I went by NTB yesterday to check prices on a set of Michelin LTX tires for an 04 470. The guy in the store told me those tires have been discontinued. I also looked on Tire Rack and I am not finding them available there either. Back in December, there was a discussion where a couple people on this site recommended the LTX tires. I have gone through two sets on my 91 80 and I have been very impressed with these tires. Am I missing something or have these tires been discontinued within the last month or so? I have searched and I can't find anytning dealing with this issue, so many thanks to anyone who can help me with this.
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The Latitude is the hot new Michelin, don't know if they're phasing it in and the LTX out? Regardless, I still see the LTX available from Discount Tire. Cost had $70 off 4 Michelin's, but I think the coupon ended today.
I just bought a new set of Revos, but in the process I was shopping deals at a variety of stores and tire options. It seems that the economy is beating on the tire industry too and certain sizes of some tires are being discontinued and production is more or less "on demand" as many factories are cutting back or closing since the new car manufacturer's production is so low.
If your dealer searches hard enough, the make, size and model of your tire is probably in some warehouse somewhere.
If your dealer searches hard enough, the make, size and model of your tire is probably in some warehouse somewhere.
Costco's got them as of yesterday. Remember, the tire dealers get certain allotments of different tires at different sizes. If he can't get what you want he's gonna try to sell you what he has any way he can. That or his system didn't show it so he assumed they didn't make it anymore.
The 18"ers may have been cut in light of the lat's...I doubt the 16"s are going anywhere
buy some Toyos....
The new OEM tire on the LX 570 (2008) is the Michelin Tour HP. The Pilot LTX is being phased out.
If you want to save some money, find a shop that will install some S or T rated tires instead of the OEM spec H rating.
If you want to save some money, find a shop that will install some S or T rated tires instead of the OEM spec H rating.
Bought a set of LTX for my 2000 LX a few weeks ago. Think it was $780 out the door with a $70 discount from Costco. Very impressed/pleased with the tires. Love driving on a new set. But I guess mine are 16 to your 18s?
I am guessing your are talking about the LTX M/S as Costco no longer sells the Pilot LTX which was the standard H rated tire not long ago.
Anyone else responding should specify if they are talking about the LTX M/S, LTX AT2, etc...
You should never downgrade a tire from an OEM spec, there is a reason that the manufacture specifies a certain tire spec as the minimum. The H rated tire will have a stiffer sidewall than an S or T rated.
I agree with you when it comes to sports cars but in this case I don't think it matters much. A 2008 Tundra and a 2008 Land Cruiser both run 18" wheels with almost the same size tire (maybe 1/2 inch difference) yet the LC spec is H rated but the Tundra uses a T rated tire.
Y'all with 18s should pickup 16s 
A tundra isn't a 100, you are comparing apples to oranges. To start with the Tundra uses different sized tires which will have a different load capacity. Toyota specs a tire with a minimum speed rating of H as OEM on these trucks and to go below that specification is potentially asking for trouble.
Not apples to oranges - more like a granny smith to a gala. I even called a tire expert out on this when asking about my truck. For the 2003 model year Toyota offered 17" and 18" wheels on the LC. The 17" tire was an S spec whereas the 18" was an H rated tire. He could not explain why.
Personally I think Toyota made a deal with Michelin to spec a certain tire on the LC. S, T and H are speed ratings, not load ratings. If it is okay per Toyota to run a 17" tire with an S speed rating, there is no good reason why you can't run a T rated tire in 18" size - unless you want to go 130mph as T is rated for 118mph.
In addition, anyone who wants to run true AT or MT tires necessarily has to downgrade to Q, R or S speed rating as nobody makes a mudder in an H rating.
Again, if you own a sports car, stick with the high speed rating.
That makes me feel a lot better, as it indicated the decision to go with an H rated was availability and possibly road feel rather than a specific handling requirement.
I've been running S rated LTX/MS Michelins on my 99LC since it was new and on both a 2000 Tundra and the subsequent 2004 DC 4x4 Tundra. The S rating is for speed and neither vehicle will exceed the rating. The tires handle dry moderately rough off-road terrain reasonably well and haven't stuck me in mud, yet. I've gotten as high as 80K on the LC and haven't gotten that high yet on the Tundra. Had about 50K in the 2000 Tundra when I traded it for the '04 and the tires still looked like new.