Pop Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 We've had a lot of info about tire wear. I'm in the same boat with my '07 RX 350. Only 22k miles on the Goodyears that were on it when I bought it new in January 2007. I'm now in the market for new tires. How about some comments from those of you who have already replaced your tires. What did you end up buying? What kind of experience have you had with them? Etc, etc. I have talked with my tire dealer and he's as interested in hearing your comments and recommendations as I am. Thanks..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDixon Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 We've had a lot of info about tire wear. I'm in the same boat with my '07 RX 350. Only 22k miles on the Goodyears that were on it when I bought it new in January 2007. I'm now in the market for new tires. How about some comments from those of you who have already replaced your tires. What did you end up buying? What kind of experience have you had with them? Etc, etc. I have talked with my tire dealer and he's as interested in hearing your comments and recommendations as I am. Thanks..... Try searching the forum. There are more opinions here than you can read in a week of 24/7 perusing. You'll have to decide whether wear, performance, quietness, suitability for bad weather, looks, price, or whatever else motivates you is the deciding factor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messerchmidt Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 If you want to go cheap, get some nexen rodian ht - good bang for buck. (I have a set of nexen winguard suvs that i use in the winter) myself, i would spend the extra $ and get the Yokohama AVID V4S I refuse to buy anything made by good year; michellin is ok but $$$ for what you get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rx350guy Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 I keep hearing about how bad the OEM Goodyears wear, and trust me I am not a Goodyear fan by any means; but I just turned over 22K on my 08 RX, and I still have a lot of wear left on the Goodyears; with no unusual/abnormal wear patterns. Am I just lucky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messerchmidt Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I keep hearing about how bad the OEM Goodyears wear, and trust me I am not a Goodyear fan by any means; but I just turned over 22K on my 08 RX, and I still have a lot of wear left on the Goodyears; with no unusual/abnormal wear patterns.Am I just lucky? probably... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rx350guy Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 I keep hearing about how bad the OEM Goodyears wear, and trust me I am not a Goodyear fan by any means; but I just turned over 22K on my 08 RX, and I still have a lot of wear left on the Goodyears; with no unusual/abnormal wear patterns.Am I just lucky? probably... Great, maybe I should take some of that luck to Vegas with me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dco5000 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Yes, you were lucky. I have Goodyear Eagle-RSA 235/55/18 and they have about 35k on them and they are bald, minimum 2/32" Also they were much louder than the MXV4s. My BMW 323cI has 50K on Michelins and they are still deep tread, by comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhoXS Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Three years ago we purchased a 2002 CPO RX300. It came with new OEM Goodyears (I forget the tire model name). Excessive tire wear was not a problem but these tires were just incredibly unsafe in rain. It was almost impossible to control the car in a heavy summer rain storm. With just under 30K miles on them, and over half the usable tread left, I gave the tires away to a friend (with full disclosure) and gladly spent $654 on Michelin Cross Terrain SUVs. These Michelin tires are outstanding and feel like they are glued to the road. Although we just purchased a new 2009 RX350, we still have the RX300. There is now about 24K miles on the Michelins. I did not measure the tread but I cannot perceive any wear just by looking at them. They are great tires. My suggestion, stay away, far away, from the Goodyear product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rx350guy Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 When I do have to replace my OEM Goodyears, I'm definitely going with Michelin or Toyo.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennessee fossil Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 We've had a lot of info about tire wear. I'm in the same boat with my '07 RX 350. Only 22k miles on the Goodyears that were on it when I bought it new in January 2007. I'm now in the market for new tires. How about some comments from those of you who have already replaced your tires. What did you end up buying? What kind of experience have you had with them? Etc, etc. I have talked with my tire dealer and he's as interested in hearing your comments and recommendations as I am. Thanks..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennessee fossil Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 We've had a lot of info about tire wear. I'm in the same boat with my '07 RX 350. Only 22k miles on the Goodyears that were on it when I bought it new in January 2007. I'm now in the market for new tires. How about some comments from those of you who have already replaced your tires. What did you end up buying? What kind of experience have you had with them? Etc, etc. I have talked with my tire dealer and he's as interested in hearing your comments and recommendations as I am. Thanks..... The November '08 issue of Consumers Reports has a rating on SUV/PICKUP Tires. "All-Season tires #1 General Grabber HTS; #2 Continental CrossContact LX; #3 Kumho APT KL51; #4 Cooper CTS; #5 Michelin LTX M/S; #6 Yokohama H/T-S GO51, etc,etc." Kumho and Yoko both much cheaper!! This info and Tirerack.com should put you in good shape to pick some replacement tires Hope this helps. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennessee fossil Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 When I do have to replace my OEM Goodyears, I'm definitely going with Michelin or Toyo.. See my post of 20 Jan, same subject. Good Luck!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmilingBoognish Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 We've had a lot of info about tire wear. I'm in the same boat with my '07 RX 350. Only 22k miles on the Goodyears that were on it when I bought it new in January 2007. I'm now in the market for new tires. How about some comments from those of you who have already replaced your tires. What did you end up buying? What kind of experience have you had with them? Etc, etc. I have talked with my tire dealer and he's as interested in hearing your comments and recommendations as I am. Thanks..... The November '08 issue of Consumers Reports has a rating on SUV/PICKUP Tires. "All-Season tires #1 General Grabber HTS; #2 Continental CrossContact LX; #3 Kumho APT KL51; #4 Cooper CTS; #5 Michelin LTX M/S; #6 Yokohama H/T-S GO51, etc,etc." Kumho and Yoko both much cheaper!! This info and Tirerack.com should put you in good shape to pick some replacement tires Hope this helps. Good luck. Do they make those tires in the stock size for the RX350? Seems like an odd ball size that Lexus went with... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyShaft Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 I think you owe yourself a trip to tirerack.com There is fantastic info there even if you just do your research there. We put Michelin LTX tires on our 2003 RX300 several years ago (based largely due to reviews at tire rack) and they wore like iron and handled great in the snow. I would definitely look into them again based on past performance. While I researched them at Tire Rack, I bought them locally at Discount Tire. I like the way they do business and they actually beat the tire rack prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 Thanks for all of the info. I had to go ahead and make a decision before all of your posts showed up. Right or wrong, I ended up with a set of Bridgestone Dueler Alenzas at the recommendation of my tire dealer. I also had a good alignment done on it. I did manage to squeeze out another 2,000 miles since November, but even I was getting nervous driving the RX. And my wife just plain refused to drive it. Hopefully, these will work for us. No more Goodyears for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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