Selling original tires

[tvette1993]

I sold mine to a local guy for $150 with approx. 10K miles on them. Seemed fair to me. Otherwise they would have just taken up space in my garage.

[silveradonationfan15]

Actually I'm keeping mine. When I trades in or sells my truck down the road, I am taking off my bfgoodrich 33's and putting the stock sr-a's on the stock rims. More in likely I have a second set of BFG's on but it be easier to sell them,

[Stex]

OP: If you buy new tires from Discount, they will give you something for them. I drove from dealer to Discount and got about 80 or so dollars a tire against my new Michelins.

 

You did not ask but, Recommend the LTX M/S 2 one size up from oem. Tried the LTX A/T as the M/S was not out yet in the 18 I wanted. They road great but my pasture roads are a lot of granite sand stone and gravel and they tend to hold the gravel. M/S works just fine for me on and off road. They may have modified the A/Ts by now.

[amxguy1970]

Bingo. Most the people bashing them do so because it does not fit their image, not because it doesn't perform the tasks they need in reality. They want an aggressive looking tire to look tough for their trips around the suburbs and use their truck as a signature of them being the alpha in the neighborhood by the 4x4 in the driveway. Now there are some people (a smaller group) that actually need more tire off road and some that really deal with extreme snow and un-plowed roads, otherwise it is those that run out and put on a leveling kit on day 1 that just project an image and use the "it's a crap tire" as their reasoning; but suburban duties it really isn't a bad tire, not great, but not bad either.

 

In response to the OP, I have no idea but the small tire shops seem to be the best. I am running mine out until I upgrade as wasting a free set of tires that work just fine for now is not my thing.

 

Tyler

[Txjose]

Lots and lots of burn outs, hate those SR-A's

 

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Best advice ever.... Lol.

[crushNchowda]

Bingo. Most the people bashing them do so because it does not fit their image, not because it doesn't perform the tasks they need in reality. They want an aggressive looking tire to look tough for their trips around the suburbs and use their truck as a signature of them being the alpha in the neighborhood by the 4x4 in the driveway. Now there are some people (a smaller group) that actually need more tire off road and some that really deal with extreme snow and un-plowed roads, otherwise it is those that run out and put on a leveling kit on day 1 that just project an image and use the "it's a crap tire" as their reasoning; but suburban duties it really isn't a bad tire, not great, but not bad either.

 

In response to the OP, I have no idea but the small tire shops seem to be the best. I am running mine out until I upgrade as wasting a free set of tires that work just fine for now is not my thing.

 

Tyler

Actually its GM that labels the trucks as "off-road" capable, equips them w/ huge power, great 4wd, locking diffs, and then crap-a$$ tires....I do think some people go overboard on the lifts and tire setups and then never use them, but if you're going to put an "all terrain" tire on an "all terrain/Z71 off-road" truck, may as well be 1/2 decent one (even if they made the bridgestone dueler A/T as standard instead would be better) - if not a legit AT tire may as well equip w/ a smoother riding milder all season/all terrain the like the Michelin LTX

 

The Wranglers do blow - I had to drive in slush and snow, freezing rain today in them in MA since we have had milder weather I haven't put on my Michelin snow tire setup yet - of course snow tires are specialty tires dedicated for cold weather and snow/ice - but the wrangler SRA seems to suck at pretty much everything - horrendous grip on pavement that is only slightly damp, terrible in rain, dry grip only adequate/average, miserable offroad, wear quicker than my running sneakers, and look weak too.

 

If my bilsteins came in by now I would have already taken them off and either a) sold them on CL, b) sold to my buddy for his Ram he doesn't care much about tires but needs 'em as his are slicks by now, or c) tried to get some $$$ on trading in.

 

Realistically will sell to my buddy as they will have under 5,000 miles on them. Probably $300-350 for all 4.

I will be replacing w/ BFG t/A KO2 275/65/20 or Nitto terra grappler - but be advised for all those non-believers, these AT tires ARE NOT GOOD IN THE SNOW - they get you moving better than a normal tire, but are typically worse @ stopping and turning. Really big mudder type tires are even worse as they pretty much just flat plan on the snow since the nubs are so damn big and get filled w/ snow its like a slick - no siping action whatsoever.

 

If GM wanted to partner w/ Goodyear for truck tires why wouldn't they use the silent armour or duratrec since they seem to be more legit AT/offroad type tires befitting a Z71/AT truck?? Probably too much $$$ - I bet the SRA's are made up of all the left over rubber from random tires squished together - like they have all season compound rubber mixed w/ AT mixed w/ performance etc. hahaha Then they had a monkey do the tread design

 

I imagine the BFG's would be OK in snow - but nothing is like running snow tires on a 4WD truck

[Colliewood]

It's not just GM that does this, my wife's Jeep Wranger (the legendary off roader) comes with SR-A tires. Basically it is the accountants at GM making this decision, they no doubt get a good price on SR-As from Goodyear. Also guessing the SR-As are really good for gas mileage so with more and more pressure by the feds for higher CAFE standards, the manufactures use them to squeeze out ever mpg that they can.

[Brian S.]

Gosh, it's AMAZING I drive around all winter through unbroken snow on frozen lakes to ice fish, and down the unplowed mile long dirt road to my cabin. I live in Wisconsin, where we usually get a fair amount of snow, and yet I never get stuck with the SRAs or have any problems.

 

It "could" be I'm some sort of trucking McGyver.

 

Or it could be the SRAs are just pretty average all season tires and some might want to consider "lot of torque + light back end + wet pavement = SRAs break loose".

 

I wouldn't use them for mudder events, but I've been taking them on frozen lakes, and on unplowed dirt and field roads fishing and hunting for a lot of years with out any problems. (and that's more "off road" than a whole lot of my suburban cowboy brothers ever get)

 

Anyone in the Madison, WI area who wants to unload a new set of 20" for $80/each so they can buy the "preferred tires", PM me and I'll buy them!

[fondupot]

I sold my OEM Goodyears for $200 with about 18k miles on them. I was just happy to get them out of my garage.

[BIGDOGx]

I'm sure happy there is so much SRA hate out there...!!!

 

They work fine for me in the rain and snow, so when mine wear out, I should be able to scoop up a like-new set like yours from someone for cheap. They are by no means a high end tire (like Michelins), but they are not the worst tires in the world that people make them out to be either. Just an average mid-grade tire. Tires do matter when driving in adverse conditions, but skill is also a huge factor.

 

They would not make it up my driveway with an inch of snow on it while in 4wd. No they are a piss poor tire and that's being generous imo.

[Tek74]

 

They would not make it up my driveway with an inch of snow on it while in 4wd. No they are a piss poor tire and that's being generous imo.

 

Sorry to hear that, as I can "always" make it up my snow or ice covered driveway in 2WD and 4WD without issue.

[Doobs41378]

I think they are fine and I live in NH where I think we got 15 feet of snow last winter so it saw its share. Sure there are better ones out there but I wont cross that path until these wear out. They have 20k on them now.

[Silverado Steve]

The SRAs worked well for about 18K, then they wore quickly after that. I only managed to see 28K miles and am now running Cooper Discover ATs. I would buy the SRAs for 300/set of four. It's all about expectation management with the Goodyear SRAs.

[Badass69]

Gosh, it's AMAZING I drive around all winter through unbroken snow on frozen lakes to ice fish, and down the unplowed mile long dirt road to my cabin. I live in Wisconsin, where we usually get a fair amount of snow, and yet I never get stuck with the SRAs or have any problems.

 

It "could" be I'm some sort of trucking McGyver.

 

Or it could be the SRAs are just pretty average all season tires and some might want to consider "lot of torque + light back end + wet pavement = SRAs break loose".

 

I wouldn't use them for mudder events, but I've been taking them on frozen lakes, and on unplowed dirt and field roads fishing and hunting for a lot of years with out any problems. (and that's more "off road" than a whole lot of my suburban cowboy brothers ever get)

 

Anyone in the Madison, WI area who wants to unload a new set of 20" for $80/each so they can buy the "preferred tires", PM me and I'll buy them!

 

Yup..... McGyver........ I am too because I can daily a Detroit Locker in the 6 months of winter here on the highway and not die.... same as the 19 year old girl I gave that same truck too for her first company vehicle lol.

 

If rocks ( and I mean pit run so 3" or larger sharp boulders) didn't poke through that P rated junk like butter I would have ran my SRA's until they were bald.

[Brian S.]

The SRAs worked well for about 18K, then they wore quickly after that. I only managed to see 28K miles and am now running Cooper Discover ATs. I would buy the SRAs for 300/set of four. It's all about expectation management with the Goodyear SRAs.

 

Agreed they wear out quickly. Replace them after about 20 months use, then buy a new truck with new SRAs on it at 40 months use.

 

My dad gets 3 years out of his by driving slower, then he buys a new truck as well.