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Replying to: damifinomike (Sep 27, 2009 5:39 am) |
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Replying to: bob259 (Sep 27, 2009 5:49 am) pretty good. One thing I noticed right away is that thread is about 30% thicker than A20. I bought HL in Oct few years back. Did not pay attention to tires until first winter when I was sliding all over. I was somewhat shocked how thin were the 2-3 months old A20 at the time. |
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Replying to: doubles3 (Sep 27, 2009 9:48 am) Will be interesting to see if the H/Ts are better on snow than the A20s. Would almost have to be! Thanks, all, for your experiences. Looks like ordering the H/Ts is what I'll do. I too like the idea of letting Michelin know about our wish that they would make this size.
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Replying to: damifinomike (Sep 25, 2009 4:07 am) The Toyota answer stated: The recommended tire size for your 2008 Toyota Highlander Sport is P245/55R19 103S. If the tires differ from the recommended size found on page 539 of your Owner's Manual, it will be a modification to your vehicle and could affect the vehicle’s performance, safety or durability, and may violate government regulations. In addition, damage or performance problems resulting from the modification will not be covered under warranty.
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Replying to: 400e (Sep 27, 2009 4:17 pm) http://toyotires.com/tire/pattern/open-country-ht and http://www.treadepot.com/group/ophtp.html (If you go here and plug in the vehicle you will get the size and offerings... Note the A20 is a 40K tire for $200 each and the HT is a 60K tire for $158 each) If you look around you can get them for about $155.00 each + shipping. For the winter I bought the Blizzak's in the correct size from the Tire Rack and a set of OEM 19's takeoffs on eBay to mount them on. Cost a little more but I've found in the winter nothing works better and gives you a better safety margin than Winter tires Vs M&S tires. |
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| A co-worker had a flat tire on her 08' Highlander, took it to a 'national tire chain' and their recommendation is to replace all 4 tires. Has anyone heard of such a thing? The tires only have 18,000 miles. | |
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Replying to: joe05 (Sep 30, 2009 4:31 am) |
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Replying to: joe05 (Sep 30, 2009 4:31 am) My response would be "why" ? Do not mean to be sexist, but there are tire chain stores and other places that do "not" treat lady customers very well. I have experienced this issue while waiting in a waiting room and talking with other customers who happened to be female. Tires could be getting bad if they have not been maintained (air pressure + rotation, etc.) However, after only 18K, I would say they should have enough tread to last awhile. Have you completed the Lincoln penny test on them? Place penny head-side down on each tire tread and if you can see entire President head on the coin, tread is getting "pretty-low". You can find pictures of this test and how to peform it on Internet. Next is finding replacement tires. As previous poster, take a read on the tire situation with this vehicle. Make sure you get exact tire size since this vehicle is still under warranty. Toyo and Bridgestone are only mfg. having correct size tires at this time. Mine were "shot" after 30K on vehicle and I do regular checks on pressure and rotations. If you live in a snow area, you might want to perform the tire tread test and see how much tread is left on the tires and/or go to "reputable" tire store that knows how to treat a lady like respected and valued customer that will give her "straight" answers to her vehicle issues. Sorry to say, but I have seen this first hand in last several weeks.
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Replying to: damifinomike (Sep 23, 2009 7:20 am)
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Replying to: damifinomike (Sep 30, 2009 4:43 am) |
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