Dumped these for some Coopers which have been much better. I did not discover this until we had racked up over 30k on these tires so I lived with it.
The 80 was a relatively new purchase and I was catching up on maintenance so never considered that a new set of tires would have come from the factory out of round but that was the case. The vibration was not consistent and as I worked through the 80 I could not track down the issue. Wheel bearings, knuckle rebuild, alignment, drive shafts, u-joints. At speeds > 65 mph a droning vibration would set in and I chased this problem for quite a while. These were used almost entirely on the road and had good tread life. Second set purchased soon after the first and these were some AT style 285/75/16s for the FZJ80. As in do a tire rotation, drop tire to ground, and ssssssssssss, as the sidewall ruptures. Not bad but the sidewalls were weak and I had at least two of the four tires develop sidewall ruptures under normal driving conditions. These tires wore well, were not too loud, were poor in the mud. Any new set of tires will almost always be better than the worn out set coming off. Thing about most tire reviews is that the review is based on someone's subjective impression pertaining to a freshly mounted or low mileage set of tires. I purchased these tires based on good reviews on MUD at the time. I have had two sets of Hankooks, first on the FJ60 a set of 33 x 12.5 x 15 MT type tire. Anything round and black as long as it is not Hankook.
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