't make any OEM, I just hear this shit from... well I probably can't say where I hear this shit from.

I had a friend in the toyota service department tell me the same thing.
he was a regional service manager.

 

[DRTDEVL]

That may be true for most, but not me. These have been the worst OE tires I’ve ever had and won’t buy GY again due to that experience

Which GY do you have?

The basic Wrangler Radials I picked up at Walmart for a project cheap commuter truck a few years back (93 C1500 with a salvage title) were nothing special. Not good, not bad, they were what they were... but I understood that going in, as they were cheap Walmart tires that the Mexicans would like when it was time to sell (RWL Out, of course).

The Wrangler Territory AT's on my F150 seem good enough, wear decently, ride well, are quiet, and have really good snow traction for only being an AT and not a snow tire.

The MTRs on my beat up FJ62 suck ass.

Meanwhile, 45 would probably enjoy hearing I love the Cooper STT Pro tires on my nice FJ62, and loved them on an old Montero I sold 5 years ago.

 

[87manche]

Which GY do you have?

The basic Wrangler Radials I picked up at Walmart for a project cheap commuter truck a few years back (93 C1500 with a salvage title) were nothing special. Not good, not bad, they were what they were... but I understood that going in, as they were cheap Walmart tires that the Mexicans would like when it was time to sell (RWL Out, of course).

The Wrangler Territory AT's on my F150 seem good enough, wear decently, ride well, are quiet, and have really good snow traction for only being an AT and not a snow tire.

The MTRs on my beat up FJ62 suck ass.

Meanwhile, 45 would probably enjoy hearing I love the Cooper STT Pro tires on my nice FJ62, and loved them on an old Montero I sold 5 years ago.

With all the multi-national bullshit these days I shop more on country of origin than brand.
everyone is making everything everywhere.