First post as a newbie, so please excuse me if I this is already posted elsewhere.

I own a 2005 Xterra (SE). This would be for street driving only (no off road). I am in NC, so don't think I need the all terrain/all season, however, am open.

I have the stock BF Goodrich Long Trail on there now and am not happy with the tread life (almost bald with 45,000) as well as handling in the rain/wet conditions.

I would obviously prefer to have much better tread life and would prefer them to be somewhat aggressive looking tires.

These are the brands I have researched and been quoted on so far:

General Grabber HTS
Michelin LTX M/S2
Yokohama Geolander
Bridgestone Dueler H/T
Cooper MultiMile Wild Country XRT

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. I would also love to know if my only option is the 265/65R17s or can I go any bigger/wider without doing any liftkit, etc?

Thanks ahead!

First post as a newbie, so please excuse me if I this is already posted elsewhere.

I own a 2005 Xterra (SE). This would be for street driving only (no off road). I am in NC, so don't think I need the all terrain/all season, however, am open.

I have the stock BF Goodrich Long Trail on there now and am not happy with the tread life (almost bald with 45,000) as well as handling in the rain/wet conditions.

I would obviously prefer to have much better tread life and would prefer them to be somewhat aggressive looking tires.

These are the brands I have researched and been quoted on so far:

General Grabber HTS
Michelin LTX M/S2
Yokohama Geolander
Bridgestone Dueler H/T
Cooper MultiMile Wild Country XRT

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. I would also love to know if my only option is the 265/65R17s or can I go any bigger/wider without doing any liftkit, etc?

Thanks ahead!

You have a truck, so high mile tires are harder to make....without simply using harder rubber with less grip, etc.

The only one that regularly lasts longer by a large margin is the BFG AT ko. 80 - 90k per set is typical.

This is an AT, but will give you the aggressive tread you are looking for w/o sacrificing much on road performance.

You can fit 285/70/17's on the stock rims you have with no lift.

There are some 2005 X's with a little bulge in the front wheel well plastic that can rub on the tire...there's nothing behind the bulge, its there for stuff on other models.

Most people take a hair drier or a heat gun, and just melt that bulge back smooth, takes a coupla minutes, and is super easy, doesn't show, and makes up to about a 305 mm section width tire fit.

So, given your info, I'd go with a 285/70/17 BFG AT ko.

If the above stock size is a typo, a 285/75/16 is another version of the same size for 16" rims, etc.

Welcome from Ky!

I run the Hankook Dynapro AT's (31x10.5 15's) and really like them. The BF Long trails are junk IMO. Check out http://www.hankooktireusa.com for more info.

Feel free to check out my photo albumn to see what they look like on my X.
Good luck!
rob g.

I had the geolander hts and really liked them lots of miles on them, ok in the snow, but good in the rain, I have heard a lot of good things about the geolander ats as well.

Right now I have the goodyear wrangler silent armor, they are an all terain and are compared to the BFG tko's. The silent armors do fantastic int he snow and rain and have done well off roading too. i can't speak about the tire life, but reports i have read online have said they are good. I personaly think they do better than the BFG both on and off road, but are deffinetly better on wet roads than the BFGs.

but with any truck or suv you need to rotate them on a regular basis, i do every oil change, but at least do it every other oil change.

oh i forgot to say to go to tirerack.com and places like that to read all the reviews for all tires you are looking at.

Hello, Michelin LTX had great reviews, including some getting close to 90,000 miles...very quiet and give great traction and one of the better tires for giving shorter braking distance.

Very expensive...well made tire you can depend on for yourself and family members..

Go Michelin....!

Aloha, ...

i had some Toyo's(Wild Country or Open Country) tires on before i got my Maxxis Bighorns. the Toyo's were good on-road tires, and had the tread you needed when it snowed or was a little rough.