New Tire Help Please

[thatryan]

Time is coming up for new tires. 
2017 Z71, stock height and wheels,

265 65 18 with factory tires on it still. 
 

Mostly road driving, no snow here. Some off road and rain obviously. 
 

Was looking at the Cooper Discoverer AT3 4S which seem to be liked? Not sure I like the white letter sidewall though lol

 

any others in that category worth looking at? Also, do I need to replace TPMS as well? 
 

Thank you!

[Black02Silverado]

If you don't care what the tire looks like the Michelin Defenders are a great tire.  Wear well, quiet and handle well dry or wet.  I got 70k miles on mine and just now down to the wear bars. 

 

If you are putting new tires on it wouldn't hurt to see if the batteries in your TPMS can be changed out.  Some can some can't, I'm not sure which ones but battery life is usually around 5 to 6 years from my experience. 

[thatryan]

 

7 hours ago, Black02Silverado said:

If you don't care what the tire looks like the Michelin Defenders are a great tire.  Wear well, quiet and handle well dry or wet.  I got 70k miles on mine and just now down to the wear bars. 

 

Thank you. Defenders are straight up road only tires it looks like? Can they handle gravel/dirt at all or just a slippery mess?

[Black02Silverado]

5 hours ago, thatryan said:

 

Thank you. Defenders are straight up road only tires it looks like? Can they handle gravel/dirt at all or just a slippery mess?

They can handle it. A lot of farmers around here run them on their trucks and they go in and out of the fields.

[MaverickZ71]

On/Off-road all terrain tires (such as standard on a Z71) in that size as listed on Tire Rack and Discount Tire Direct online:

 

BF Goodrich All-Terrain T/A KO2

Bridgestone Dueler A/T Revo3

Bridgestone Dueler A/T RH-S

Continental TerrainContact A/T

Dick Cepek Trail Country

Falken Wildpeak A/T3W

Firestone Destination A/T2

General Grabber APT

Goodyear Wrangler All-Terrain Adventure with Kevlar

Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac

Goodyear Wrangler Trailrunner AT

Hankook Dynapro AT2

Kumho RoadVenture AT51

Mickey Thompson Deegan 38 All Terrain

Nitto Exo Grappler AWT

Nitto Ridge Grappler

Nitto Terra Grappler G2

Pirelli Scorpion All Terrain Plus

Sumitomo Encounter AT

Toyo Open Country A/TII

Yokohoma Geolandar A/T G015

 

Most of these tires have the tread to where if they have white letters on one side, you can just have them mounted with the blackwall side out.  Be sure to have new TPMS sensors mounted every time you get new tires, unless you get new tires every 2 years.  It's not worth having to pay $20+ to have a tire dismounted and then remounted because a $7 battery in a TPMS sensor went bad.  

 

Pick your favorite brand and/or do research (like reading user reviews) on the websites listed above.  Also, you can print the online pricing and most local tire dealers will price match.