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Old 03-03-2012, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Xtony View Post
Just wanted to add my two cents here. I too tried saving some money by going with a cheaper tire (Conti DWS) than Michelins. Big mistake! I ended up gonig back several times to balance, index, rotate because they vibrated and caused the steering to pull. Finally got them to swap for the Michelin Latitudes and I couldn't have been happier to blow the extra money. Well worth it in my experience.
What you did there was put passenger car tires on a 2,5 ton SUV. That often compromises the handling characteristics- did that once with the Kumho Ecsta SPT on my X3. From then on, SUV tires for SUVs only.
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