Larry Greenwood

I just replaced the tires on my 01GC Ltd with Michelin Cross Terrain. I
decided on these after looking at tire evaluations on the tirerack website.
They are suppose to be better than the OEM GY tires. Better traction in
snow and rain. Smoother ride and less treadwear.

I paid $720 for four of them. I left the GY spare in place.

Like you I am coming up to 30K and needed to replace the GY's.

Larry Greenwood

"PhilB" <heyescroft@nospamyahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4007d4f6$0$2430$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com. ..
> Hi,
> Forgive this newbie for raising a post that must have been done to death a
> thousand times by now.
>
> I have a 2002 Grand Cherokee CRD (an IJ?) with 235/65R17 bog standard Good
> Year Wranglers as fitted new. I'm now coming up to 30K miles on them so
> expecting to need to replace them before too long.
>
> From what I can tell BFG doesn't do a tyre of this size. I mostly do
> motorway/tarmac driving with a bit of caravan towing and the very
> occassional off road - wet grass, light mud with a little snow chucked in.
>
> Can anyone suggest a replacement tyre or do I stick with the GY's.
>
> MTIA
> Phil
>
>

Larry Greenwood

I just replaced the tires on my 01GC Ltd with Michelin Cross Terrain. I
decided on these after looking at tire evaluations on the tirerack website.
They are suppose to be better than the OEM GY tires. Better traction in
snow and rain. Smoother ride and less treadwear.

I paid $720 for four of them. I left the GY spare in place.

Like you I am coming up to 30K and needed to replace the GY's.

Larry Greenwood

"PhilB" <heyescroft@nospamyahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4007d4f6$0$2430$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com. ..
> Hi,
> Forgive this newbie for raising a post that must have been done to death a
> thousand times by now.
>
> I have a 2002 Grand Cherokee CRD (an IJ?) with 235/65R17 bog standard Good
> Year Wranglers as fitted new. I'm now coming up to 30K miles on them so
> expecting to need to replace them before too long.
>
> From what I can tell BFG doesn't do a tyre of this size. I mostly do
> motorway/tarmac driving with a bit of caravan towing and the very
> occassional off road - wet grass, light mud with a little snow chucked in.
>
> Can anyone suggest a replacement tyre or do I stick with the GY's.
>
> MTIA
> Phil
>
>

Larry Greenwood

I just replaced the tires on my 01GC Ltd with Michelin Cross Terrain. I
decided on these after looking at tire evaluations on the tirerack website.
They are suppose to be better than the OEM GY tires. Better traction in
snow and rain. Smoother ride and less treadwear.

I paid $720 for four of them. I left the GY spare in place.

Like you I am coming up to 30K and needed to replace the GY's.

Larry Greenwood

"PhilB" <heyescroft@nospamyahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4007d4f6$0$2430$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com. ..
> Hi,
> Forgive this newbie for raising a post that must have been done to death a
> thousand times by now.
>
> I have a 2002 Grand Cherokee CRD (an IJ?) with 235/65R17 bog standard Good
> Year Wranglers as fitted new. I'm now coming up to 30K miles on them so
> expecting to need to replace them before too long.
>
> From what I can tell BFG doesn't do a tyre of this size. I mostly do
> motorway/tarmac driving with a bit of caravan towing and the very
> occassional off road - wet grass, light mud with a little snow chucked in.
>
> Can anyone suggest a replacement tyre or do I stick with the GY's.
>
> MTIA
> Phil
>
>

L0nD0t.$t0we11

Roughly 1/16/04 08:14, PhilB's monkeys randomly typed:

> Hi JimG,
> Many thanks for the info, the tirerack website wizard comes up with the same
> wheel size as I have fitted. I guess Jeep must have decided to fit the
> bigger wheels to these models as standard. It has been suggest that the
> Michelin 4x4 Synchro would be a good tyre for what I want. The manual says
> that I can't fit chains to wheels bigger than 225/75R16 so following your
> conversion that makes my wheels slightly smaller in diameter (29" against
> 29.3) but a fraction wider (9.3 to 8.9) so I should be able to get away with
> chains in an emergency (I'm hoping to go to the Alpes later for some skiing
> and it is mandatory to carry chains).
> Thanks again for your help
> Phil


For fairly good compromise between road noise, all weather traction,
tread life, and light duty off road, check out the Michelin LTX M+S
as well as the LTX AT. Or for just a tad better ice/snow, the 4x4
Alpin, but wouldn't want to run those all year round.

As for fitting the chains, has anyone tried a modest lift?
Does a modest 1-2 inch lift help with clearance on the Grands
in the event one actually ever had to put the chains on?

So far I've been getting thru checkpoints with two sets of
chains from another 15 inch vehicle, but I'd go home rather
than mount them.

L0nD0t.$t0we11

Roughly 1/16/04 08:14, PhilB's monkeys randomly typed:

> Hi JimG,
> Many thanks for the info, the tirerack website wizard comes up with the same
> wheel size as I have fitted. I guess Jeep must have decided to fit the
> bigger wheels to these models as standard. It has been suggest that the
> Michelin 4x4 Synchro would be a good tyre for what I want. The manual says
> that I can't fit chains to wheels bigger than 225/75R16 so following your
> conversion that makes my wheels slightly smaller in diameter (29" against
> 29.3) but a fraction wider (9.3 to 8.9) so I should be able to get away with
> chains in an emergency (I'm hoping to go to the Alpes later for some skiing
> and it is mandatory to carry chains).
> Thanks again for your help
> Phil


For fairly good compromise between road noise, all weather traction,
tread life, and light duty off road, check out the Michelin LTX M+S
as well as the LTX AT. Or for just a tad better ice/snow, the 4x4
Alpin, but wouldn't want to run those all year round.

As for fitting the chains, has anyone tried a modest lift?
Does a modest 1-2 inch lift help with clearance on the Grands
in the event one actually ever had to put the chains on?

So far I've been getting thru checkpoints with two sets of
chains from another 15 inch vehicle, but I'd go home rather
than mount them.

L0nD0t.$t0we11

Roughly 1/16/04 08:14, PhilB's monkeys randomly typed:

> Hi JimG,
> Many thanks for the info, the tirerack website wizard comes up with the same
> wheel size as I have fitted. I guess Jeep must have decided to fit the
> bigger wheels to these models as standard. It has been suggest that the
> Michelin 4x4 Synchro would be a good tyre for what I want. The manual says
> that I can't fit chains to wheels bigger than 225/75R16 so following your
> conversion that makes my wheels slightly smaller in diameter (29" against
> 29.3) but a fraction wider (9.3 to 8.9) so I should be able to get away with
> chains in an emergency (I'm hoping to go to the Alpes later for some skiing
> and it is mandatory to carry chains).
> Thanks again for your help
> Phil


For fairly good compromise between road noise, all weather traction,
tread life, and light duty off road, check out the Michelin LTX M+S
as well as the LTX AT. Or for just a tad better ice/snow, the 4x4
Alpin, but wouldn't want to run those all year round.

As for fitting the chains, has anyone tried a modest lift?
Does a modest 1-2 inch lift help with clearance on the Grands
in the event one actually ever had to put the chains on?

So far I've been getting thru checkpoints with two sets of
chains from another 15 inch vehicle, but I'd go home rather
than mount them.