bigdogYJ
Well-Known Member
So I have had the pleasure of running the Michelin Defender LTX M/S in LT265/70R17 121/118R for ~43k miles on my 2004 Yukon XL 2500. Loved these tires.
Smooth, quiet, fantastic mpg and steering response.
I did experience some excessive wear on the outside edge of the tread but I'm pretty sure I can chock that up to running a 265 width on a 8.5" wide wheel. I always ran 55-60psi up front and 60-80 in the rear depending on load.
Unfortunately in Dec picked up a small machine screw. Got it fixed at America's Tire only to have it continue leaking (about 15psi every 3-4 days). Took it back and they claimed the puncture was too large to fix. I asked about patching it instead of just a plug he said they did but it's still too large of a hole so they'd have to replace the tire. Since they didn't stock the LTX M/S anymore the new one would be the LTX M/S2. I'm way too anal to have mismatched tires, let alone 1 brand new tire and 3 with 43k miles on them. So I made the tough decision to replace all 4 and as my luck would have it, they couldn't get the Michelins in stock before I was leaving town for several weeks. Went with some Toyos this time (separate review thread coming soon). Oh well -- I have a feeling I'll be going back to these Michelin Defenders when I'm due for tires again.
Smooth, quiet, fantastic mpg and steering response.
I did experience some excessive wear on the outside edge of the tread but I'm pretty sure I can chock that up to running a 265 width on a 8.5" wide wheel. I always ran 55-60psi up front and 60-80 in the rear depending on load.
Unfortunately in Dec picked up a small machine screw. Got it fixed at America's Tire only to have it continue leaking (about 15psi every 3-4 days). Took it back and they claimed the puncture was too large to fix. I asked about patching it instead of just a plug he said they did but it's still too large of a hole so they'd have to replace the tire. Since they didn't stock the LTX M/S anymore the new one would be the LTX M/S2. I'm way too anal to have mismatched tires, let alone 1 brand new tire and 3 with 43k miles on them. So I made the tough decision to replace all 4 and as my luck would have it, they couldn't get the Michelins in stock before I was leaving town for several weeks. Went with some Toyos this time (separate review thread coming soon). Oh well -- I have a feeling I'll be going back to these Michelin Defenders when I'm due for tires again.
