Yet Another Nitto Terra Grappler Question

[ezem1y]

Little to no noise at all and with a treadwear rating of 500 you can't go wrong. I would shop around though, $175 seems a little high since my 305 70's only cost me $115 a tire.

[Moncha]

Bill are those the Terra Grappler AT's?? Discount Tire is showing a plain Terra Grappler that has the same ratings as the AT but shows a 255/55/18 which is the same size as my AVS's (For those who don't want to have major changes in speedo)..

The TG 255/55R-18 109S BLK = 165.00 in Colorado
the TG/AT 285/60R-18 RN 120S B = 183.99 in Colorado

Here's the low down on size differences for 2000-2001's:

[ISCE]

I've had mine on for just over 10,000 miles and they look awesome. No additional noticable noise for me, but I do have a PV2, and gas mileage is about the same for me.

I just don't think you can go wrong with the Grapplers. You can see some pics in my gallery too.

[WyrreJ]

I've noticed a slight increase in road noise, but I had to turn off the stereo to hear it. As for gas consumption - my in town consumption went up, and my highway consumption went down (and this is after compensating for the change in the speedo readings due to the larger tire diameter). My hypothesis is that the added weight of the Nittos significantly increases the inertia to start rolling from a stand-still, so stop-and-start driving really eats the gas - and I have definitely noticed a loss in pep off the starting line (I love the high-torque jack-rabbit starts so it was pretty apparent to me). While the larger diameter improves the gear ratio for highway-speed driving.

[biju]

Mine would fall under the AT category. Not sure why there's a difference in name as they have the same specs...



-biju

[newthings]

For 16 inch rims --
The Nitto TerraGrapplers, at 265/75-16, 31.5" dia., are as big as I can get with out lifting.
A 3/4" point of cladding was cut from in front of the front tires.
This was the free shipping package from Discount Tires Direct at $114 each. I have 18" rims, but the cost was $167 and the 285's are too wide for my stock rims. (In my conservative view) The only snag was that I missed the load rating in the order. It should have been D, for 8 ply not E for 10 ply (Rated). A little less zip and no increase in road noise.
Roy

[Ron Pfeiffer]

I've had mine for 26,000 miles, and they look practically brand new. The road noise is increased SLIGHTLY compared to the stock meats, but not enough to be noticable unless you are listening for it.

I got slightly BETTER highway mileage (perhaps 1mpg better) and maybe 1/2 mpg less in town. I got about 17 mpg before and after, averaging things out, so the mileage change could be written off as nil, depending on how you drive.

All around, I give 'em a hearty two thumbs up.

Ron