I need tires for my stock 07 GX 470 (9 Viewers)

[moondoggy]

My tires are over 10 years old and are separating. My 470 is stock and I live in the So. Ca. so I am looking for tires.
Has the tariffs taken effect yet?
If so what has the price increase been?
What tire would you recommend? Never off road but I envision some easy dirt rails nothing extreme.
I find my choices limited, Tire Rack that used to be great only allows to view about 3 reviews.
Costco not much.
Sam's seems better.
Discount tire wants me to tell them a story before I can view the tires,
I just replaced my upper and lower OEM parts.
So this is starting to get expensive for a vehicle I barely drive.
Thanks in advance

 

[Rednexus]

For on-road with some dirt, I'd sugges Falken Wildpeak AT4Ws or Toyo Open Country AT III. The former is more off-road oriented, the latter is more on-road oriented and lighter. Both are good tires.

FWIW, I don't bother with the chain tire stores and get all of my tires from a local independent tire shop. They can order almost any brand (sans Michelin and Goodyear) and are the same price or cheaper as all of the chain tire places. They usually have the tires I order within a day.

 

[zzyzx85]

My tires are over 10 years old and are separating. My 470 is stock and I live in the So. Ca. so I am looking for tires.
Has the tariffs taken effect yet?
If so what has the price increase been?
What tire would you recommend? Never off road but I envision some easy dirt rails nothing extreme.
I find my choices limited, Tire Rack that used to be great only allows to view about 3 reviews.
Costco not much.
Sam's seems better.
Discount tire wants me to tell them a story before I can view the tires,
I just replaced my upper and lower OEM parts.
So this is starting to get expensive for a vehicle I barely drive.
Thanks in advance

Navigating Tire Rack can be a confusing. The reviews are actually on another page from the "main page" of the tire. I've been researching for new AT tires and have been spending quite a bit of time on that website.

Prices have gone up a bit but not drastically from what I've seen.

Highway tires do OK on dirt trails so long as you aren't doing anything serious.

For on-road with some dirt, I'd sugges Falken Wildpeak AT4Ws or Toyo Open Country AT III. The former is more off-road oriented, the latter is more on-road oriented and lighter. Both are good tires.

FWIW, I don't bother with the chain tire stores and get all of my tires from a local independent tire shop. They can order almost any brand (sans Michelin and Goodyear) and are the same price or cheaper as all of the chain tire places. They usually have the tires I order within a day.

Good suggestions. I am highly considering the Falken AT4Ws in 265/70 as my next set of tires but I haven't considered the Toyos.

I also second the independent tire shop (especially when it comes to non-OE sized tires) but I have had pretty good experience with installing at Discount/America's Tires. Since they've bought Tire Rack, it's convenient for scheduling installations.

 

[Rednexus]

Navigating Tire Rack can be a confusing. The reviews are actually on another page from the "main page" of the tire. I've been researching for new AT tires and have been spending quite a bit of time on that website.

Prices have gone up a bit but not drastically from what I've seen.

Highway tires do OK on dirt trails so long as you aren't doing anything serious.


Good suggestions. I am highly considering the Falken AT4Ws in 265/70 as my next set of tires but I haven't considered the Toyos.

I also second the independent tire shop (especially when it comes to non-OE sized tires) but I have had pretty good experience with instlalling at Discount/America's Tires. Since they've bought Tire Rack, it's really convenient.

I took my GX to Discount Tire for an alignment earlier this year. They refused to align it due to it being lifted....despite the fact that they aligned it a year ago . I'd probably get tires at Discount if they were substantially cheaper than my local shop, but the local guy is usually around $5-10 cheaper, and is located outside of the city limits so sales tax is much less .

 

[moondoggy]

So I go back on America's Tire and they will not allow me to look at the tires until I tell them what kind of driver I am. Who runs that company?

 

[moondoggy]

So about 250 for the Wildpeaks and 238 for the Toyo Open Country.

 

[zzyzx85]

They want data (in the guise of "making sure you get the right tires")...

Great thing about Tire Rack is they will still ship to the local independent shops in their network. I found one of my favorite mom and pop tire shops that way. I've been using them for a while.

If you look around (say FB marketplace), there are shops selling for lower than Tire Rack. I'm almost certain they're cash prices.

 

[moondoggy]

Thanks I am having a real tough time wanting to play there game. I guess this is what happens when you hire the fresh out of college kids.