HOrnbrod Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 See I've had nothing but good luck and I've had them on my f150, Dakota, Durango, all my friends have them on their xjs and I have them on my mj. For the price of the tire I don't think you could go wrong The best thing I could say about these tires now is the price, so I agree with that. I've used a lot of Goodyear Wrangler tires in the past, 10+ years ago, and they were decent for the $$. Now they are below the quality of the crappy OEM tires on new vehicles, Walmart quality, require periodic balancing, and they wear out fast. They are now cheap throw away tires that get you by for awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejim42 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I agree with you entirely hornbrod. Plenty of better tires out there but if you're on a budget, or a highschooler like I was with little money. This is going to probably be your best bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 The best thing I could say about these tires now is the price, so I agree with that. I've used a lot of Goodyear Wrangler tires in the past, 10+ years ago, and they were decent for the $$. Now they are below the quality of the crappy OEM tires on new vehicles, Walmart quality, require periodic balancing, and they wear out fast. They are now cheap throw away tires that get you by for awhile. They now have a 60,000 mile warranty. If they wear out before that ... get 'em replaced. (I assume the warranty is prorated, like all tire life warranties.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy in Maine Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I decided to go with the Nexen Roadian AT tires. Probably overkill for a Comanche as they are 6 ply rated. $105 a pop. I shall let you know how I like them when they get mounted up in about 10 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy in Maine Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 An update.. All mounted and balanced and seem to work well (I only have about 10 miles on them). I am fussing around with the tire pressures and right now I am running about 36 psi in them. I will play around with the pressure for a while. I could tell they were a little stiffer on the turns and a little more geared up on the turnpike vs the stock 215/75/15s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasbulliwagen Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 An update.. All mounted and balanced and seem to work well (I only have about 10 miles on them). I am fussing around with the tire pressures and right now I am running about 36 psi in them. I will play around with the pressure for a while. That's much too high. It should be 30, or maybe even 28. According to my '88 MJ factory service manual, the recommended tire pressure is 30 psi for sizes P205/75R15 through P225/75R15 ... and 33 psi for P195R15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big66440 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 You should be able to get the stock style Goodyear wranglers in 235/75/15 for around $100 a piece. That'll probably be the cheapest for a decent new tire. The 225/75/15's are more expensive in my area. EXACTLY!!! I found the smaller 225/75's were more expensive, I just got 4 brand new 235/75/15's wrangler radials on my Comanche 3 weeks ago for just a little over 75.00 ea locally and LOVE THEM ( I guess any set of new tires would have made a difference compared to my old worn ones) but just for the record there are no fitment issues whatsoever on my stock 2WD. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacks Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I've been running 32 psi in the front and 28psi in the rear with the 4 ply 235's on my MJ for the last 2 years. The tire wear is pretty even all around so far. On my TJ with 31x10.50 Uniroyal 6 ply mud tires I had to run 24 psi front and 22psi rear to get good even wear and full tread contact. Just an FYI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuddFoot Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 tire kingdom has buy 3 get one free 365 for 235 75 15 487 for 31 10.50 15. my first set of 235s came from pepboys cornell 808s 130 for set of 4 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw star Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 87 2wd stock suspension w/235's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glundblad Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I have stock 235 wranglers on my 87. The ones I have now are "Silent Armor". I am very happy with them. I get a slight rub when my steering wheel is fully turned. Not a big deal though. I just don't turn that sharp. Goodyear has a few different types of wrangler tires and I am sure some are better than others. I ran some variant on my previous generation tahoes and had good results. When it came time to replace them on both tahoes, I bought the same tires again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy in Maine Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 An update.. All mounted and balanced and seem to work well (I only have about 10 miles on them). I am fussing around with the tire pressures and right now I am running about 36 psi in them. I will play around with the pressure for a while. That's much too high. It should be 30, or maybe even 28. According to my '88 MJ factory service manual, the recommended tire pressure is 30 psi for sizes P205/75R15 through P225/75R15 ... and 33 psi for P195R15 The door jam on mine says to use 30 psi for P series 215/75/15s. I have done that for the past 150K with good luck , but with these 6ply rated tires, I am considering going up a bit on the pressure to allow me to take advange of the stiffer sidewalls.....not to the 52 psi they will take but up a little bit to about 35 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 An update.. All mounted and balanced and seem to work well (I only have about 10 miles on them). I am fussing around with the tire pressures and right now I am running about 36 psi in them. I will play around with the pressure for a while. That's much too high. It should be 30, or maybe even 28. According to my '88 MJ factory service manual, the recommended tire pressure is 30 psi for sizes P205/75R15 through P225/75R15 ... and 33 psi for P195R15 The door jam on mine says to use 30 psi for P series 215/75/15s. I have done that for the past 150K with good luck , but with these 6ply rated tires, I am considering going up a bit on the pressure to allow me to take advange of the stiffer sidewalls.....not to the 52 psi they will take but up a little bit to about 35 or so. "P205/75R15 through P225/75R15" includes P215/75R15 -- it's right between 205 and 225. With a stiffer sidewall, you need LESS pressure to keep the tread patch flat on the ground. All you are going to do running higher pressure is to cause the center of your tread to wear down before the shoulders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankTheDog Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 With BF Goodrich Rugged Terrains in 265/75/16 Load range E tires I ran them between 26 and 28 on my 98 XJ. They wore like iron. I put over 40,000 miles on them and they went from 3/8's to 1/4". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGCWO Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 I am running General Grabber AT2 30 9.50/15's on my 2wd SWB, w/1.75 coil spacers and AAL. I picked mine up through Discount Tire on-line with free shipping and $70 rebate...mounted and balanced at the local WalMart and I was rolling down the road for $468.00 all in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy in Maine Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Well it is looking like 35 or 36 psi is working the best for me based on the chalk across the tire tread. 30 psi gains me nothing, less would be worse, more seems to wear about 1" along the center of the tire. I am going for the 35 psi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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