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Hello all.

 

As some of you know by reading my other threads, I have been having seat vibration issues with my truck.

 

I am on my 4th set of tires and I think I finally found one that is a good combo of street comfort and still has a little bite for off road.

 

Went with E-rated: https://www.bridgestonetire.com/tire/dueler-at-revo-3

 

I had the Falken Wildpeaks AT3W and they required a lot of weight to balance. They are 61 pounds per tire, and these bridgestones are 48 pounds per tire and they're both E rated.

 

The bridgestones required very little weight.

 

Although my seat vibration issues have drastically been reduced with these new tires, I am still getting some seat vibration/feedback at anything over 65-70 mph even on the smoothest of roads.

 

Is this normal, especially for these bridgestone which are not very aggressive, even for an A/T tire.

 

I would appreciate the feedback.

 

Thanks all.

 

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Why E rated?  E's will ride like a brick, unless you're weighing them down with a load.  

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15 minutes ago, bshort said:

Why E rated?  E's will ride like a brick, unless you're weighing them down with a load.  

Unfortunately for this tire size they either have only P rated or E. I was a little worried about going P rated because I do off road on occasion, and was worried about getting tire punctures. 

 

I have 90 days to try these out. Wonder if I should go back and get P rated ones.

 

I will say these ride a lot smoother than the Falkens. I still have seat vibration, but it's a lot less than before.

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I had non E range wildpeaks on my 2015 and could not get rid of the vibration. Half the reason I switched to the 2019 (other have was the wonky 6spd shifting)

 

Running the factory tires on the factory 22"s and have a little seat vibration still. Just had the dealer road force balance and it is better but still there sometimes. Seems worse when I let the truck sit for a couple days. 

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7 hours ago, Sin City Trail Boss said:

Unfortunately for this tire size they either have only P rated or E. I was a little worried about going P rated because I do off road on occasion, and was worried about getting tire punctures. 

 

I have 90 days to try these out. Wonder if I should go back and get P rated ones.

 

I will say these ride a lot smoother than the Falkens. I still have seat vibration, but it's a lot less than before.

My truck has the same shake with stock everything.  Since the shake is at the bottom of my list compared to the other issues I haven't had the dealer look at it yet. 

 

Seems like 99% of larger tires size then stock only come in E load. Big reason why I haven't upgraded. 

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43 minutes ago, ct_corey said:

My truck has the same shake with stock everything.  Since the shake is at the bottom of my list compared to the other issues I haven't had the dealer look at it yet. 

 

Seems like 99% of larger tires size then stock only come in E load. Big reason why I haven't upgraded. 

The only time I had almost zero vibration was when I switched tires with my buddy. 

 

It was his stock 18" wheels and tires. Same size as what I have now, only P rated and they were street tires.

 

I wonder if this is just a normal thing for this truck? I figured since the tire I purchased is not very aggressive at all, that I would have zero vibrations, but I have seat vibrations even in the smoothest of roads once I hit 65.

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