Hondafan

What a difference! As quiet as the OEM wrangler but with much better handling. It gets rid of all traces of sidewall "squirm" Imperceptably firmer ride. Braking and wet road performance are at entirely different level, its almost like a truck "performance" tire. Very strongly recommended upgrade/mod.

ACTIV68-69

Thanks for the input, Hondafan. I have been considering the Michelins and am glad to hear your report. Can you beat $1,000 for all 4 mounted and balanced?

shortride

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Personally I don't think there is a finer tire for ride and mileage than a Michelin. The LTX A/S 265/60/R18 Michelin tires that came on my '10 XLT Screw are some great tire.

Jaws1

Did you go with the LT or P version?

rl4639

I'm not a Goodyear fan, but the LT275/65/18 Wrangler AT/S tires that came on mine surprised me. Fairly quiet for being as aggressive as they are. Great in the snow and pretty good with the ice also. Mileage is running in the high 16's. But...... I don't think you can get better than Michelin. I've always replaced original rubber with them and this time will be no exception when the time comes. My last set were LTX M/S LT285/75/16 on a 98 Expedition. They had over 80K miles and still showed over half of the tread left on all four.

bb37

I've had two vehicles with those tires.

First was a 1995 Explorer that I bought used. It had Goodyear Wranglers on it that were just awful. Vibration that couldn't be balanced out, harsh ride, unpredictable wet handling. Replaced them with a set of Michelin LTX M/S. What a difference!

I bought my 2002 Expy used with about 32,000 miles on it. When looking at it on the lot, I noticed that it still had what appeared to be the OEM Wranglers on it. Told the dealer that if he wanted to sell me the Expy, he had to put new tires on it. Dealer agreed and asked what tires I wanted. Michelin LTX M/S was my reply. I put about 80,000 on them and decided to replace them only because I thought they were getting worn down enough to make snow traction a problem. I replaced them with a set of Michelin LTX M/S 2 tires. Great tires.

My 2011 F-150 came with 17" Michelin LTX A/T 2 tires. I'm thinking about getting a set of 18" wheels and loading them up with a set of LTX M/S 2 tires. I'll make them my summer tires and keep the A/T 2's for winter use.

rl4639

The 98 Expedition came with Goodyear Wrangler 17" tires. At about the 24 month point the sidewalls started to open up at the bead edge of the rim.
In some places you could see cord. The Ford and Goodyear dealers would only prorate from an original list price. The net price after discount was still more than a walk-in buy-em off the floor price.
Discount Tire offered $50 a tire and BFG TA K/O's in LT265/70/17 for $125 ea including mount, balance, and extended warranty.
I ran those a couple of years then bought the Michelin's for summer along with some MB Motoring wheels. The Discount Tire package price was $1250. Also swapping out each winter/summer until the BFG tires wore out. Each tire swap did require changing the speedo transducer gear in the trans and with the bigger tires I didn't needed a jack. I was glad to see the BFG's wearout.
Too much noise and frequent balancing required for me. I am sold on Michelin.

Steffen10

I had the Michelin's on my 07 Tundra - definitely had good traction in rain and snow - but they seemed to have much more road noise than the Goodyear Wranglers that are on my 11 Supercrew. It's been so hot and dry here that I don't know how the Wranglers will handle in rain.

Hondafan

Just a couple of pointers the ms2 is a new tire, its the succesor of the ltx ms. The all terrain ltx (AT)is a different animal with a very different tread pattern. As far as snow there is a snow version of the ms2, same pattern different compound. The ms2 should be better than the AT for snow since its a very heavily sipped tire more sipes=more snow traction. The snow version adds a softer compound that enhances low temp performance. After the fist big WI snow, Ill decide if the snow version is necessary for my needs. The MS2 is primarily a street tire that will also handle light offroad duty, the AT is for more aggressive offroad duty.

mbct

I put a set of the LTX MS's on a Ford Edge AWD that my daughter drives. Great tire for the first 2K miles, but now they howl like a banshee starting at about 40 mph. I've rotated tires, wheel bearings (known problem on the Edge) all seem nice and smooth, tried higher and lower tire pressures, and I can't find anything. No abnormal wear that I can see, but I'm about to have the 4-wheel alignment checked. Everyone says these are fairly quiet tires, but on this Edge they sound like a set of full mudders.