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I'm preparing to order a new Silverado with the Z71 package and I have several choices of tires in either 17" or 18". My question is, does anyone know which brand goes with which tire size? I've done a couple searches, but haven't been able to find this info. I'd prefer to not get stuck with Generals.

Thanks in advance.

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I'm preparing to order a new Silverado with the Z71 package and I have several choices of tires in either 17" or 18". My question is, does anyone know which brand goes with which tire size? I've done a couple searches, but haven't been able to find this info. I'd prefer to not get stuck with Generals.

Thanks in advance.

The Z-71's I looked at with 18" wheels were getting Bridgestone Dueler A/T (265/65/18). The Z-71 with 17" wheels that I ordered came with Goodyear Wrangler AT/S (265/70/17).

 

The dealer could not tell (would not promise) what tire would be used. I had the same concern because I've seen some NBS on Goodyear Wrangler ST. Had Wrangler ST's on my Jeep and flat-out told my dealer I would reject the truck if it came with ST's.

michigan2500hd Senior Enthusiast

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How about going to a large dealership and looking at which tires are on those trucks? as far as tire/ rim combos

Indy Enthusiast

Indy

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Next time I buy a new truck, I'm telling the salesman which tires I want as a condition of sale. If you are spending $35,000.00 on a truck, I think it's worth it to them to put on the tires that are requested if it means getting the sale.

MS3DALE Senior Enthusiast

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I'm preparing to order a new Silverado with the Z71 package and I have several choices of tires in either 17" or 18". My question is, does anyone know which brand goes with which tire size? I've done a couple searches, but haven't been able to find this info. I'd prefer to not get stuck with Generals.

Thanks in advance.

The Z-71's I looked at with 18" wheels were getting Bridgestone Dueler A/T (265/65/18). The Z-71 with 17" wheels that I ordered came with Goodyear Wrangler AT/S (265/70/17).

 

 

 

 

rogersbowtie hit it on the head,If you get a Z71 with the standard 17's you get the Goodyear Wrangler AT/S's (My personal favorite as far as tires go)

If you order the optional 18's like I did you get the Bridgestone Dueler A/T "RHS"s

I don't like the Bridgestones at all and can't wait to get them off,The only problem with that is that there are only two companies making the 18's in the size 265/65R18...Bridgestone and BFGoodrich,I wouldn't mind the BFG's at all but they are only available in a 10-ply (load range "E") and are over $200.00 a piece!! The "E" load range is overkill for a 1/2-ton truck,Goodyear does offer an LT275/65R18 load range "C" Wrangler AT/S so I might go with that if they don't come out with a 265/65R18 Wrangler soon.

All this could have avoided if I would have ordered the 17's but I love the looks of the 18's over the 17's.

 

You do not have a choice of what brand/type tires come on your truck,Its whatever GM puts on and whoever they have a contract with to provide tires at that time.

So unless you change them after its delivered to the dealer,Like I did on my '99 and '04,your stuck with whatever GM puts on.

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I'm preparing to order a new Silverado with the Z71 package and I have several choices of tires in either 17" or 18". My question is, does anyone know which brand goes with which tire size? I've done a couple searches, but haven't been able to find this info. I'd prefer to not get stuck with Generals.

Thanks in advance.

The Z-71's I looked at with 18" wheels were getting Bridgestone Dueler A/T (265/65/18). The Z-71 with 17" wheels that I ordered came with Goodyear Wrangler AT/S (265/70/17).

 

 

 

 

rogersbowtie hit it on the head,If you get a Z71 with the standard 17's you get the Goodyear Wrangler AT/S's (My personal favorite as far as tires go)

If you order the optional 18's like I did you get the Bridgestone Dueler A/T "RHS"s

I don't like the Bridgestones at all and can't wait to get them off,The only problem with that is that there are only two companies making the 18's in the size 265/65R18...Bridgestone and BFGoodrich,I wouldn't mind the BFG's at all but they are only available in a 10-ply (load range "E") and are over $200.00 a piece!! The "E" load range is overkill for a 1/2-ton truck,Goodyear does offer an LT275/65R18 load range "C" Wrangler AT/S so I might go with that if they don't come out with a 265/65R18 Wrangler soon.

All this could have avoided if I would have ordered the 17's but I love the looks of the 18's over the 17's.

 

You do not have a choice of what brand/type tires come on your truck,Its whatever GM puts on and whoever they have a contract with to provide tires at that time.

So unless you change them after its delivered to the dealer,Like I did on my '99 and '04,your stuck with whatever GM puts on.

 

 

 

 

I`m a tech at a chevy dealer and its been my experiance that goodyears are just that, good for a year. Goodyear tires are junk, they chop on the edges and dryrot quickly. I would not recommend or use goodyears at all.

MS3DALE Senior Enthusiast

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I'm preparing to order a new Silverado with the Z71 package and I have several choices of tires in either 17" or 18". My question is, does anyone know which brand goes with which tire size? I've done a couple searches, but haven't been able to find this info. I'd prefer to not get stuck with Generals.

Thanks in advance.

The Z-71's I looked at with 18" wheels were getting Bridgestone Dueler A/T (265/65/18). The Z-71 with 17" wheels that I ordered came with Goodyear Wrangler AT/S (265/70/17).

 

 

 

 

rogersbowtie hit it on the head,If you get a Z71 with the standard 17's you get the Goodyear Wrangler AT/S's (My personal favorite as far as tires go)

If you order the optional 18's like I did you get the Bridgestone Dueler A/T "RHS"s

I don't like the Bridgestones at all and can't wait to get them off,The only problem with that is that there are only two companies making the 18's in the size 265/65R18...Bridgestone and BFGoodrich,I wouldn't mind the BFG's at all but they are only available in a 10-ply (load range "E") and are over $200.00 a piece!! The "E" load range is overkill for a 1/2-ton truck,Goodyear does offer an LT275/65R18 load range "C" Wrangler AT/S so I might go with that if they don't come out with a 265/65R18 Wrangler soon.

All this could have avoided if I would have ordered the 17's but I love the looks of the 18's over the 17's.

 

You do not have a choice of what brand/type tires come on your truck,Its whatever GM puts on and whoever they have a contract with to provide tires at that time.

So unless you change them after its delivered to the dealer,Like I did on my '99 and '04,your stuck with whatever GM puts on.

 

 

 

 

I`m a tech at a chevy dealer and its been my experiance that goodyears are just that, good for a year. Goodyear tires are junk, they chop on the edges and dryrot quickly. I would not recommend or use goodyears at all.

 

 

I too work at a GM dealer,However I strongly disagree with you,My experience with Goodyears has been nothing but great,I've always been able to get 40-50,000 miles on them,I've never had a problem with them chopping on the edges or dryrotting.

On the '04 I just traded I immediately took the Bridgestones off as soon as the truck came in new and replaced them with Goodyear Wrangler AT/S's (LT265/70R17 "C") The truck had 29,300 miles on it when I traded it and the tires still have over half of the tread left.

I've gotten great mileage out of all the Wranglers I've had..TD's,RT/S's and AT/S's,Heck the '93 K1500 I had with the Wrangler TD's on it had 26,000 miles on it when I traded it and the guy who bought it ended up getting almost 60,000 miles out of them!

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I`m a tech at a chevy dealer and its been my experiance that goodyears are just that, good for a year. Goodyear tires are junk, they chop on the edges and dryrot quickly. I would not recommend or use goodyears at all.

 

I too work at a GM dealer,However I strongly disagree with you,My experience with Goodyears has been nothing but great,I've always been able to get 40-50,000 miles on them,I've never had a problem with them chopping on the edges or dryrotting.

On the '04 I just traded I immediately took the Bridgestones off as soon as the truck came in new and replaced them with Goodyear Wrangler AT/S's (LT265/70R17 "C") The truck had 29,300 miles on it when I traded it and the tires still have over half of the tread left.

I've gotten great mileage out of all the Wranglers I've had..TD's,RT/S's and AT/S's,Heck the '93 K1500 I had with the Wrangler TD's on it had 26,000 miles on it when I traded it and the guy who bought it ended up getting almost 60,000 miles out of them!

 

I wouldn't be too quick to rip on Goodyear either. It depends on the product. Had Eagle GA's on my '04 Impala that looked fine but I took them off at 62K miles because they were starting to get squirly in heavy rain and I wanted something better going into winter. All I did was rotate them every other oil change.

 

The Wrangler ST's on my diesel Liberty were absolutely worthless (no, dangerous) on wet roads, slid so bad that I ran it in 4WD in the rain. After three spin-out near collisions I replaced the ST's with Firestone Destination LE's (highly recommend them) and it drove like an entirely different vehicle. I also had a pair of the same type Bridgestone A/T's used on the Z-71 on the rear of my 2wd C1500 that were excellent in deep snow.

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I`m a tech at a chevy dealer and its been my experiance that goodyears are just that, good for a year. Goodyear tires are junk, they chop on the edges and dryrot quickly. I would not recommend or use goodyears at all.

 

I too work at a GM dealer,However I strongly disagree with you,My experience with Goodyears has been nothing but great,I've always been able to get 40-50,000 miles on them,I've never had a problem with them chopping on the edges or dryrotting.

On the '04 I just traded I immediately took the Bridgestones off as soon as the truck came in new and replaced them with Goodyear Wrangler AT/S's (LT265/70R17 "C") The truck had 29,300 miles on it when I traded it and the tires still have over half of the tread left.

I've gotten great mileage out of all the Wranglers I've had..TD's,RT/S's and AT/S's,Heck the '93 K1500 I had with the Wrangler TD's on it had 26,000 miles on it when I traded it and the guy who bought it ended up getting almost 60,000 miles out of them!

 

I wouldn't be too quick to rip on Goodyear either. It depends on the product. Had Eagle GA's on my '04 Impala that looked fine but I took them off at 62K miles because they were starting to get squirly in heavy rain and I wanted something better going into winter. All I did was rotate them every other oil change.

 

The Wrangler ST's on my diesel Liberty were absolutely worthless (no, dangerous) on wet roads, slid so bad that I ran it in 4WD in the rain. After three spin-out near collisions I replaced the ST's with Firestone Destination LE's (highly recommend them) and it drove like an entirely different vehicle. I also had a pair of the same type Bridgestone A/T's used on the Z-71 on the rear of my 2wd C1500 that were excellent in deep snow.

 

 

Agreed, just took off the Wrangler ST's that came OE on my Sierra. The ST's are CRAP, while I got good tread life from them they would spin easily on anything other than clean dry pavement. Running a set of Wrangler AT/S now and I am much happier, no traction issues and still have a quiet smooth ride. I also have a Buick LeSabre that I run GoodYear Assurance Triple tread tires on. Have nothing but praise for those as well, excellent traction in any weather condition, good tread life and smooth quiet ride. Big difference between the top shelf and bottom shelf at the GoodYear factory.

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My Z71 came with 17" aluminum wheels, and they have the Dueler A/T's on them.....thank god! My last rig had the Goodyear SRA's on them, and I couldn't stand the d**n things. I saved my Toyo Open Country A/T's from the last rig, so I have a good set of backups if the Dueler's fail me.

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I`m a tech at a chevy dealer and its been my experiance that goodyears are just that, good for a year. Goodyear tires are junk, they chop on the edges and dryrot quickly. I would not recommend or use goodyears at all.

 

I too work at a GM dealer,However I strongly disagree with you,My experience with Goodyears has been nothing but great,I've always been able to get 40-50,000 miles on them,I've never had a problem with them chopping on the edges or dryrotting.

On the '04 I just traded I immediately took the Bridgestones off as soon as the truck came in new and replaced them with Goodyear Wrangler AT/S's (LT265/70R17 "C") The truck had 29,300 miles on it when I traded it and the tires still have over half of the tread left.

I've gotten great mileage out of all the Wranglers I've had..TD's,RT/S's and AT/S's,Heck the '93 K1500 I had with the Wrangler TD's on it had 26,000 miles on it when I traded it and the guy who bought it ended up getting almost 60,000 miles out of them!

 

I wouldn't be too quick to rip on Goodyear either. It depends on the product. Had Eagle GA's on my '04 Impala that looked fine but I took them off at 62K miles because they were starting to get squirly in heavy rain and I wanted something better going into winter. All I did was rotate them every other oil change.

 

The Wrangler ST's on my diesel Liberty were absolutely worthless (no, dangerous) on wet roads, slid so bad that I ran it in 4WD in the rain. After three spin-out near collisions I replaced the ST's with Firestone Destination LE's (highly recommend them) and it drove like an entirely different vehicle. I also had a pair of the same type Bridgestone A/T's used on the Z-71 on the rear of my 2wd C1500 that were excellent in deep snow.

 

 

Agreed, just took off the Wrangler ST's that came OE on my Sierra. The ST's are CRAP, while I got good tread life from them they would spin easily on anything other than clean dry pavement. Running a set of Wrangler AT/S now and I am much happier, no traction issues and still have a quiet smooth ride. I also have a Buick LeSabre that I run GoodYear Assurance Triple tread tires on. Have nothing but praise for those as well, excellent traction in any weather condition, good tread life and smooth quiet ride. Big difference between the top shelf and bottom shelf at the GoodYear factory.

 

 

Can't imagine that any tire is more dangerous than the General Ameritrac that came stock on my 04. The generic AT's I put on from discount tire where night and day better.

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Thanks for all the input - great information. Looks like I'm safe from Generals, and that is what I was trying to avoid.

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How about going to a large dealership and looking at which tires are on those trucks? as far as tire/ rim combos

 

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