Looking for opinions and recommendations on tires

siremike said:

I thought about saving the tires but I have plans on keeping the jeep for quite a while. Who would want 25 year or more tires even if they were the original.

I already am having a hard time finding a place in the garage to store the soft top. I went back and forth on getting it as the seller said he would take $500 off the sale price so he could have it for a future project. I probably will never use it but the build sheet showed it came with the vehicle and I figured I could sell it if someone wants it. I am not sure what the value of it is. View attachment 293679

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siremike said:

Hello all

I was looking to upgrade my daily driver from a 2000 Cherokee to a Wrangler. A local dealer had a one owner 2004 Wrangler TJ Rubicon with only 13k miles. The car fax shows hardly any mileage on it and the vehicle does look brand new. The underbody looks awesome and no rust of course. He want crazy $$$ for a 2004 but I had seen Wranglers advertised close to what he wanted and they had a lot more miles. Does not look like it was ever taken off road.

I was looking for a lighter Wrangler that I could tow it behind an RV and have an off road capable daily driver. The Cherokee was around 4000 pounds with a 3 inch lift, Smittybuilt bumpers and winch. Lets say the ride was not great and it had around 135k miles. I was going to have to put some $$$ into it for some upgrades.

I looked at newer jeeps and even built one on Jeep.com and a new Rubicon was quite a bit more than the 2004 and they were much heavier.

The vehicle even had the original Goodyear tires on it and they looked brand new. From the sidewall they were manufactured in 2003. I believe he left the original tires on it as he was feeling a collector would want it with buy it with the original tires

I would lose a lot of bells and whistles buying an older vehicle but this one seems to meet my requirements and it really looks and drives like brand new.

So the decision was to wait and buy a new Wrangler, put quite a few dollars into the Cherokee or use $$$ from my savings account.

You only live once and I had $$$ available and he took the Cherokee for a trade in close to what I paid for it. The vehicle is in my driveway and I won't be buying a new vehicle any time soon.

I gambled with the tires and drive it 25 miles home on the 18 year old tires. The Goodyear Wrangler MT/R tires are definitely noisy.

So my usage for it is daily driver, possible RV toad, and light trail capability. No intention to rock crawl or go mudding.

The Goodyear replacement tires with Kevlar are not cheap and I do not think I "need" them. So I am looking at AT tires and interested in the Falken Wildpeak AT/3 or the Goodyear Wrangler All-Terrain Adventure with Kevlar. I need to pull the trigger on purchasing tires soon but want to get something capable for my usage and have decent off road capabilites.

I am looking for opinions and recommendations for tires.

Mike
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