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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 12:13 PM
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My wife's 2007 is ready for a new set of tires. She must have ran about 50,000 plus miles on the original Good Years but I am looking for something else. Anyone have the 18" wheels and are on their second or third set of tires with any recommendations? We put steel Durango wheels on for the winter but we need summer tires and she runs mostly highway miles. No off road driving or mud roads just paved highway. Thanks for any help.

265/60-18
 
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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 01:01 PM
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do you like agressive knoby thread or a road race thread?
 
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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 04:27 PM
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I have some Falken Ziex S/TZ04. Very low road noise and a good all weather tread.
 
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Old Apr 17, 2011 | 07:13 PM
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Thanks. I did considered the Falken tires. They had good reviews but I think the ones I looked at were directional. I settled for BF Goodrich Long Terrain T/A tires. Good reviews as well and ending yesterday they had a $50.00 rebate for 4 new tires. I will let everyone know how they are once I get them and run them a little. Thanks for the advice
 
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Old Apr 17, 2011 | 08:13 PM
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Do you mean Long Trail T/A?

I never heard of Long Terrain.

If you have the Long Trails, you should like them. I had them on my Grand Cherokee when I bought it dunno how long they were on it before I bought it, but in the 32k miles I had them on there they hardly wore at all. Great pavement handling. My only complaint about them shouldn't be an issue for her. I put 5 plugs in them while I had them on, but I got all but one of the punctures up around my farm property and off pavement. There are thousands of old nails and screws around the barn and all kinds of sharp crap all over the place. My truck and the Jeep with a heavier ply and bigger Terra Grapplers have been up there and are meaty enough that I haven't had anything make it all the way through - yet...
 
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