Pirelli Scorpion A/T owners, help please! - Ford Explorer Ranger Enthusiasts "Serious Explorations"®

Fish Man · 02-27-2003, 03:45 PM

hey everyone. I am seriously considering gettting this tire, but i just wanted to know how happy everyone running it is. it will be almost always for on road, but it has generally reviewed better than most street tires that im looking at. so please just let me know what you think. thanks!!

wa4kc · 02-27-2003, 09:26 PM

I do not own these tires myself but I thought I would point you to the www.tirerack.com website. There were 275 reviews of the tire and it rates in the excelent catagory for all parts of the review. I have read that others here like the tire as well. The only people that will steer you away might be the ones that are partial to one favorite brand. I myself like the Bridgestone Dueler AT and would recomend you look at those reviews also. Good Luck.

kkreit01 · 02-28-2003, 11:43 AM

I've used this tire to 2.5 winters now. I only run them during the winter. They are an excellent AT tire. Great in the snow. Handle very good. Ride is not harsh. They do have an "AT road noise" (humm) factor -- as with lots of AT tires. If you don't mind the humm, buy them. If you want a quiet tire, and will be nn road 99% of the time, buy the Michelin LTX M/S, Cross Terrain SUVs, or the new Goodyear Fortura HLs.

ChuckyD · 02-28-2003, 11:45 AM

I have them, Use them all year round.. I dont even hear the humm... Great in the snow!

I highly recommend them!

poconosms1 · 02-28-2003, 12:09 PM

I had them too, you don't recognize the humm until you replace them with another brand, which I did. For the cost, I replaced them with coopers. Coopers were definately quieter and worked just as well in the snow. Overall, Scorpions looked better, but the coopers were a smarter alternative. I commute 30K a year - I found the scorpions did not wear well and had to purchase new tires sooner.

Explorer46L · 02-28-2003, 01:22 PM

I had Scorpions on my old 18" rims on my 98 Sport. Loved them. The Scorpion Zero's are better, but I live in Boston and it snows a lot. The Zero's are terrible in the snow.

Krzyboy2o · 02-28-2003, 02:52 PM

i've had them now for about 2.5 years too.... really good tire in all conditions. if you do decide on getting them make sure you rotatate them on schedule. every 20k-30k miles.

*MontanaGT* · 02-28-2003, 05:48 PM

I've had them for about a year (15,000 miles) and think they are a very good tire. Before these I had Firestone Wilderness A/T's and Kelly Safari AWR. IMO the Pirelli's are better than both of those.

The only time I hear noise from them is when driving next to guardrails and the slight humm is reflected back at me, other than that I don't hear them at all. Good tire in the snow and rain.

DaHeinah · 03-02-2003, 11:17 AM

I've had them for only 3K miles, so far so good. The chalk test revealed excellent, even wear. I have taken off-road, great performance!
I'd recommend them, though wa4kc is right, buy from the tire rack.

Fish Man · 03-02-2003, 11:20 AM

thanks everyone for all your feedback! i think ill call around and see whos got em locally...

*jjue* · 03-02-2003, 07:03 PM

I really am not all that happy with my Scorpion AT's. Mine hum almost as bad as the Mud Kings that I have on the Mounty now, and they are a year old with approximately 15-18k miles. I rotated them about every 5000 miles, and they developed funny wear patterns, and the shocks (Bilsteins) are brand new and I keep the alignment checked as often as I rotate the tires. I just mounted the Mud Kings yesterday, and at least these are not causing highway vibration yet, and the tire place (very reputable) that mounted them didn't have to us a lot of weights, unlike the Pirelli's that have an ungodly amount of weight around them.

02-27-2003, 03:45 PM	#1
Fish Man Wannabe Elite Explorer Marietta, GA 1995 Explorer XLT Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,772 Vehicle Specs	Pirelli Scorpion A/T owners, help please! hey everyone. I am seriously considering gettting this tire, but i just wanted to know how happy everyone running it is. it will be almost always for on road, but it has generally reviewed better than most street tires that im looking at. so please just let me know what you think. thanks!! __________________ 1995 XLT 4x4 4.0L TT, AAL, Warrior Shackles, 3" PA body lift, Flowmaster, K&N, Pioneer DEH P7500mp HU, JBL P300.1 pushing a Memphis 10 in a stealth box, JBL BP80.4 running Autotek and MA components in some Q Logic kick panels, 33" BFG Mud Terrains on 15x8 AR-23s. My (really old) CarDomain Page

02-28-2003, 11:45 AM	#4
ChuckyD Moderator Emeritus Elite Explorer ECX Member Oceanside, NY 03 4Runner SR5 Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 3,873 Vehicle Specs	I have them, Use them all year round.. I dont even hear the humm... Great in the snow! I highly recommend them! __________________ ChuckyD's Mugshot and Info.. NEW PICTURE!!!!!!!! 10/02 My Xplorer Page "We know what we are, but know not what we may be." -- William Shakespeare http://www.myspace.com/therealsicilian9

02-28-2003, 01:22 PM	#6
Explorer46L Wannabe Elite Explorer Boston 2002 Explorer "XP8" Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 188 Vehicle Specs	I had Scorpions on my old 18" rims on my 98 Sport. Loved them. The Scorpion Zero's are better, but I live in Boston and it snows a lot. The Zero's are terrible in the snow. __________________ "A luxury once tasted becomes a necessity" - Andrew Tobias 2002 Explorer 4.6L with Mac Intake, Ground Force Springs, Saleen mods. Check out my website! http://www.cardomain.com/id/explorer281

02-28-2003, 02:52 PM	#7
Krzyboy2o Wannabe Elite Explorer San Jose, CA 99 Explorer Sport 2wd Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 240 Vehicle Specs	i've had them now for about 2.5 years too.... really good tire in all conditions. if you do decide on getting them make sure you rotatate them on schedule. every 20k-30k miles. __________________ diamond audio all around, stinger wires, clarion HU, power acoustik amps, driving lights, MTR's 31's, 15x8 black rockcrawlers, optima battery, procomp es9000 shocks, shackles, TT...any questions?

02-28-2003, 05:48 PM	#8
MontanaGT Elite Explorer Woburn, MA 98 Sport Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 203 Vehicle Specs	I've had them for about a year (15,000 miles) and think they are a very good tire. Before these I had Firestone Wilderness A/T's and Kelly Safari AWR. IMO the Pirelli's are better than both of those. The only time I hear noise from them is when driving next to guardrails and the slight humm is reflected back at me, other than that I don't hear them at all. Good tire in the snow and rain. __________________ '98 Sport 4.0L SOHC - KKM Tru-Rev, Westin Sportsman Grillguard, Torsion Twist & Add-A-Leaf, Pirelli Scorpion AT's 265/75/16, Rancho 9000X shocks and In-cab Controller. Sony head unit, 300W Phoenix Gold Amp, MTX Thunderform.

02-27-2003, 09:26 PM	#2
wa4kc Wannabe Elite Explorer Memphis, TN 99 EB 4x4 Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 32 Vehicle Specs	I do not own these tires myself but I thought I would point you to the www.tirerack.com website. There were 275 reviews of the tire and it rates in the excelent catagory for all parts of the review. I have read that others here like the tire as well. The only people that will steer you away might be the ones that are partial to one favorite brand. I myself like the Bridgestone Dueler AT and would recomend you look at those reviews also. Good Luck.

02-28-2003, 11:43 AM	#3
kkreit01 Wannabe Elite Explorer Olathe, KS '08 Sport Trac V8 2wd XLT Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 309 Vehicle Specs	I've used this tire to 2.5 winters now. I only run them during the winter. They are an excellent AT tire. Great in the snow. Handle very good. Ride is not harsh. They do have an "AT road noise" (humm) factor -- as with lots of AT tires. If you don't mind the humm, buy them. If you want a quiet tire, and will be nn road 99% of the time, buy the Michelin LTX M/S, Cross Terrain SUVs, or the new Goodyear Fortura HLs.

02-28-2003, 12:09 PM	#5
poconosms1 Wannabe Elite Explorer E. Stroudsburg PA 92 xlt Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 352 Vehicle Specs	I had them too, you don't recognize the humm until you replace them with another brand, which I did. For the cost, I replaced them with coopers. Coopers were definately quieter and worked just as well in the snow. Overall, Scorpions looked better, but the coopers were a smarter alternative. I commute 30K a year - I found the scorpions did not wear well and had to purchase new tires sooner.

03-02-2003, 11:17 AM	#9
DaHeinah Wannabe Elite Explorer Reno, NV '92 E.B. 4X4 Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 484 Vehicle Specs	I've had them for only 3K miles, so far so good. The chalk test revealed excellent, even wear. I have taken off-road, great performance! I'd recommend them, though wa4kc is right, buy from the tire rack. __________________ I forgot what I was going to say...

03-02-2003, 11:20 AM	#10
Fish Man Wannabe Elite Explorer Marietta, GA 1995 Explorer XLT Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,772 Vehicle Specs	thanks everyone for all your feedback! i think ill call around and see whos got em locally... __________________ 1995 XLT 4x4 4.0L TT, AAL, Warrior Shackles, 3" PA body lift, Flowmaster, K&N, Pioneer DEH P7500mp HU, JBL P300.1 pushing a Memphis 10 in a stealth box, JBL BP80.4 running Autotek and MA components in some Q Logic kick panels, 33" BFG Mud Terrains on 15x8 AR-23s. My (really old) CarDomain Page

03-02-2003, 07:03 PM	#11
jjue Elite Explorer sXc Member Brandon, MS '07 Nissan Titan CC LE Join Date: Apr 2000 Posts: 662 Vehicle Specs	I really am not all that happy with my Scorpion AT's. Mine hum almost as bad as the Mud Kings that I have on the Mounty now, and they are a year old with approximately 15-18k miles. I rotated them about every 5000 miles, and they developed funny wear patterns, and the shocks (Bilsteins) are brand new and I keep the alignment checked as often as I rotate the tires. I just mounted the Mud Kings yesterday, and at least these are not causing highway vibration yet, and the tire place (very reputable) that mounted them didn't have to us a lot of weights, unlike the Pirelli's that have an ungodly amount of weight around them. __________________ Jeffrey L. Jue 2007 Nissan Titan LE CC 4x4 Previous vehicles: '05 F-150 XLT Supercrew 4x4, '97 Mountaineer V8, '94 Explorer XLT, and '91 Explorer XLT.