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I just put the winter boots on the E and noticed that the summer rubber is looking a little thin.
I'm running 17" wheels and will be replacing Yoko Avid TRZ's in 225/60R17.
http://www.elementownersclub.com/forums/showpost.php?p=300054&postcount=10
I'm thinking of adopting the more rugged AT look this time around and upsizing to 235/65R17. This size is 1.1" taller and ~.6" wider than stock so I don't think I'll have to worry about any rubbing. My spedo will be 4.2% slow, but I don't really care. It will give me a few more mph on the insurance co's big brother monitor.
215/70-16 5.9" 13.9" 27.9" 87.5" 724/mi 60MPH 10000mi N/A
235/65-17 6.0" 14.5" 29.0" 91.2" 695/mi 58MPH 9594mi 4.2%
There are a ton of tires in this size, the top of the list at the moment are the rather widely liked Bridgestone Dueler Revo's, the Yokohama Geolander AT-S and a Falken High Country AT which apparently is rather new and I cannot find too much about.
I imagine these tires may affect my MPG, does anybody have any real world indication of what sort of drop I might bee looking at?
I'd also appreciate any indication of what sort of road noise I can expect from AT tires in general or any of these tires in particular.
I'm also open to suggestions on other makes and models.
Thanks
-hs
I'm running 17" wheels and will be replacing Yoko Avid TRZ's in 225/60R17.
http://www.elementownersclub.com/forums/showpost.php?p=300054&postcount=10
I'm thinking of adopting the more rugged AT look this time around and upsizing to 235/65R17. This size is 1.1" taller and ~.6" wider than stock so I don't think I'll have to worry about any rubbing. My spedo will be 4.2% slow, but I don't really care. It will give me a few more mph on the insurance co's big brother monitor.
215/70-16 5.9" 13.9" 27.9" 87.5" 724/mi 60MPH 10000mi N/A
235/65-17 6.0" 14.5" 29.0" 91.2" 695/mi 58MPH 9594mi 4.2%
There are a ton of tires in this size, the top of the list at the moment are the rather widely liked Bridgestone Dueler Revo's, the Yokohama Geolander AT-S and a Falken High Country AT which apparently is rather new and I cannot find too much about.



I imagine these tires may affect my MPG, does anybody have any real world indication of what sort of drop I might bee looking at?
I'd also appreciate any indication of what sort of road noise I can expect from AT tires in general or any of these tires in particular.
I'm also open to suggestions on other makes and models.
Thanks
-hs