How many flats on your P metrics?

kstruckcountry · July 29, 2012

The Goodyear SR-As that are on my truck are the P's, and I was wondering if I'm the only one having issues keeping air in them. I've had 2 flats this week, the first was a nail, the latest looks like a rock tore the tire (right in the middle of the tread). I have more than half a dozen patches on this set, and at $18 per flat it's getting expensive. I've thought about just getting new tires (e range), but I'll be driving on pavement only soon, and I'm hoping they do better off the gravel. Any thoughts?

BlackZ71Silverado · July 29, 2012

GoodYear tires are garbage IMO. I have never had good luck with them and would not buy a vehicle that had them on it for OME's. My brother's truck came with the Good Year tires and he has had 7 total flats with them. Since switching his tires out to Coopers, he hasn't had any issues driving the exact same roads.

Chris · July 30, 2012

My OEM goodyears weren't bad. Only issue I had was between their grip and Florida rain.

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brantjs · July 30, 2012

I haven't had much trouble with the trucks I've had, but my car has had a couple sets of tires (Goodyear Eagle GS-D and Firestone Firehawk Wide Ovals) that seemed to pick up everything on the road. The couple other sets of Generals that I've had since then haven't had nearly the tire troubles. I think it has a lot more to do with tread design than rubber compound. After doing like you and paying to have tires fixed at the tire shop a few times, I started plugging my own tires with the basic tire plug kit from the parts store. It's faster and cheaper. I've been through probably close to 20 plugs in the past 6 years, and only had a problem with 1 plug that was too far toward the outside of the tire. Still within the treads but there was too much tire flex there and after 2 plugs loosened up and leaked by, I ended up taking it to a shop and having it patched from the inside.

KMGZ400 · July 30, 2012

i agree that goodyears are garbage. had 2 different types on my trucks before and they were awful. 2 flats in 1 month 4 overall on one set. and on top of that they lasted less than about 17,000 miles.

have 2 different types of firestones for about 4 months and couldnt be any happier

kstruckcountry · July 30, 2012

I tried to plug this hole, but it was too big. These have ~13k. Still a lot of tread left, but I think I'm going to get new ones. One of the steel belts in the tire looks to be pretty severely damaged. And I don't want a tire coming apart on me. It's patched for now...

Pretty disappointing to have a set of tires only last a year. Especially since I rarely even spin them, and when I do it's never braked, and usually wet. I think I'll get E range tires this time, at this rate the drop in mpg will be made up for by not having to patch them all the time.

KMGZ400 · July 30, 2012

what brand do you think your gonna get?

ruggedlife · July 31, 2012

my truck came stock with goodyears and i absolutely hate them. I always run Nitto brand tires, their terra grappler is a great all terrain tire. manager has 70k on his set in a chevy 1500 and they still have about half tread life. i've run either their terra, trail, or mud grappler on my past 5 vehicles and will continue to do so. balance great and have never had an issue with one separating or anything

kstruckcountry · July 31, 2012

I looked at Terra Grapplers, Cooper ST Maxx, and Falken Wildpeaks. So far I'm leaning towards the Falkens, I think they'd have the best look on my truck. The Coopers look awesome too, but I was quoted $250, I can't justify that, it detracts from the look of the tire. The $190 for the Wildpeaks seemed more reasonable. As long as they don't pick up a jillion flats, I'll be happy!