Re: Need new tires for 2002 Grand Cherokee Laredo
 

Pretty much any tire you can find will be superior to the Wrangler ST. It
is Goodyear's low bid factory tire.

While I am not a big fan of NTB they do offer lesser
known brands. Are you a 'brand name only' person?

Are you limited to the locations where you can purchase tires?

"Michael Rosen" <mrosen@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1162393578.165682.228140@k70g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> Yes, the spare is a full size tire.
>
> So, the consensus is that the Wrangler ST is a poor quality tire?
> Costco has BF Goodrich for $135.99. NTB has the Wrangler ST for about
> the same price.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
> billy ray wrote:
>> Mike,
>>
>> You may well save money by buying 4 better tires than buying 3 additional
>> overpriced poor quality tires.
>>
>> That being said you can probably pick up 3 additional brand new spare
>> Wrangler STs at the junkyard for a good price.
>>
>> I thought they recalled the '99s to add a real spare...
>>
>> As long as your load rating is at least 104 you are fine, just shouldn't
>> be
>> less....
>>
>>
>> "Michael Rosen" <mrosen@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1162384650.844875.275350@i42g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> > My 2002 Grand Cherokee needs new tires and a mechanic recommended I
>> > could save some money by using my spare and buying three new matching
>> > tires. The load index on my old tires is 104S and I noticed all of the
>> > new ones are 106S. Is there a problem mixing load indexes? My current
>> > tires are Wrangler ST's. I understand if I do this I have to get the
>> > same exact tire.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Mike
>> >
>

Re: Need new tires for 2002 Grand Cherokee Laredo
 

Pretty much any tire you can find will be superior to the Wrangler ST. It
is Goodyear's low bid factory tire.

While I am not a big fan of NTB they do offer lesser
known brands. Are you a 'brand name only' person?

Are you limited to the locations where you can purchase tires?

"Michael Rosen" <mrosen@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1162393578.165682.228140@k70g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> Yes, the spare is a full size tire.
>
> So, the consensus is that the Wrangler ST is a poor quality tire?
> Costco has BF Goodrich for $135.99. NTB has the Wrangler ST for about
> the same price.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
> billy ray wrote:
>> Mike,
>>
>> You may well save money by buying 4 better tires than buying 3 additional
>> overpriced poor quality tires.
>>
>> That being said you can probably pick up 3 additional brand new spare
>> Wrangler STs at the junkyard for a good price.
>>
>> I thought they recalled the '99s to add a real spare...
>>
>> As long as your load rating is at least 104 you are fine, just shouldn't
>> be
>> less....
>>
>>
>> "Michael Rosen" <mrosen@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1162384650.844875.275350@i42g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> > My 2002 Grand Cherokee needs new tires and a mechanic recommended I
>> > could save some money by using my spare and buying three new matching
>> > tires. The load index on my old tires is 104S and I noticed all of the
>> > new ones are 106S. Is there a problem mixing load indexes? My current
>> > tires are Wrangler ST's. I understand if I do this I have to get the
>> > same exact tire.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Mike
>> >
>

Re: Need new tires for 2002 Grand Cherokee Laredo
 

Pretty much any tire you can find will be superior to the Wrangler ST. It
is Goodyear's low bid factory tire.

While I am not a big fan of NTB they do offer lesser
known brands. Are you a 'brand name only' person?

Are you limited to the locations where you can purchase tires?

"Michael Rosen" <mrosen@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1162393578.165682.228140@k70g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> Yes, the spare is a full size tire.
>
> So, the consensus is that the Wrangler ST is a poor quality tire?
> Costco has BF Goodrich for $135.99. NTB has the Wrangler ST for about
> the same price.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
> billy ray wrote:
>> Mike,
>>
>> You may well save money by buying 4 better tires than buying 3 additional
>> overpriced poor quality tires.
>>
>> That being said you can probably pick up 3 additional brand new spare
>> Wrangler STs at the junkyard for a good price.
>>
>> I thought they recalled the '99s to add a real spare...
>>
>> As long as your load rating is at least 104 you are fine, just shouldn't
>> be
>> less....
>>
>>
>> "Michael Rosen" <mrosen@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1162384650.844875.275350@i42g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> > My 2002 Grand Cherokee needs new tires and a mechanic recommended I
>> > could save some money by using my spare and buying three new matching
>> > tires. The load index on my old tires is 104S and I noticed all of the
>> > new ones are 106S. Is there a problem mixing load indexes? My current
>> > tires are Wrangler ST's. I understand if I do this I have to get the
>> > same exact tire.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Mike
>> >
>

Re: Need new tires for 2002 Grand Cherokee Laredo
 

the biggest thing is the tires measuring the same diameter since one
smaller tire can screw up the 4 wheel drive

Michael Rosen wrote:

> My 2002 Grand Cherokee needs new tires and a mechanic recommended I
> could save some money by using my spare and buying three new matching
> tires. The load index on my old tires is 104S and I noticed all of the
> new ones are 106S. Is there a problem mixing load indexes? My current
> tires are Wrangler ST's. I understand if I do this I have to get the
> same exact tire.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike

Re: Need new tires for 2002 Grand Cherokee Laredo
 

the biggest thing is the tires measuring the same diameter since one
smaller tire can screw up the 4 wheel drive

Michael Rosen wrote:

> My 2002 Grand Cherokee needs new tires and a mechanic recommended I
> could save some money by using my spare and buying three new matching
> tires. The load index on my old tires is 104S and I noticed all of the
> new ones are 106S. Is there a problem mixing load indexes? My current
> tires are Wrangler ST's. I understand if I do this I have to get the
> same exact tire.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike

Re: Need new tires for 2002 Grand Cherokee Laredo
 

the biggest thing is the tires measuring the same diameter since one
smaller tire can screw up the 4 wheel drive

Michael Rosen wrote:

> My 2002 Grand Cherokee needs new tires and a mechanic recommended I
> could save some money by using my spare and buying three new matching
> tires. The load index on my old tires is 104S and I noticed all of the
> new ones are 106S. Is there a problem mixing load indexes? My current
> tires are Wrangler ST's. I understand if I do this I have to get the
> same exact tire.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike

Re: Need new tires for 2002 Grand Cherokee Laredo
 

Michael Rosen wrote:

> So, the consensus is that the Wrangler ST is a poor quality tire?
> Costco has BF Goodrich for $135.99. NTB has the Wrangler ST for about
> the same price.

Anything 'Goodyear' is junk in my opinion. The guys who did my tires at
Costco affirm this. While you're over there, check out Michelin LTX
series instead - best tire I've ever put on a mostly-street-driven 4X4.

Re: Need new tires for 2002 Grand Cherokee Laredo
 

Michael Rosen wrote:

> So, the consensus is that the Wrangler ST is a poor quality tire?
> Costco has BF Goodrich for $135.99. NTB has the Wrangler ST for about
> the same price.

Anything 'Goodyear' is junk in my opinion. The guys who did my tires at
Costco affirm this. While you're over there, check out Michelin LTX
series instead - best tire I've ever put on a mostly-street-driven 4X4.

Re: Need new tires for 2002 Grand Cherokee Laredo
 

Michael Rosen wrote:

> So, the consensus is that the Wrangler ST is a poor quality tire?
> Costco has BF Goodrich for $135.99. NTB has the Wrangler ST for about
> the same price.

Anything 'Goodyear' is junk in my opinion. The guys who did my tires at
Costco affirm this. While you're over there, check out Michelin LTX
series instead - best tire I've ever put on a mostly-street-driven 4X4.

Re: Need new tires for 2002 Grand Cherokee Laredo
 

"billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
news:3b85a$4548a0dd$422afc51$20376@FUSE.NET...
> Mike,
>
> You may well save money by buying 4 better tires than buying 3 additional
> overpriced poor quality tires.
>
> That being said you can probably pick up 3 additional brand new spare
> Wrangler STs at the junkyard for a good price.
>
> I thought they recalled the '99s to add a real spare...

Never got notified of this......hmmm...will check it out. Pretty sure we
have a temp tire for the spare on our '99
Thx,hdd

>
> As long as your load rating is at least 104 you are fine, just shouldn't
be
> less....
>
>
> "Michael Rosen" <mrosen@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1162384650.844875.275350@i42g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> > My 2002 Grand Cherokee needs new tires and a mechanic recommended I
> > could save some money by using my spare and buying three new matching
> > tires. The load index on my old tires is 104S and I noticed all of the
> > new ones are 106S. Is there a problem mixing load indexes? My current
> > tires are Wrangler ST's. I understand if I do this I have to get the
> > same exact tire.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> >
>
>