gw204
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- St. Leonard, MD
When I was shopping for tires over a year ago, I wasn't able to find many reviews/opinions about the Goodyear Wrangler Radials that Walmart carries. Sure Walmart has their own set of reviews on the website, but I have trouble putting a lot of faith in those. Being that I now have about 17,000 miles on a set of 4, I figured I would post up a quick review for my fellow Jeepers.
My Jeep is a '00 Sport 4x4 that spends 100% of it's time on the road. It had around 172,000 miles when I put the tires on so I didn't want to spend big bucks being that is it was just my daily driver logging approximately road 300 miles per week. No offroad use (other than moving a trailer around in my yard), so unfortunately I can't comment on how they would perform in those conditions.
Prior to the Wranglers, I had a set of Bridgestone Dueler REVOs and while they were a much better all around tire, they also cost over twice as much...
These Wranglers are definitely not as stable as the REVOs, but that was to be expected since we are comparing a P-metric to a LT tires. The Jeep definitely doesn't handle/corner as well as it did, but I have gotten used to it. Feels a little sloppy due to the more flexible sidewalls, but it's a Jeep and not a Challenger, so I drive it accordingly. This was the main thing I noticed after the switch.
Wet traction is probably the worst quality of these tires. It's relatively easy to break one loose w/ an open rear if I'm not paying attention...especially on painted areas of pavement. But if I lay off the gas for a split second and restore traction, things are fine after that. Dry pavement traction is just fine.
Noise levels were fairly low when the tires were new, but as things have worn down some I have noticed they are starting to get a bit noisier. They aren't nearly as bad as my unevenly worn REVOs (those tires had like 60K on them though), but I wouldn't be surprised to see them get really loud towards the end of their life.
They are supposed to be a 50,000 mile tire, and judging from the tread wear I am seeing so far (again, I've put about 17,000 on them), I would be very surprised if they did not live up to that. I had the front end aligned when they were installed, did the first rotation at about 8,000 miles and the second just this past weekend. I try to keep the pressures correct as the temps change outside, but I'm probably not as consistent about it as I should be. The rotations I do myself. I didn't measure the existing tread depth, but if I had to guess, I would say there is probably 70% remaining and the wear is even across the tread surface. The edges of the front tires get a little uneven toward the end of the rotation cycle, but after they spend a few thousand miles on the read, they look good again.
They seem to hold balance OK. I think I've had to get them rebalanced twice which was about on par with the REVOs.
If I remember correctly, I paid around $300 for all 4 installed and I think that included the lifetime balance/rotation.
I know this isn't a very in depth/technical review, but hopefully it helps someone out there. My personal opinion is they are a great price point tire and I would definitly buy them again for a daily driver.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Goodyear-Wrangler-Radial/4404150
I have no affiliation with Walmart...
Brian
My Jeep is a '00 Sport 4x4 that spends 100% of it's time on the road. It had around 172,000 miles when I put the tires on so I didn't want to spend big bucks being that is it was just my daily driver logging approximately road 300 miles per week. No offroad use (other than moving a trailer around in my yard), so unfortunately I can't comment on how they would perform in those conditions.
Prior to the Wranglers, I had a set of Bridgestone Dueler REVOs and while they were a much better all around tire, they also cost over twice as much...
These Wranglers are definitely not as stable as the REVOs, but that was to be expected since we are comparing a P-metric to a LT tires. The Jeep definitely doesn't handle/corner as well as it did, but I have gotten used to it. Feels a little sloppy due to the more flexible sidewalls, but it's a Jeep and not a Challenger, so I drive it accordingly. This was the main thing I noticed after the switch.
Wet traction is probably the worst quality of these tires. It's relatively easy to break one loose w/ an open rear if I'm not paying attention...especially on painted areas of pavement. But if I lay off the gas for a split second and restore traction, things are fine after that. Dry pavement traction is just fine.
Noise levels were fairly low when the tires were new, but as things have worn down some I have noticed they are starting to get a bit noisier. They aren't nearly as bad as my unevenly worn REVOs (those tires had like 60K on them though), but I wouldn't be surprised to see them get really loud towards the end of their life.
They are supposed to be a 50,000 mile tire, and judging from the tread wear I am seeing so far (again, I've put about 17,000 on them), I would be very surprised if they did not live up to that. I had the front end aligned when they were installed, did the first rotation at about 8,000 miles and the second just this past weekend. I try to keep the pressures correct as the temps change outside, but I'm probably not as consistent about it as I should be. The rotations I do myself. I didn't measure the existing tread depth, but if I had to guess, I would say there is probably 70% remaining and the wear is even across the tread surface. The edges of the front tires get a little uneven toward the end of the rotation cycle, but after they spend a few thousand miles on the read, they look good again.
They seem to hold balance OK. I think I've had to get them rebalanced twice which was about on par with the REVOs.
If I remember correctly, I paid around $300 for all 4 installed and I think that included the lifetime balance/rotation.
I know this isn't a very in depth/technical review, but hopefully it helps someone out there. My personal opinion is they are a great price point tire and I would definitly buy them again for a daily driver.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Goodyear-Wrangler-Radial/4404150
I have no affiliation with Walmart...
Brian