Do durable side wall tires exist for the LR4?

[powershift]

Spend an extra $40 and get the solid metal lugs of Amazon? I got the Eisen brand ones and they've worked well. Or pick up the gorilla ones from summit racing but they're much more expensive.

Sounds like a good plan. The new spare tire winch I bought for $150 back in February broke and it didn't even have one full cycle on it. So it would have broke for the tire technician too even if he unwound it by hand. The winch stuck with the tire in the air while I was trying to lower it, that was a PITA to remove the tire like that not to mention the loss of space among other negative impacts.

I'm going to give Roverlandparts the benefit of the doubt and ask if they will exchange it, but I'm not hopeful. Its a ****** when someone takes your money and hands you a broken POS. I hope they stand behind it.

 

[machmike]

I use Nitto Range Grappler. on 18" comps.

 

[t3s1a]

I went with new BFG Trail Terrain T/A on standard 19” rims. No issues so far. I do travel highways quite often and appreciate higher speed rating

 

[powershift]

I went with new BFG Trail Terrain T/A on standard 19” rims. No issues so far. I do travel highways quite often and appreciate higher speed rating

How many miles do you have on them? Any balancing issues?

 

[jastutte]

currently running 255/60/19 Falken Wildpeaks on my 2011 LR4. they have held up well. no difficult off roading. just some river rock roads and creek crossings at the farm in the Midwest. no balancing issues and handle nicely in wet conditions.

 

[powershift]

currently running 255/60/19 Falken Wildpeaks on my 2011 LR4. they have held up well. no difficult off roading. just some river rock roads and creek crossings at the farm in the Midwest. no balancing issues and handle nicely in wet conditions.

Which Wildpeaks? I tried finding how many plies the side wall has on the Wildpeak AT model but they don't show that metric on their website. It normally says it on the side of the tire.

I cleared some bush to drive through a desert area and I open the door to get out and I hear a huge hiss of air. First thought was air suspension leak because of how loud it was but turned out to be a stick the side wall lol.

Pirelli has some tires I like, great rubber compounds and tread patterns, but none in our size. I ran them on my Corvettes on the racetrack and in those cases where there is a lot of heat from high track speeds, cheap tires start to break down and chunk. Pieces of rubber fly off the tread pattern and it starts to **** itself. I'm finding on the LR4 street tires do so well offroad that I might as well lean towards street when compromising dirt/street, its not like I'm in the mud because I don't want to clean the mud afterwards lol. But street tires in general I'm not sure about the side wall in them and I need a strong side wall, however tall or short it is.

 

[jastutte]

they are the AT Trail. 5 ply. 2 polyester, 2 steel, 1 polyamide(nylon).

Edit: the sidewall is only 2 ply polyester. the tread is 5 ply.

 

[ftillier]

I've been happy with my Toyo AT3, they've done well for me offroad too.

 

[MellonRover]

I'm and outlier here.
I've been running Sailun terramax for over a year. Wanted more sidewall, stronger construction mainly. Sailun is a Chinese company with this tire being made in very modern facility in Cambodia. They are apparently pretty big, #10 in production , just behind Toyo.They make mostly on road heavy truck tires though
I bought an LT size, 265 70 18. Spec wise it's pretty decent. 10ply tread, 3 ply sidewall, 45k warranty, 18/32 tread depth, 33.6" 3pms rated, studdable. For how chunky they are, they are surprisingly quiet up to ~60-65. But highway speeds don't sound like your flying a WWII bomber either.

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[itsaguything]

The Pirelli Scorpion AT Plus are in our sizes. Its my 3rd summer with these (though I have to say it will be the last summer) I replace them long before they are bald.