Finally had the chance to drive to Boulder and get the 275/65r18 Goodyear Duratrac tires balanced and mounted early this morning. It was tough even sourcing these tires and finding anywhere with stock.
I got a good price & service from Discount Tires in Boulder. Mounting time took about an hour, and the service techs knew what they were doing.
Subjective review of tires is great so far, good in snow and the wet stuff as I found out this morning. I didn't notice that much more humming of the tires than I did with the stock Michelin tires. It appears I probably dropped about 2 MPG for my gas mileage so far in testing.
Here are a few teaser shots of the new tires (want Mopar Off Road wheels so still waiting for those).
I have Quadralift, the pictures shown were all taken in park mode for ride height. Have noticed no rubbing or issues with tires in tight corners or in the bumps thus far.
You must be lucky. I tried 275X65X18 BFG AT KO. They rubbed both in front of the tire at normal ride height. Now have 265X65X18 and they clear but are close.
Love the look of the Goodyears, will look at these when the Michelins wear out. With the larger diameter tires did have to re-calibrate your speedometer? I have been reading that with larger tires your speedometer can be off as much as 5-10%.
Just put these on my Jeep and am in love with them. I have had them on for 2 days and have gotten far more complements than when I had my 22's. I have them in 275/55R20.
Sorry to resurrect an old thread here, but I'm looking into a a set of DuraTracs for my 14' GC, same as OP's (even color ) but with coil suspension instead of the QL.
I'm trying to decide if the 275/65r18 will fit without rubbing, or if the 265/65r18 will be a better fit. I'll be installing a RRO Leveling kit over the weekend, so I'll have a bit more clearance up front. It seems everyone who is running this size tire is on QL and it's been difficult to find any info regarding fitment on coil setups.
How have the tires been wearing so far? Any major decrease in milage? Are they getting loud yet? How many miles? I am in the market for a new set of tires (I have the silent armors and hate them). I am between BFG TA KO and the Duratracs. Any info would be awesome!
Well I only have about 7000 miles on them and they still look brand new. Still have the same noise level since new. Had them rotated and the tire shop said they all look good and are wearing properly. In my opinion these tires are the best of both worlds. They have the look and grip of an MT with the ride quality of an AT.
I've only had my Duratrac on for a week but I must say I'm very very impressed.. I was expecting a lot more negatives.. I had considered Duratracs on my JK but went with Mickey Thompson MTZs I now known I made a mistake back then. Duratracs are certainly an amazing all around tire. We even had 2 inches of snow today and these things were like rails.
Took more weight to balance than I expected and still have a small shake at around 45 mph.
Biggest surprise is that the 5.7L doesn't seam to be affected at all by the larger tire. Coming from the 3.8L in the JK it is a sure nice change.
tnor did you ever end up getting the 275/65/18??? If so any rubbing and what rims did you use. I am getting my leveling kit installed tomorrow and then I was debating on grabbing a set of rockstar 2 with the 0 offset