My truck came with DUNLOP W/P265/70/16 tires which worked very fine for normal street / mild off road use. High performance street / strip drag racing however, posed a challenge for the stock tires in the traction category. Not long after I had the Supercharger installed, I sufficiently burned off the tread and decided to upgrade. (44500 miles)
My choice for the first tire replacement was the MICHELIN PILOT LTX
From the moment I drove off the parking lot and encountered the slightest amount of road crown, I hated these tires. For what ever reason, and I heard many including: 1)The additional belts required for high speed rating 2)The compound of the tire 3)The wide vertical grooves ... the tires caused the truck to wander and handle like crap. The performance at the drag strip was no better ... I believe the LTX's had more trouble hooking up than the stock DUNLOP's. I did try to improve the handling by: 1) Changing the air pressure 2)Balancing balancing balancing 3)Alignment adjustments 4) New shocks / struts. The bottom line is that for my application, nothing worked and I would not recommend this tire for anyone running a TOYOTA 4Runner.
It took me just over 46K miles to burn off the LTX's (Thank God !) and I just purchased a set of Pirelli Scorpion S/T's.
I did a lot of research and the S/T was not my first choice but considering the overall driving conditions here in Michigan I decided that it was a must that I use something that will hook up in the snow. I may decide (actually I must figure out how to justify with the wife) to go with new rims and a set of Scorpion Zero's for summer street rodding.
I noticed an immediate and incredible improvement in how my truck handles. No more wandering around at the slightest road crown or imperfection. Time will tell how they hook up at the track, but for now I am very happy.
