The radial T/A is a good tire. I used to run them on my mustang before I
lowered it... I didn't have any problems in the rain or chicago winters.
The tire stuck to the ground very well in the rain, and I was still able to
get a good hard launch out of them at the track. They lasted about 35K
miles on the fronts whereas the rears lasted only about 15K miles, and I
can't imagine why.... ;-)
I am suprised that everyone has so many gripes about the wrangler rt/s tire
though. Other than the fact that they lasted a little under a year (15K
miles), I had no problems with them whatsoever. I drove them (bald rears in
fact) in the snow without any real problems, and the only reasons that I
didn't buy them again was the cost of them, and the fact that they lasted
like 10K miles and the the sidewalls were way too soft for my liking. I
much prefer speed rated tires.
Anyway, I currently run Yokohama Avid s/t tires in a size of 245/70-15 on
the truck now. They made a huge difference in overall performance at the
stock ride height. They perform even better now that it's lowered. I still
only get about a year out of my tires though, weird.
I hope this helps you some!
-- - Josh Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L www.geocities.com\lenny187\dakota.html""Mierzejwski, Robert J."" <rmierzej@telcordia.com> wrote in message news:7B762A7337179544B02B707FAC7F6F196BF8A4@rrc-its-exs03.mail.saic.com... > > My 2000 CC 4.7 4x2 came with GY wrangler RT/S tires and I'm seriously > considering going to a more street friendly tire such as the BFG radial T/A > in 255/70 which will put me about +.18" taller. No big deal. I'm wondering > if anyone could predict what kind of performance change I should expect. I > am in NJ so I drive in some snow, but how much worse could the radial T/As > be compared to the crappy RT/S? I had trouble getting up a small slope in my > driveway with them. If the radial T/As would be horrible in any wet or snow > then I guess I'd have to stick with more of an all season LT tire. If so, > I'm considering either the Bridgestone Dueler A/T or the Dunlop Radial Rover > A/T, both in the 255/70R15 size. Has anyone used any of these tires after > the dreaded RT/S? If so, please share your experience. > > Bobby
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