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2016 Silverado 1500 High country stock height with 22" stock rims, P285/45 R22 110H SL

Have a set of Bridgestone Dueler A/T's on their right now that came with the truck and sliced the sidewall in one of them last night.

They have some life left in them but it's the first set of Bridgestone tires I've had that I can recall and haven't been totally happy with them.

I don't deal with off roading in this truck and don't have to worry about snow anymore. So mainly just dry and wet roads.

 

My biggest problem with what I have is they could be a whole lot better on wet roads, my old lifted '05 with a set of Procomp's grabbed the road a lot better in my opinion.

I'm considering a set of Michelin Defender LTX M/S I'm curious on opinions since they don't exactly give these things away.

 

Other suggestions?

 

Thank guys.

 

Kenny

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2 hours ago, Kenny782 said:

2016 Silverado 1500 High country stock height with 22" stock rims, P285/45 R22 110H SL

Have a set of Bridgestone Dueler A/T's on their right now that came with the truck and sliced the sidewall in one of them last night.

They have some life left in them but it's the first set of Bridgestone tires I've had that I can recall and haven't been totally happy with them.

I don't deal with off roading in this truck and don't have to worry about snow anymore. So mainly just dry and wet roads.

 

My biggest problem with what I have is they could be a whole lot better on wet roads, my old lifted '05 with a set of Procomp's grabbed the road a lot better in my opinion.

I'm considering a set of Michelin Defender LTX M/S I'm curious on opinions since they don't exactly give these things away.

 

Other suggestions?

 

Thank guys.

 

Kenny

The Bridgestone's are just a terrible tire as they age, 43000 miles on mine and they have become completely useless in the rain.

 

We put the Michelin's on our Tahoe, they are well worth the money. Better ride, great in the rain, and wearing great. 

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Thanks Jim.

That's what I was hoping I'd hear, read similar but so many BS reviews around wanted to check with some real people driving on these things.

 

I see so many of these Bridgestone's sitting on GM trucks I was starting to think it was just me lol.

Granted mine already had a little over 30K on them when I bought the truck.

But yeah these things have been annoying me for a while and definitely not getting any better, there's more life on them but just not doing the job.

I've been looking for an excuse to replace them so whoever threw that crap on the road may have ruined my night but probably did me a favor haha.

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3 hours ago, Kenny782 said:

2016 Silverado 1500 High country stock height with 22" stock rims, P285/45 R22 110H SL

Have a set of Bridgestone Dueler A/T's on their right now that came with the truck and sliced the sidewall in one of them last night.

They have some life left in them but it's the first set of Bridgestone tires I've had that I can recall and haven't been totally happy with them.

I don't deal with off roading in this truck and don't have to worry about snow anymore. So mainly just dry and wet roads.

 

My biggest problem with what I have is they could be a whole lot better on wet roads, my old lifted '05 with a set of Procomp's grabbed the road a lot better in my opinion.

I'm considering a set of Michelin Defender LTX M/S I'm curious on opinions since they don't exactly give these things away.

 

Other suggestions?

 

Thank guys.

 

Kenny

I have the michelin defender ltx on my wife's yukon 285 45 22 night and day difference on wet roads and for me the snow up here in the midwest I'll be getting them for my 18 silverado once it needs new rubber the 284 45 22 ran me around 1400 out the door😬 well worth it imo

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Ouch.

Found 'em for $1,300 installed with taxes locally just hadn't pulled the trigger yet, I thought that was bad enough.

Looks like $70 back from Michelin for the next few weeks at least, if they work as expected I can live with it.

 

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18 minutes ago, Kenny782 said:

 

Ouch.

Found 'em for $1,300 installed with taxes locally just hadn't pulled the trigger yet, I thought that was bad enough.

Looks like $70 back from Michelin for the next few weeks at least, if they work as expected I can live with it.

 

 

 

Shop your local GM dealers too.  Not only can they price match brick and mortar stores nearby but you can get $70 rebate from GM for Michelins and if you have or sign up for the GM credit card and use it to buy them they match the rebate as a statement credit.  So $70 becomes a total of $140 off.  

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31 minutes ago, newdude said:

 

 

Shop your local GM dealers too.  Not only can they price match brick and mortar stores nearby but you can get $70 rebate from GM for Michelins and if you have or sign up for the GM credit card and use it to buy them they match the rebate as a statement credit.  So $70 becomes a total of $140 off.  

Just did this myself last week.  Also comes with free rotations or 1 alignment a year for 3 years.  

 

Fantastic tire, always knew they were!  Not playing off road as much anymore so these replaced my trusty KO2s.  My wife and I can talk without raising our voices and I can hear that noise under the dash that I thought went away 4 years ago!  LOL

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3 hours ago, newdude said:

 

 

Shop your local GM dealers too.  Not only can they price match brick and mortar stores nearby but you can get $70 rebate from GM for Michelins and if you have or sign up for the GM credit card and use it to buy them they match the rebate as a statement credit.  So $70 becomes a total of $140 off.  

Not sure I want to take out another credit card, I stopped myself from taking out these damn store cards everywhere and canceled most of the ones I had.

I do appreciate the info, for $140 I'll definitely look into it.

 

Although the local dealer has tried to unsuccessfully rip me off once for almost $700. Not sure I trust them for anything lol.

 

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Here are my other suggestions for good tires that we sell a lot of up here in Minnesota.

 

Michelin Defenders

 

Cooper Discoverer HTP2

 

Cooper Discoverer AT3 4S


Cooper Discoverer SRX

 

Pirelli Scorpion Verde All Season Plus2

 

BFG Trail Terrain TA. This is a new tire from BFG and the cost is just right for most customers as well.

 

 

The BFG, Pirelli and Coopers are going to run you about $200-300 less than the Michelins and Cooper has a current rebate going on as well for $70.

 

I personally like the Cooper options and the new BFG tire.

 

 

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Here are my other suggestions for good tires that we sell a lot of up here in Minnesota.

 

Michelin Defenders

 

Cooper Discoverer HTP2

 

Cooper Discoverer AT3 4S


Cooper Discoverer SRX

 

Pirelli Scorpion Verde All Season Plus2

 

BFG Trail Terrain TA. This is a new tire from BFG and the cost is just right for most customers as well.

 

 

The BFG, Pirelli and Coopers are going to run you about $200-300 less than the Michelins and Cooper has a current rebate going on as well for $70.

 

I personally like the Cooper options and the new BFG tire.

I gave Pirelli and Cooper a look just don't have any experience with them so didn't know what to make of them.

I'll give 'em a closer look.

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I say try the dealers too.

Big O seems to have deals right now too.

Looks like NTD some other division of Big O is in Texas but looks like there just around the larger cities.

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Just did this myself last week.  Also comes with free rotations or 1 alignment a year for 3 years.  

 

Fantastic tire, always knew they were!  Not playing off road as much anymore so these replaced my trusty KO2s.  My wife and I can talk without raising our voices and I can hear that noise under the dash that I thought went away 4 years ago!  LOL

You win some, you some huh LOL

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I gave Pirelli and Cooper a look just don't have any experience with them so didn't know what to make of them.

I'll give 'em a closer look.

Cooper makes a really good tire.

 

I will be putting on a set of the AT3's some time this winter. Best part is they come in the 22" size.

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Looked at Cooper but a buddy of mine said while he used to love them had bad luck with their newer stuff.

Granted could have just been the particular line he went with, every company has some that are better than others.

He has a set of Pirelli's now and said the grab the road like nobody's business but ride a bit rough, so I decided to give the Michelin's a try.

 

Only have a few miles on them and no rain so too early to judge but so far so good.

Definitely quiet, I got 'em up to 80 on the expressway, no noise or vibration, handling and cornering was good.

I'll try and take 'em out for a drive north to Harlingen over the weekend and try them out a bit.

A good 60 miles round trip so should give me a better feel for them.

 

I appreciate all the feedback guys.

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