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Pete:
Check out this tire:
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http://www.mastercrafttire.com/us/en...itle=SUV+Tires
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Mastercraft tires are manufactured by Cooper. The 255-55-18 Mastercraft Courser HTR Plus was a tad over $100 per tire - mounted and balanced .... including lifetime balancing and rotation. The tire looks good, rides and handles good/well, and is relatively quiet. The sidewalls are especially 'beefy' and have a raised area to protect the rim.
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I have these installed on my VX.
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btw: This tire is also available in 265-60-18. My VX was equipped with the 265-60's when I purchased it. I had them swapped for the 255-55's.
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I have these on my vx and I think they are great, like I have said I live in the great state of ND, and I get around just fine with my toyos on my vx, but they are a little noiser then what I would like them to be.
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Here's what you do: Get some inexpensive 16" alloy wheels from a Nissan pickup or Xterra (complete sets about $150) and throw a set of Winterforce (about $62 each) or similar tire on 'em. Those you use seasonally and then you can have the great street tires (Kumho etc.) for the rest of the year. All you need is a corner of your garage to stack 'em in when you're not using them.
I do this but for rally tires and it works great, especially since I can throw all four tire/wheels in the back with a floor jack and SCUBA tank/impact wrench setup.
Just my $.02! ;)
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Toyo's
Hi Guys,
I have the Toyo's and have previously had the Pirelli's. The Pirelli's I found to be pretty hopeless in the snow and were stiff and noisy. I was just relocated to Boston in time for the big storm we had and the Toyo's plowed ahead without any difficulty at all. The steering was responsive and nimble with minimal slippage. I have also found the Toyo's to ride softer and quieter than the Pirelli's I had.
Just my 2c worth.
Safe driving.
Max. :p
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Was seriously thinking about the KUMHO (<correct spelling) STXs but then found these that come in the exact size I am running in Zeros (275/55/17 - V rated), the Hankook ST RH06
http://www.1010tires.com/tire.asp?ti...Ventus+ST+RH06
Ine, are V rated AND have a 420 wear rating (the highest I have found in a SUV performance tire), are inexpensive like the Kumho and available in 16 and 18" sizes that we can use. Guess I need to see them both in person.
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Way to go Kumho
I don't know if Kuhmo's are the quietest but I will tell you that my boyfriend races offroad for Kuhmo and has never had a flat or hardly any extreme wear on his tires and he uses regular street ATs and MTs. With all the open wheel banging and torn off truck parts to run over, they are a tough tire. Before he raced for BF Goodrich and was dropping $125 per race per tire! So I'd give the thumbs up to Kuhmo. ( This is not an ad!)
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The Kumho STX seem quiet (can't hear them over the PV2) and grip very well in dry and wet. Just for fun, I tried them a few weeks ago in the snow. I won't try it again. On another note, I posted a review of the Yoko Geolander 052s in another thread. They are a great performing four season tire that come big enough to look good on the VX.
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kumho's here no increase in noise. Do track pretty bad in bad spots in the roads. We just got 6 inches of ice and snow they did ok. The road crews here SUCK . The salt here is more sand and it takes days to clean the streets off. The wider the tire the worse performance in the snow. I went any where I wanted to passed 20 cars in the ditches. There seems to be min. wear on them with 13000 miles. Worse thing is the tracking in the ruts next time I'll get skinner tires because I'm seldom off road.. They do look sweet . The other sday a fine ***** young lady came up and was hardly able to control herself after seeing them .....no not really , but they are sweet
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Ended up with Yokohaha Geolander 52's in 255/55/18 after finding the reviews section in i think it was tireracks website they had the best overall score on noise and snow/ice ratings in my price range. $668 installed.
So far i'm very impressed, they are definitely way quieter and smoother than the stock bridgestones, my driveway is all ice and snow at the moment and they get me up and down there much better too.
So, thanks everyone for the input, incidentally i did try the local Cooper tires dealer, they would not supply them as they were a different rating to what was called for for the VX, softer wall i think he said.
Pete
