Tire wear

I got about 53K on our original set before being replaced with more Cross Terrains. Sounds like I had the same maintenance and experience as you. Probably could have been driven another few thousand before hitting the wear indicators.

My experience has been that Goodyears were garbage and lasted less than 20K Pittsburgh miles but Michelins on the same vehicle went over 50K. Interestingly, the Firestones that got recalled were like new at 25K when they got recalled. The Goodrich tires on my 2003 Mountaineer (the other tires were on a '99 Explorer) only last 25000 miles. I am approaching 50K (on my second set) and will get Michelins this time, even though they are much more expensive.

I have 22K on BFgoodrich AtKO's starting tread depth 16 tread depth now 13

Says alot for BFG's , Whenever I buy a vehicle part of the bargin is getting rid of the Goodyears in exchange for BFG ATKO

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So far, I got 41K on the factory goodyears, with 6-8K still to go on our '02 EB. Also they have never needed to be rebalanced either, just about 3 rotations. wth

Are you sure you have GOODYEAR and not GOODRICH? I don't think Ford used Goodyears on the '02s or since. And if you have 41K on Goodrich, wow, you're doing great. You probably live in a mild climate with not too many hills. Tires here (Pittsburgh) get torn up all the time.

My Michelin LTX's look like they will go well over 50K.

my LTXs went over 65K and still had tread left when I got new ones.

The tires were 'cupping'. Not sure what the cause was. It drove OK, but had road noise due to cupping.

I replaced shocks (still had originals) and had alignment.

Fortunately, Sears gave me a pretty good credit, so I purchased the same new LTXtires.

My Michelin LTX's look like they will go well over 50K.

Goodyear Wrangler AP. Vehicle was built in 8/02, on of the last 02's wth

On second thought, new BF Goodrich tires are $78 per tire (Tire Rack) or about $425 "full monty" (four tires) with shipping and nusance fees including installation. New Michelins are almost $800. Will they last TWICE as long as the Goodrichs? Probably 35000-40000 miles here in Pittsburgh (versus 25,000 for Goodrich)...so dollar per mile the Goodrichs seem to be a better deal after all.

I replaced my OEM Firestones, with their 75K miles, during the Ford recall, with Michelin 235/16 LTX M/S. I now have 84K just on this set of Michelins and they look great. They are rotated every 5K. I will likely purchase new Michelins next time for my '98 Explorer EB.

I replaced my OEM Firestones, with their 75K miles, during the Ford recall, with Michelin 235/16 LTX M/S. I now have 84K just on this set of Michelins and they look great. They are rotated every 5K. I will likely purchase new Michelins next time for my '98 Explorer EB.