Need new tires for 2002 Grand Cherokee Laredo

You've never done this before? You'll get an extra 10-15k out of a set of tires easily if you do this. Generally, you rotate the spare to the RR, the RR goes to the RF, and the RF ends up a spare. The LR and LF swap places each time as well. This compensates for road grade wear on the right side of the vehicle.

This assumes you buy 5 new tires. If you're using an old, worn-out spare, it isn't a very good idea. As spare tires degrade whether used or not, I think it's a wise idea to include it in my rotation schedule.

The Michelin is cheaper than that BF Goodrich. I paid 104 apiece for mine at Discount Tire, mounted a few years ago. Your size is if memory serves somewhere in the 235x16 which is a bit more. e.g. at Tire Rack, the 235-70/16 is about $135 apiece. They tend to get very old before they ever wear out and drastically improve the highway manners of a Grand Cherokee. Very good on heavy rain, moderately heavy snow, light mud, moderate offroad where the trail surface is reasonably hard and not steep slickrock. Excellent highway manners.

Michael Rosen proclaimed:

Mike20878 proclaimed:

Tire Rack:

Check around your area and see if you have an Americas Tire, Americas Discount Tire, or Discount Tire. They come reasonably close to Tire Rack in price and offer free repairs for the life of the tire. Every now and then they put the Michelin LTX M+S on sale.

billy ray proclaimed:

You should also check your local family owned tire outlets, their prices and service might surprise you.

I'll be damned. Last time I checked, they didn't carry them. Almost the same price as I got with Costco's $100-off coupon. I've done business with Tirerack.com before. Damn good outfit. I'll be buying from them again next time around.

I've found a local chain (Tires Plus) matches the tire-rack price (plus shipping). The advantage is I got free rotation and lifetime balance with a fairly national chain. Well, national in as much as they have an outlet in cities I usually drive to.

You get what you pay for. I'm a Michelin fan, they are very long wearing and tough tires. Shop around, they are put on sale, usually in the fall and spring.

Firestone is the last tire I'd use, in fact I'd rather walk than use them. From experience with 2 sets manufacturer installed, which I had to trash very early in their expected life.

Regarding your different size spare possibility, if it's the same diameter as has been suggested it is I wouldn't worry for spare only use. You'll be a lot better off than those poor souls struggling along on a compact spare. >:)

I feel the same way about General Tires.

I have had a total of 21 Generals mounted for two (2) cars and 19 of those tires were defective in one way or another with broken belts, tread separation, bulges in the sidewall, inability to hold air, 2 blowouts and most commonly being out of round.

The final blow came when I attempted to stop at a light in the rain and the car continued straight ahead with the brakes locked. I turned the wheel to avoid hitting the stopped car in front of me and the car continued straight ahead. At the last moment the tire grabbed and I drove up through the grass in front of a business parking lot.

That was a Sunday afternoon, Monday morning I had a new set of Coopers. That was about 20 years ago.

I told them at our local tire shop I didn't care what the looked or rode like as long as the car turned and stopped when I wanted it to. They were rough and noisy and didn't last all that long but I liked them so much I eventually bought 2 sets.I'd probably still be driving Coopers if I hadn't moved out of state and we have no dealers nearby.

On the other hand one of my brothers lives in a small rural town where the only tire dealer is a General Tire dealer and he had Generals on his and his wife's and all 4 kids cars, and both trucks. He has never had a problem with any General tire and just loves them.

Go figure........