safest wheel/tire package for everyday driving in dry/rainy conditions?

[greenhummer]

Looking at either putting on 22" or 24" wheels with lower profile tires that will improve the handling and braking of the H2.

I'd prefer to get lighter (still strong) wheels on the truck. The look is not critical. i.e. not putting on spinners!

Would keep the original wheel/tire set for offroading weekends or trips to snowy places. The weather that I usually have to drive in is either dry or a bit rainy. Sometimes it is a LOT rainy.

Any suggestions? I don't want really *heavy* wheels that will slow down the acceleration and adversely affect the braking of the vehicle.

thanks,

Greenhummer '05 H2 SUV

[greenhummer]

Looking at either putting on 22" or 24" wheels with lower profile tires that will improve the handling and braking of the H2.

I'd prefer to get lighter (still strong) wheels on the truck. The look is not critical. i.e. not putting on spinners!

Would keep the original wheel/tire set for offroading weekends or trips to snowy places. The weather that I usually have to drive in is either dry or a bit rainy. Sometimes it is a LOT rainy.

Any suggestions? I don't want really *heavy* wheels that will slow down the acceleration and adversely affect the braking of the vehicle.

thanks,

Greenhummer '05 H2 SUV

[PARAGON]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by greenhummer:
Looking at either putting on 22" or 24" wheels with lower profile tires that will improve the handling and braking of the H2 </div></BLOCKQUOTE>while sacrificing ride comfort?

Stick with the stockers for everyday.

[greenhummer]

one of the "stockers" blew up at 60 mph (sidewall completely ripped up). Complete tire failure with less than 3K miles on it. The tire pressure monitor did not go off before the failure. All tires looked fine beforehand (I only check the pressure every other weekend).

So, if there was a BBS/Michelin Pilot Sport combo that I could buy for the truck then I'd get it. However, given that there is not I'll settle for something less.

Note that I'm not trying to make this truck into a Sports car. Just wanting to avoid any blow ups down the road. It's a numbers game and I'd rather have the deck stacked in my favor.

Greenhummer

[PARAGON]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by sfox:
Green,

Let's put it this way. I have been reading this board for over 2 years. I've been off-roading with literally hundreds of different H2's...and I have never heard of another incident of this occurring. You had a bad/underinlfated/whatever tire...it was a fluke that could have happened to any tire and is certainly more common on other brands that BFG.

S </div></BLOCKQUOTE>x2

[greenhummer]

Fox,

If you two small kids (aged 1 and 2) and pregnant wife were in the car when this happened (see below) would you still be happy with the stock tires?

I'm not trying to start a tire debate here. What I'm trying to do is poll the other people out there who might be very happy with *another* wheel/tire combo that they've found works well for everyday highway/street use. Obviously no off-roading tire is optimized for highway use.

Green.

[ATRH2]

"The tire pressure monitor did not go off before the failure."

Didn't know we had tire pressure monitors.
Can you get tire press reading anytime or
just a warning if low?

[VTSTOMPER]

what - is this is the same thread? *scratch head*

[VTSTOMPER]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by ATRH2:
"The tire pressure monitor did not go off before the failure."

Didn't know we had tire pressure monitors.
Can you get tire press reading anytime or
just a warning if low? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

yeah...H3's do - we do not have an idiot light/buzzer for LTP.

[greenhummer]

hi Fox,

Good to see that you are the local Oracle: "that NOBODY else has ever...". Can you guarantee that for all H2 buyers worldwide?

Do you work for GM or BF Goodrich? I'm not interested in getting into any debate here. Otherwise I would have stuck it into "General". What I'd like to find out is the other alternatives.

Green

[VTSTOMPER]

honestly - you might have got a flat and been driving on it. OR - BFG made a bad tire, or the valve was leaking and it was low pressure, maybe from another leak.

Either way, I would be freaked out too - BUT, I have ran these tires for over 6 years now, and would stand by them no matter what. I have never had a flat with them - ever.

[greenhummer]

Thanks VTSTOMPER for the response. I've had the shop look closely at the tires and they see no indication of a flat. The warning trigger of low pressure did not go off so that might have failed but the shop will examine that as well today.

I know that 10 miles from the point of failure that the tire looked fine.

Greenhummer.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by VTSTOMPER:
honestly - you might have got a flat and been driving on it. OR - BFG made a bad tire, or the valve was leaking and it was low pressure, maybe from another leak.

Either way, I would be freaked out too - BUT, I have ran these tires for over 6 years now, and would stand by them no matter what. I have never had a flat with them - ever. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

[TXSUT]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by greenhummer:
The tire pressure monitor did not go off before the failure. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Can you PLEASE elaborate on this feature???

If you really want to have the safest tire/wheel combo for on-road wet/dry performance, you wouldn't be going with 22-24 inch wheels. Try hitting a pothole with low-pro tires on 22s!

[greenhummer]

hey Fox,

You think GM honestly puts on the SAFEST wheel/tire combo for a particular mode of driving?? And you are calling me dense? :-)

I'm not looking at putting 24" steel/chrome spinners on the car. Rather getting 20"/22" high-quality forged alloy wheels with a lower profile tread that is summer rated. And I don't give care about ride comfort...

I drive a $75K BMW sports sedan and they still went cheap on some of the basics. Manufacturers are looking at cutting costs just to stay alive. Did you hear about the 30,000 job layoff by GM?

Do you think Ford put on the safest wheel/tire combo with those Explorers that eventually had to be recalled to replace the *faulty* Firestone tires?

If anybody out there is happy with another non-stock wheel/tire setup just PM me. Apparently this thread is going nowhere.

thanks,

Green

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by sfox:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">safest wheel/tire package for everyday driving in dry/rainy conditions? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

The above is the title of this thread.....are you purposely being dense?

The safest wheel/tire package for everyday driving in dry/rainy conditions in the manufacturer of the vehicles opinion is........what the freakin thing came with....

You keep missing the point that big chrome rims with rubberband tires ARE NOT as safe as the stock setup.....

S </div></BLOCKQUOTE>