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Any of you with the Alenza's on the 22" rims have a review of them?  I am driving out to IL on Sunday to pick up my '22 Denali, and while looking at Tire Rack I saw that the reviews for them are terrible.  33 reviews isn't a real sample size, but less than 3 stars isn't good.  The truck will see mainly highway miles in the Northeastern US, and snow is a definite.  Any reviews would be helpful.  Thanks!

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I've got a little over 40000 on the Alenza's that came with my 19 Denali. Ride quality has been excellent. Very quiet. They were decent in the rain when relatively new. After about 25000, that went to hell. I live in upstate NY. Many snowy days. The tires are flatout poor in that regards. They are pretty much shot now. I'm waiting for my new truck to be delivered. More Alenza's.

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1 minute ago, smit303 said:

I've got a little over 40000 on the Alenza's that came with my 19 Denali. Ride quality has been excellent. Very quiet. They were decent in the rain when relatively new. After about 25000, that went to hell. I live in upstate NY. Many snowy days. The tires are flatout poor in that regards. They are pretty much shot now. I'm waiting for my new one to be delivered. More Alenza's.

That's what I was looking for, Thanks!  I will probably drive them through this winter, and then put something else on it.  I was looking at the Michelin Defender LTX M/S tires.  The reviews on them are great.

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49 minutes ago, SPASierra said:

Any of you with the Alenza's on the 22" rims have a review of them?  I am driving out to IL on Sunday to pick up my '22 Denali, and while looking at Tire Rack I saw that the reviews for them are terrible.  33 reviews isn't a real sample size, but less than 3 stars isn't good.  The truck will see mainly highway miles in the Northeastern US, and snow is a definite.  Any reviews would be helpful.  Thanks!

I too have some real experience with the Alenza's.  When I bought my 2020, I had some serious balancing/shaking issues in which the dealer replaced all of them.  It took them 3 damn days to get them road force balanced within GM's acceptable limits.  I haven't had any problems since.  As for highway driving, excellent.  Very smooth and quiet.  These things in the snow are horrible!  I purchased another set of GM wheels with dedicated snow tires and it goes great.  I live in NH so we see every season at its best and worst.  

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1 hour ago, 603Denali said:

I too have some real experience with the Alenza's.  When I bought my 2020, I had some serious balancing/shaking issues in which the dealer replaced all of them.  It took them 3 damn days to get them road force balanced within GM's acceptable limits.  I haven't had any problems since.  As for highway driving, excellent.  Very smooth and quiet.  These things in the snow are horrible!  I purchased another set of GM wheels with dedicated snow tires and it goes great.  I live in NH so we see every season at its best and worst.  

I don't really have room to store a spare set of wheels and tires unfortunately.  If the Alenzas are that bad in the first snow, I will likely replace them before the next storm.

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The factory Bridgestones are pretty good out of the gate, but when they get to a certain tread depth, the tire becomes terrible in the rain and snow.

 

Just replaced the Duellers on mine with a set of Cooper AT3 S4's, very happy so far. Michelin Defenders repalced the Alenza's on our Tahoe, such a better tire.

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The Bridgestones are a marginal tire at best. I hated them. Brand new they seem half worn and overall dont look good. I replaced mine with Michelin defenders at 350 miles. I already had experience with the Defenders on another vehicle so no surprise how great they are.....and why they have good reviews. Also the have a great tread wear rating and deep tread....they last! They do everything well, rain, quiet, look great, but I have no experience with them in cold or snow as i am in Fla. 

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I would not drive in the snow on the Alenzas. My truck came with AT Duellers and those are ok in snowy weather. But they ride nice, are good in the rain, and I’m too cheap to upgrade tires at only 10,000 miles. 

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that's the stock tire that comes on my wife 2020 X5 , pretty quite and smooth and i have also seen them on other luxury SUVs as well.  Basic street tire to me? 

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5 hours ago, Diamond817 said:

Review? They suck. Simple as that.

 

You can also fit a 305/45R22 on your truck without modification. Just to give you a few more options.

Yes you can. Michelin Defender 305x45xr22on Fuel Mavericks 22x10,+10 offset.

These are the best highway tires money can buy.

 

 

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On 9/28/2022 at 11:25 AM, SPASierra said:

I don't really have room to store a spare set of wheels and tires unfortunately.  If the Alenzas are that bad in the first snow, I will likely replace them before the next storm.

(Some) dealers in this area have a storage program for seasonal tires.

Of course it's a fee above the swap-the-wheels fee.  

 

But it's convenient for those that use the dealer for do vehicle servicing and tire swaps.

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They look good, and as stated above fantastic Highway tire...I am at 14K on these and have no wear. Deep tread.

 

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I have them on my 2021 (22's) and have 21,000 miles. I been through 2 winters and although they are not the best snow tires I got by.  But then again, I use AUTO all the time in the winter contrary to what many believe is advisable. I was going to replace them the first winter but I could not find anything. All I could find were winter only tires and I don't want to be swapping tires spring and fall.  But I am retired so I don't have to drive when its that bad.  My 2017 had 22-inch Dueler A/T with an aggressive tread that was good in snow but they discontinued that tread design in 22-inch.

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