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66 Galaxie

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Looking to get tougher/all terrain tires that are on the quieter side for highway trips.

All suggestions welcome.
 

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All this is really subjective. I’ve had “quiet” street tires that would almost put me to sleep on long trips due to their resonance and “noisy” AT tires that kept me awake the whole time.

But mostly AT tires are going to be louder than most street tires. I would go online to tire rack or discount tire or tiresize and read reviews. Just note that tires get noisier as they wear.

I love my Micky Thompson Bajas, but they would not be the quietest. They are not so loud that you can’t carry on a comfortable conversation, but you do hear them.

Inflation pressure has a lot to do with noise as well.
 

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I just put some new tires on my burb, read a lot of reviews, had a little sticker shock. I had Cooper AT3s before, bunch of reviews said they were not taking a balance so I looked on. I also wanted something with good highway manners, but not something that would leave me sit in the snow or mud. The new Michelin Defender LTX Platinum All-Season seemed good on the highway but it got panned for snow and even some reviews said the rain performance was poor. I had just got my wife some Michelin cross climates for her T4R and she loves them but they dont make it for trucks.

I then researched some less expensive options like Atturo and Otani and found that people had given them good reviews (and mentioned liking the price alot too)

So I wound up going with the Atturo Trail Blade ATS LT 285/60R20 Load E 10 Ply A/T All Terrain Tire, they took a balance, have deep tread and wound up costing about half of what the bigger names cost right now. They’re quiet (most new tires are) and hopefully they wear ok and hang on in the elements as other reviewers mentioned. Time will tell!
 

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I have Falken Wildpeak A/T4 Ws on my 2008 Avalanche (275/55R20). They are quiet, balanced with no issues, do well on wet roads and are great in the winter. Pic is from Tire Rack but I got them from a local dealer.
 

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The nitto recon grappler is a quite yet aggressive looking tire. I just put them on the Tahoe, they ride / sound like the factory tires to me.
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All this is really subjective. I’ve had “quiet” street tires that would almost put me to sleep on long trips due to their resonance and “noisy” AT tires that kept me awake the whole time.

But mostly AT tires are going to be louder than most street tires. I would go online to tire rack or discount tire or tiresize and read reviews. Just note that tires get noisier as they wear.

I love my Micky Thompson Bajas, but they would not be the quietest. They are not so loud that you can’t carry on a comfortable conversation, but you do hear them.

Inflation pressure has a lot to do with noise as well.
it's not subjective at all, there is such a thing as quiet AT tires and noisy as hell AT tires and plenty in between.
For instance these Nexen are pretty dam quiet by most standards, I have these 22's on the wifes truck and 20's on my silverado
the Denali gets sport tires :driver:
nexen3.JPG
 

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I also believe the width of the tire plays into the noise factor as well. Reason why i think so is because I used to drive an f250 for work that had extra meaty Goodyear AT tires and they were practically silent , and i was doing lots of highway miles.

On the flip side, every single jeep that passes the house sounds like a rubber barrel rolling down the street AND we rented a jeep gladiator on the west coast a few years back with those thin little a/t tires and it was so loud we thought something was dragging underneath.
 

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I have had BFG KO2s, KO3s, Falken Wildpeak AT3s (not the AT4s) and Toyo Open Country (don’t remember which generation).
KO3s are by far my favorite from an all around performance, but having some balancing issues (shocking I know). My KO2s I have had 3 sets and never a problem. WP AT3 were ok. No complaints one way or another but wet performance (seat of the pants) was/is not as good at KO2.
Open Country aged poorly and cupped terribly, rode poorly, and generally would not recommend based on price. The BFGs and WP are more worth the $$
 

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the toyo open country were by far the worst tires I have ever "tried" ungodly noisy and i would only recommend to my worst enemy who would hopefully die at the first chance of rain because they were 100% useless with almost 0 wet traction. really sucked because they come so "highly recommended" how that happened is beyond belief....
had to eat about $500 in them to the 1st sucker that I could pass them off too.
"they looked nice" is about the only thing I can say positive. I was literally scared to drive with them on a paved surface. I would call them a 100% off-road use only tire.
 

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