- Michelin A S or M S2? - BobIsTheOilGuy
The Michelin LTX A S is a durable, premium, highway all-season light truck tire designed to meet new vehicle Original Equipment requirements The LTX A S was developed to provide particularly smooth, even wear, low noise and good fuel efficiency, even in demanding commercial applications
- Michelin Defender Problem | BobIsTheOilGuy
However since typical tires roll about 800 times every mile and the air pressure inside the tire is greater than outside, tire separations bubbles that are unseen or ignored will continue to grow in size, further reduce strength, often generate noise and vibration, and ultimately lead to tire failure as the tire stretches under load (similar to
- Michelin Date Code | BobIsTheOilGuy
I just bought new Michelin M S2 tires with a date code of 4210 Just made! F FZ1 Joined Feb 7, 2008
- Michelin Primacy HP cracks on shoulders. Safe to drive on or replace . . .
the 4 tires on my 2013 vw passat were at a similar inflection point in late 2020 i even got a quote from discount tire while in my pondering mode then a month after getting that attractive quote i got an unrepairable flat i limped into the dt store on my donut spare 45 minutes before closing time and those fine folks honored their quote and
- CrossClimate 3 Tire Release? | BobIsTheOilGuy
The Michelin CrossClimate was released in March of 2015 The CrossClimate 2’s came out in August of 2020 Can we hope for a CrossClimate 3 this year with a more competitive rating vs the new WeatherReady 2’s, 365 AW, WeatherActive, WRG5, and Quatrac Pro? Don’t get me wrong, they’re outstanding
- Michelin Defender LTX MS after 40,000 miles | BobIsTheOilGuy
When New, they start at 12 32nds of an inch For me, these tires are at approx 50% useable life On my past 4 sets of Michelin Defender's, I run them to 75k miles (when the tread depth is between 5 32nds and 6 32nds of an inch) and sell them on Craigslist for $275-300 I usually do this in April or October, when Michelin has the $70 Visa Rebate
- How do I read this date code? - BobIsTheOilGuy
Plant ID, sizing code, and manufacturing code are three codes that can be found on the DOT stamp of Michelin Tire Date Codes Therefore, after the word “DOT,” you can know the age of tire For example, if the DOT code ends with “214,” it means the tire was built during the 21st week of 1994 Hope this useful for you
- Michelin Defender LTX M S2 vs. Defender LTX M S
I've installed 5 sets of both of these tires I just installed my 2nd Straight Set of Michelin Defender LTX MS 275 55 20 tires on my 2011 Expedition, with 370k miles Before that was the Defender MS2 The tires are both very similar, but I would give the nod to the LTX MS tires
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