Need new tires

[cmk0808]

Needing new tires again on 2006 Explorer EB. 245-65-17.

Looking at the Goodyear Fortera which I have now- they are ok, but I always like Michelin

or

Michelin Latitude Tour

or

Michelin Latitude Tour HP


What do you think is better to get? I have seen the new explorers using the Latitude Tour HP.

 

[banditxp]

do you live in a place that gets snow?

 

[cmk0808]

yes. Outside New York City

 

[Tech By Trade]

I found michelins to be pretty soft, they are good in the snow but they burn off in the summer. Same as my cooper discoveries. I ended up going with a set of bridgestone ecopias for the summer, and switch it up to a set of blizzaks in the winter. Not sure if I am getting the fuel savings advertised with the ecopias, but I do notice quite a difference vs the blizzaks when I switch them back in the spring.

 

[thebrakeman]

I put BFGoodrich Long-Trails on mine in 2010, and am just at the end of life. 60,000 miles tread warranty, but I only got about 40,000miles (can't use warranty due to time). However, they performed fantastically. Great in the snow until this year (I should have changed them in November!). Quiet, smooth ride. And they were "only" about $140 at the time for 18". I would say they were about the best bang for the buck. I can't see paying over $200 per tire for Michelins, unless I was absolutely guaranteed to get longer life, regardless of time. But the tread warranty always runs out for us, since we don't put a lot of miles per year.

So I'll probably stick with what I know worked for the last 5 years.

 

[Explorer_PL]

Hi

When I bought mine in 07, it was 1 year old and had about 40k miles and the original Michelins were bold. I got cheap Khumos Solus 21, and they lasted 60k miles. then I got Bridgestone's, and I got 50 k out of them, now I have Bridgestone's again (I think , and got 49k miles on them and they have maube 2-3 k left.

So in my case the Khumos lasted most and were the least expensive. I am north of NYC, lots of snow

 

[banditxp]

i would get these. Handle good on the road. are not loud. work VERY good in snow and Rain and i know how much rain and snow is around that area.
Mine lasted the 50K miles no problem that there rated for.

Hankook DynaPro ATM RF10
http://www.discounttiredirect.com/d....do&fl=&pc=19480&counter=0&ar=65&rd=17&cs=245

 

[mes882]

I just had the bridgestone destination le2 put on mine. When I bought it. It had cooper cs4 on it. I got about 35000 miles out of them and they sucked in the snow.

The destination are doing much better in the snow. I am not sure about the life of them only have about 2000 miles on them.

 

[Tyleryac]

On my 2005 I recently put on Michelin LTX MS tires and they are awesome in all weather conditions. The price is up there but, I think it's worth it.

 

[USMCBuckWild]

On my 2005 I recently put on Michelin LTX MS tires and they are awesome in all weather conditions. The price is up there but, I think it's worth it.

This.

The Michelins are excellent tires with very good all around performance, traction, braking and comfort; plus very good mileage when rotated properly. TireBuyer.com has good prices especially if you get them through eBay (free shipping, saves you about $70) I have run these on several vehicles and never had any complaints.

I recently upgraded to 18" Flex rims and the Michelins didn't come in the size I wanted. I ended up with a set of Hankook DynaPro ATM RF10 from CraigsList. They are more aggressive than what I wanted, but the price was right!

 

[Explorer_PL]

USMC -

any pictures with the Flex rims ?
Interesting that they fit the explorers
That opens up lot of new possibilities.

 

[mgmgmg]

On my 2005 I recently put on Michelin LTX MS tires and they are awesome in all weather conditions. The price is up there but, I think it's worth it.

I have 235/65R18 on my 2010 would 265/65R18 work?

 

[MotorCityFats13]

I have 235/65R18 on my 2010 would 265/65R18 work?

When your speedometer reads 70 mph with the new tires, your vehicle will actually be traveling at 73.49 mph, which is 4.74% faster than the original tires.

The overall diameter variance of the new tire is 1.54 inches, which is 4.98% different than the original. You should never go beyond 3% of the original tire, otherwise you run the risk of brake failure.

a 255/60/18 is almost exact height.... .02"

if these tires are your only option then I wold pass

 

[Melon]

On my 2005 I recently put on Michelin LTX MS tires and they are awesome in all weather conditions. The price is up there but, I think it's worth it.

I bought these for my 00 and so far, love them. But I haven't had a chance to really test them in anything except dry weather.

 

[Bill MacLeod]

I have 235/65R18 on my 2010 would 265/65R18 work?

265/60/18 Mich LTX MS2 on my 06. Best truck tire I have ever had.

 

[jseabolt]

About a year ago I bought some Goodyear Assurance FuelMax tires from Sears. They go well in the snow. They got me up and down my ice/snow packed driveway more than a dozen times during the southeast blizzard from late Feb to early March.

Damn cold for Tennessee!

I should have shopped around though. The tires were $800 a set and as as rebates goes as usual, Goodyear found some lame excuss as to why they could not send me my $100 rebate. Rebates are always a racket.

My father replaced his tires on his F-150 4X4 were also 17" but paid about half around the same time. Of course your always going to pay out the nose for 17 or 18" tires.

I can't say my Explorer V8 get's any better gas mileage with these tires than the previous tires that were on it. Just because of the rebate deal, I'm not buying anymore Goodyear tires. I hope someone from Goodyear is reading this!

I've had good luck with Michelin car tires (what I have on my Subaru) but their truck tires are ****. Right now I have Michelins on a 98 Chevy conversion van and one of the rear tires has a big bulge in the sidewall. I'm sort of afraid to drive it to the tire store. I meant to replace it a couple of months ago and the van has not been driven since then but the buldge has gotten worse just from sitting parked.

This makes the second set of Michelins that have bulged from the sidewall. When my father owned this van I warned him not to be driving on these tires and he did it anyway and had a blowout 175 miles from home.

He replaced the rears with the same Michelin truck tires and now one of the rears is buldging out again!

What's weird is the last Michelin that buldged was also on the passenger rear. Could these tires not be rated for the weight of this van? Or is there a problem with this particular Michelin truck tire? They are not buldging on the fronts.

Sorry for hyjacking a tread but since we are on the subject of tires I wanted people to be aware of my experience with these Michelin truck tires.

 

[MotorCityFats13]

What year is this.... I have never seen that cluster

 

[D Hook]

I was just going to ask the same.

 

[MotorCityFats13]

06-10 all have the same cluster layouts... so it must be another one of his cars... wedging it in there between explorer pics confused me... lol

 

[jseabolt]

What year is this.... I have never seen that cluster

That was from my 2003 Subaru Baja which I drive if it's just me. The Explorer is our family vehicle.

I bought my Subaru new back in 2002 and that was the first time I had ever seen the thermometer register below zero F so I had to take a photo. I did snap a photo after I got off work at -4F but typically the air is a bit warmer than at home because I work at a chemical plant that generates allot of heat. The closer I got home, the more the temperature dropped.

I did see the thermometer get down as low as 4F a couple of years ago.

That may sound like nonsense to people up north but here in E. Tennessee on average the coldest it get's is around 27F at night in the middle of winter. We are not used to temperatures that low.

I did have to drive the Explorer to work one day that week. From where the snow had melted (just a bit) had saturated the foam weatherstrip underneath my garage door and it froze to the floor overnight!

I called in work and said I might be a bit late because I couldn't get my car out of my garage.

HMMM, what should I do? Put some windshield washer fluid in a pump sprayer and spray the bottom of my garage door? Or use hot water? I've never had my garage door gasket freeze to the floor before.

Then I got to thinking, my wife probably won't be going anywhere so I just drove it instead.