dlotoy4runner

NE1 know what the best tires are for all season. I don't want too much road noise, but I also don't want to get stuck when we go camping or some outdoor adventure. All suggestions would be helpful. Thanks.

data

You could go with some Dueler AT's. I don't really mind the noise of my Dueler MT's. I kinda enjoy it

RTdawgs

i enjoy it, too. its like music to my ears

jacksonpt

Yea, the ATs are awesome.

HBoss

I used to have Dueler AT's on and overall I think they were pretty good. I don't think they are the best for wet traction as my rear wheels were easy to spin when the roads were slick. They performed fairly well in snowy conditions though, but that might have just been due to 4WD.

I have BF Goodrich All Terrain TA's on now. They seem to be very good in wet weather, but I have to wait until winter to give you a report on their snow traction.

They are "mountain snowflake" rated though, which means they passed the industry standard for use in severe winter and low-traction conditions. Not to be confused with M+S which are simply a "can be driven in mud and snow" rating.

I'm really looking forward to driving in the winter this year, but I may take a trip to the mountains sooner and see if I can find some snowy areas to test them out.

data

I had the ole Dueler MT's in a little snow right after I bought them. Hella traction in snow with these bad boys!!!! Arkansas doesn't get much snow... We got like 3" of snow and everyone was freaking out!! LOL...Businesses shut down and everything..LOL

BTOWN4RUNNER

Right now, I have BF Goodrich Radial Long Trails. I like them, but when they go, I want to get the A/T. I heard they are great in all weather and look beefy enough on a 4Runner! I do commute 50 miles everyday, so I don't know how long they will last, but I guess we'll have to wait and see. :fireman:

Luke

UKMyers here on the Forum has BFG AT's and I have seen them up close and I must say they look really nice! A top quality tire i believe and what I am gonna go for next on my Runner

Just my 2 cents

Luke

UKMyers

Ya I have got BFG All Terrains on mine and there is no road noise but they are still pretty new. Don't know what they will do after they get some wear. I have taken them out in the dirt a few times nothing serious but they got me around just fine. My truck rides and drives 110% better with the BFG's than it did with my 235 Radials... agggghhh them sucked. Anyways good luck and here's a pic of my tires BFG's

Arachnid

I just bought a 95 runner and it has Michelin
LTX A/T on it and they feel terrible while driving.
They have about half of the tread left and the
other night it rained and they were trying to
hydroplane.I have an 86 runner that I put Cooper
Discovery tires on and they feel alot better than
the Michelin's.I've had the Coopers on for a couple
of years and they have never hydroplaned at all.
I took my 86 runner to the EC4RJ this year and the
Cooper tires did fairly well there.
Kenneth

jx94148

For what you describe I think BFG AT/KOs would be good. I have hydroplaned on them when not carrying a load (under 3000 # total gross weight) while hitting the channels in the road where the water pools to 1 inch or deeper at 60 mph. With the extra weight of a 4Runner, V6 and some cargo weighing slightly higher than 4000# and using the crowns instead of the ruts the BFGs will be fine. Also to prevent flotation get tires less than 10 inches wide.

For the mild off road driving you describe like just getting to good camping they will have plenty of traction, if not, lower pressure to around 20psi temporarly. Treadlife has been very good, I have 43,000 miles on my set and about 1/3 of the tread left. I'm hoping for 60,000 from them. At speeds of 65-75 I have a lot more engine and wind noise than tire noise so I consider them to be very quiet. In fact I have never heard them at any speed.

I'm suprised there was no mention of Goodyear MTRs. If money were no object I'd be on those. They offer supreme traction in sand, mud, dirt, snow, slush, ice, rockcrawling, and pavement. They are going for $170 to $240 per tire though. :cry:

RTdawgs

You should check tirerack.com on those prices. they are not nearly that expensive, no where near.

jx94148

Oh, you are right. They have come down a lot since I last checked. $126 each for my size, plus shipping mounting and balancing. Not bad.

HBoss

My BFG AT T/A's have been great so far, I have no complaints about them. Yesterday we drove about 200 miles (round trip) to the beach at Sylvan Lake. 4 of us in there with rollerblades and other stuff in the back, including my tools. The tires drove really well on the highway and I agree that the wind and driving noises were certainly louder than the tires, I couldn't hear them.

While we were driving at about 70 mph thunderstorms were coming through and there was huge downpour but no hydroplaning for me, the tires were very sure of themselves. The only problem I had was the intense wind coming from the west. It kept wanting to push me off the road I had to fight to keep within my lane.

Although the 265/75R16's aren't much bigger than stock 265/70R16's I can feel that they are heavier. When dry-steering (which I try to avoid) and going over bumps I can feel that they seem bulkier than the smaller stock tires.

I don't know if the 1"lifts I will be getting will help or not, but I want them anyway.

The final downside is the speedo/odometer being off due to a larger tire. When the odometer says 10,000 km it should be 10,340 km. Oh well, something you just live with. Can't find a place here to recalibrate and if I do it won't be cheap.

3 pics on here of my BFG's.