Tires for 2000 4runner

I need to get a set of high quality tires. I do not drive off road
and most of my driving is local or within 50 miles. In my area we
have a Sears, Firestone, Goodyear, Tire Kingdom and a few independent
dealers. Any suggestions. If you need more info I can post it.

"Letschacha" <letschacha@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I need to get a set of high quality tires. I do not drive off road
> and most of my driving is local or within 50 miles. In my area we
> have a Sears, Firestone, Goodyear, Tire Kingdom and a few independent
> dealers. Any suggestions. If you need more info I can post it.[/color]


[url]http://www.nebraskatire.com/lt_truck/geolander.htm[/url]

[url]http://www.toyo.com/tires/tire_lines/lightTruck_suv/[/url]

I know people with both brands who're extremely pleased with them, and they
should wear very well with reg. care since you're not off road....


Stew

Letschacha wrote:[color=blue]
> I need to get a set of high quality tires. I do not drive off road
> and most of my driving is local or within 50 miles. In my area we
> have a Sears, Firestone, Goodyear, Tire Kingdom and a few independent
> dealers. Any suggestions. If you need more info I can post it.[/color]

At Firestone, look at any Firestone or Bridgestone tires with their
quality level "Uni-T" or "Uni-T AQ-II". This includes Firestone
Destination LE.

I don't like any of Goodyear's tires except their TripleTred
passenger car tires and European made snow tires.

Tire Kingdom is part of TBC Corp. which also owns Big-O. OK tires,
not great.

Michelin are always excellent, as are Toyo. Cooper and their other
brands, Dean, Mastercraft, are good and well worth the price.
Hankook and Kumho are also well worth the price.

Take a look at the tirerack customers' ratings:
[url]http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=HAS[/url]


Ken

"Ken Shelton" <shelton@cablespeed.com> wrote in message
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> Letschacha wrote:[color=green]
>> I need to get a set of high quality tires. I do not drive off road
>> and most of my driving is local or within 50 miles. In my area we
>> have a Sears, Firestone, Goodyear, Tire Kingdom and a few independent
>> dealers. Any suggestions. If you need more info I can post it.[/color]
>
> At Firestone, look at any Firestone or Bridgestone tires with their
> quality level "Uni-T" or "Uni-T AQ-II". This includes Firestone
> Destination LE.
>
> I don't like any of Goodyear's tires except their TripleTred passenger car
> tires and European made snow tires.
>
> Tire Kingdom is part of TBC Corp. which also owns Big-O. OK tires, not
> great.
>
> Michelin are always excellent, as are Toyo. Cooper and their other
> brands, Dean, Mastercraft, are good and well worth the price. Hankook and
> Kumho are also well worth the price.
>
> Take a look at the tirerack customers' ratings:
> [url]http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=HAS[/url]
>
>
> Ken[/color]


Which brings up a point, Ken; I suppose TireRack doesn't rate Toyo because
they don't carry the brand. (?)

I've a set of Toyo Spectrums on the family van, and compared to the two
(previous) sets of Michelins, they are indeed impressive in handling, wear,
and appearance.

I came very close to buying the Yokohama Geolanders for my PreRunner, but
went instead with the more aggressive BFG KO's. The Toyos and Yokohamas
were a very close 2nd choice.


Stew

Ken Shelton wrote:
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>
> Michelin are always excellent,[/color]

Except last week when F1 was running at Indy. <G>

Letschacha
Bridgestone A/T Revos are considered by many best tires around. This is
perhaps more tire than you desire and priced more than you want to pay.
Consider/explore the following URL
[url]http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirebran.jsp[/url]

"Letschacha" <letschacha@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I need to get a set of high quality tires. I do not drive off road
> and most of my driving is local or within 50 miles. In my area we
> have a Sears, Firestone, Goodyear, Tire Kingdom and a few independent
> dealers. Any suggestions. If you need more info I can post it.[/color]

"B a r r y" <keep_it_in_the_newsgroup_please@thankyou.com> wrote in message
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> Ken Shelton wrote:
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> >
> > Michelin are always excellent,[/color]
>
> Except last week when F1 was running at Indy. <G>[/color]

French politics at work. Michelins are over rated and over priced. One can
get equivalent tires for less.