Bought a '99 Cherokee recently. Needs some love, but looks good and drives well. Price was decent, too. Going to need tires soon, 235-75-R15s. Will probably go to Tire Rack for them. No need for off-road stuff, no snow here, so just want a decent highway tire. What says the hive mind for an inexpensive but decent tire for my new ride?
I've got some 235/75/15 Dayton Timberlines with about 50% tread left if you're interested.
$$$??
I've had Bridgestone Duelers, which I absolutely hated, and 2 sets of Sport Kings on my Wrangler. I really like the Sport Kings, though last time I priced them they were $50 to $70 more per tire than they were about 5 years before, so that got me looking for other options.
I had decided on the Kumho Roadventure AT as a replacement, but lucked into a slightly used set of Sport Kings on aftermarket wheels via Craig's List, for significantly less $$$ than what I could get just new tires for.
I'm not sure who makes Sport Kings, but all the local tire shops back home carry them.
cwh wrote: $$$??
There are 4 of them and a 5th 235/75/15 General Grabber spare. They're mounted on a set of 15x6 steel Trooper wheels at the moment, and I'll sell all 5 wheels/tires for $125.
I just walked out to the garage and looked them over, 2 have 70% tread left and 2 have 20-30%. $100 with the wheels, let me know if you want them.
A bit concerned about 20% tread. I assume the bolt patterns are different, too?
Probably, the wheels are 6x5.5
I went with the Road Venture KL78s a few years ago for mine. After 15,000 miles I've been happy with them in terms of grip, wet weather performance, and noise (not like the Cherokee is a quiet vehicle) and they've worn well.
Honestly, Walmart sells some Goodyear Wranglers in 235/75/15 for pretty dang cheap sometimes. Sometimes they're on sale. I would at least price those out.
Also, best handling mod i ever did to any of my Cherokees was put some 16s w/225/60/16 from a Concorde i had onto it. If you want the thing to handle any better on road you could probably get some bigger junkyard wheels and then sell your OEM stuff for the same you paid out of the junkyard. I know thats a left field suggestion but one of my cherokees seriously drove worlds better on the highway after doing that.
Ugh. I have Wranglers on my Cherokee. They're awful.
Which ones? There's tons of em.
Oh lol. I dunno. The bad ones? 
Wally World sells the Wrangler Radial (that's the name) for uber cheap, IIRC, that's what came factory on the Cherokees in the late 80's.
Mine has General Grabber AWs which have actually been a great street tire. They were on it when I bought it and I figured I'd get something else, but they've worked pretty well in the dry and wet. Snow, not so much.
IIRC, that's what came factory on the Cherokees in the late 80's.
Although two tires that share a model name from 2+ decades probably have about as much in common as a car model after 25 years of change.
Vigo wrote:IIRC, that's what came factory on the Cherokees in the late 80's.Although two tires that share a model name from 2+ decades probably have about as much in common as a car model after 25 years of change.
Probably, they still have the same (or similar) tread pattern though. I only know this because I saw the original full size spare in my buddies '90 Cherokee.
While some of the upper-lever Wranglers are OK tires, the OEM tires (which are not particularly inexpensive) are among the worst tires you can imagine - check the product reviews on Tire Rack. The only tires I have absolutely destroyed off-road (on friend's trucks, on easy trails with little bitty rocks) are Wranglers, and I drive carefully. A lot of people really like Firestone Destination ATs, and I have a set on the Toyota pickup I recently bought , and they seem OK and are more highway-oriented than trail-oriented. My personal favorites are Yokohama Geolander ATs, but they are all-terrains as I do a fair amount of moderate off-road trail trips (carefully, not the stupid driving you see in commercials, which usually end up with trucks sent to the scrapper). When I bought my Jeep Liberty in 2006, which I have subsequently lifted 2.5 inches, it came with Wrangler STs. I replaced them immediately, and I have to say they had the most flexible, weakest sidewalls I have ever seen. You couldn't quite see daylight through them, but I swear it was close. When I consulted the Tire Rack reviews, they were ranked 29th out of 29 - 'nuff said. But the top-level Wranglers are supposed to be OK, although much too aggressive for a highway-only tire.
I've used the Kumhos mentioned here, as I like Kumho's sporting tires. They were OK, reliable, but not anything special. Got about 28,000 miles out of a set of 245/70-16s, 30% off pavement. I'm neutral on them, not bad, not great, but reliable
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