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Gappy

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I believe my 2010 LC that I recently purchased still has its original tires. Did Toyota put Nexen's on the LC's from the factory in 2010?
Does anybody replace their orginal Nexan's with another set of Nexan's? I honestly had never even heard of this brand before.
I plan to stay with the original size tire and my local small town tire dealer guy who is a much trusted friend, states that the brand options in this size are few. Of those, the brand that he can get and recommends is the Toyo Open country AT II's.
My use for my LC is DD, meaning Indiana snow and rain, a bit of towing, occasional dirt.
My goal is to have as few as many compromises as possible in my tire choice (of course). I definitely don't want road noise as the tires wear, if they do I would actually rather go with a good highway tire. Outside of the effect of these slightly cupped original tires, I absolutely love the ride quality of this luxo barge so I am willing to sacrifice just a little in this category but not much.
Any first hand knowledge feedback appreciated!
 
Michelin Defender LTX is a good road tire with mud/snow rating. Have yet to deal with any issues in mud/snow/rain and they are very quiet so far. They have definitely impressed me
 
afgman786 said:
Michelin Defender LTX is a good road tire with mud/snow rating. Have yet to deal with any issues in mud/snow/rain and they are very quiet so far. They have definitely impressed me
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I’ve have liked any Michelin I’ve had in the past. How many miles so far?
 
Not a rare size
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Gappy said:
I’ve have liked any Michelin I’ve had in the past. How many miles so far?
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Maybe 10k so far.. done road trips in the rain, and was impressed with how they handled along with a winter in DC area. I even use them for the trails since they're so new
 
Those don’t sound like stock tires. Maybe someone put them on just to sell because the other tires were trashed. They should be 285/60/18 I believe. Those LTX Defenders that others mentioned are probably the best option.
 
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They should be 285/60/18 I believe.
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Correct, these are the factory size, they match the door jam sticker.
 
The only thing about defenders.. if you ever get into sticky mud they are terrible. I was in my 80 with defender ltx on a muddy powerline road that when dry would be absolute cake. one section was a relatively flat elevated road that connected two ridges. The tires could barely keep me on the muddy/greasy road and slipping off would have been catastrophic. However other than mud they were very very god tires.

99Cruiser said:
Stay away from LT rated tires if you want to keep smooth ride and don't get aggressive AT tires if you want low noise. You can't go wrong with Michelin for your intended use.
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I can’t stress this enough. Had LT-E rated KO2 285/65/18s on my cruiser that everyone else loves.. I hated them due to the extra pressure needed for LT tires and the very heavy weight. Eventually switched to P-metric Toyo Open Country AT2s and am VERY happy with them. Slightly louder than the KO2s but not bad at all.
 
I've had good luck with Michelin LTX AT2's. I run them on my Tundra.

I'm using Cooper Discoverers on my 200 LC. They're good, but they're noisier than factory tires.

HTH
 
Gappy said:
I’ve have liked any Michelin I’ve had in the past. How many miles so far?
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I've had a number of Michelins on previous vehicles, including CrossTerrains on my 4Runner. I always liked them and got good service out of them.
 
bloc said:
The only thing about defenders.. if you ever get into sticky mud they are terrible. I was in my 80 with defender ltx on a muddy powerline road that when dry would be absolute cake. one section was a relatively flat elevated road that connected two ridges. The tires could barely keep me on the muddy/greasy road and slipping off would have been catastrophic. However other than mud they were very very god tires.
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I read this about the mud in a couple reviews.
 
Anybody have first hand experience in mud with the Toyo Open Country AT2?
 
I don't have 1st hand experience with the Toyo Open Country, but since nobody above mentioned them, in my own tire research last year I found that they got outstanding reviews, generally considered one of the best AT tires out there. Can't comment on how it compares to suggestions above.
 
DirtNap said:
I don't have 1st hand experience with the Toyo Open Country, but since nobody above mentioned them, in my own tire research last year I found that they got outstanding reviews, generally considered one of the best AT tires out there. Can't comment on how it compares to suggestions above.
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We had a set years ago on a Suburban but I believe it was Toyo's original AT, not a "2", circa 2006.
At that time I went from a OEM GM tire to these Toyo's in the middle of a snow storm because the GM tire could not get me up a new to me steep gravel snow covered driveway. I literally had to park at the bottom of the driveway. So the next day with a little desperation and lack of easy internet research I bought the Toyo's and they climbed the same driveway barely spinning. We ended up getting rid of the Suburban before the tires wore out and I don't recall how many miles we put on the Toyo's, I just remember good snow performance and they were never noisy.
 
TireRack.com is a good resource for reviews, find the Tire, then search/view all reviews, you can look at Toyota owners, et cetera. Looks like a well reviewed tire there.
 
Have AT2s on my rig now. Love them, though it’s only been about five thousand miles.
 
I don't mean to be rude, but why are we starting new tire threads seemingly every day? Tire threads and questions are the most commonly asked about things on this forum, so can we please consolidate these into existing threads? The forum is becoming harder to sift through for tech when we get the same questions and discussions daily. Mods/ @beno thoughts?
 
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