Originally Posted by shrpshtr325

ha i hear ya, my RAM requires a gentle touch to get going in heavy rain or snow without spinning, going with a set of cooper discoverer at3s when these are shot, which will probably be fall of 19, the damn wranglers wear like iron.



as for tires aging out, id say they heat cycle out long before the age out, at least if you do any amount of driving that puts some heat into them (highway driving puts a surprising amount of heat into tires believe it or not), im convinced that my 18 month old tires on my challenger are heat cycled out with only 8 or 9k miles on them :/ (its my toy and gets used for performance driving so the tires do see more heat than street driving)

Originally Posted by b1lk1

Did they ever put 4W ABS in the AWD trucks? I was under the assumption that with AWD they could only use it on the rear and the part time 4WD models got 4W ABS.

Originally Posted by b1lk1

Did they ever put 4W ABS in the AWD trucks? I was under the assumption that with AWD they could only use it on the rear and the part time 4WD models got 4W ABS.

Originally Posted by Pspklutch

I can see that, but they do have an age limit still. I've got Toyo Open Country A/T's on my other truck and they've been amazing tires. I'm at like 53,000 miles and they're still the best rain tires I have between all 3 vehicles I drive regularly, which is sad because my A/T's outperform Good Year Highway treads in the rain

The compound on mine are still rubbery. Haven't really hardened like a lot of tires I've had in the past, specifically cheaper tires. Had them since February of 2015. Lot of highway driving. If we go on a trip, that's the truck that goes as well, so it's loaded down doing 75 for hours straight

Originally Posted by shrpshtr325

thats what happens when they use a good rubber compound instead of building a budget tire. My experience lately (with car tires especially) is that when they get worn they get LOUD, and thats a pretty good signal to replace them.

Originally Posted by b1lk1

I'm not very impressed with these Michelins, for 4yr old tires they have alot of weather checking and cracking and we all know that means UV overexposure and that the compound is not what it was when new.

Biggest problem is the best "cheap" set of tires I have priced so far start at $1500CAD installed......

Originally Posted by b1lk1

Start out with our dollar being worth $.75 in the US and the import fees/taxes really add up. AUto parts are on average 40% more expensive up here. It is ridiculous.

I can get China tires for $800, but I wouldn't throw them in the fire never mind on my car.