Anyone have experience with these tires. I found a set (285/70R17) locally for $188 ea. (including mount/balance) which I think is a pretty good deal. I just haven't had any experience with TOYO tires. I have always had BFGoodrich tires, but apparently they will be on NATIONAL BACKORDER forever!! I just want to make sure the TOYO's are decent tires before I buy them. Salesman said they are comperable to the BFG'S.

Thanks for any input.

Go to their web sight and look up the exact type you are looking at and check out the ratings on it. (tread wear, speed, etc.) I’ve heard many good things about Toyo

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Thanks jpdadeo - I just ordered them. Should be in by the weekend. I figured they can't be any worse than the crappy generals that I have now. Plus they have a 500 mile/45 Day return policy.

I have the 285 x 70 x 17 OC Toyo's on my FX4 Scab. So far very happy with them.

I put 75K on a set of Toyo's on ny 95 T-Bird before I sold it with plenty of tread remaining. They had 100K mile tread life per Toyo. Can't say anything thought about what they would be like on a truck! Loved them on a car.

update:

after waiting over 2 weeks for the toyo's to come in (after being told 4 days) I was told today that the toyo's are now on backorder, 4-6 weeks.

then tech behind the counter tells me that the only other thing he has are the BFG Goodrich AT's (he says it like its a bad thing). they didn't have the BGF Goodrich two weeks ago.

so long story short, two hours later i roll out with the 285 BF Goodrich AT's. my truck looks sooooo much better. i just hated those 255 generals. they deffinately fill the wheelwells and the truck looks like it should and i got a little boost in height too!!

i do have a question...would over torquing the rims cause the rotors to overheat? the reason i ask is when i got home i drug out the hose to wash the blue stuff off of the tires. spreayed'em down and there was a large amount of steam coming from the rotors. my front wheels/rotors were so hot i could not keep my hand on them.

so i drug out the fourway and loosened all the lugs and snugged them up myself like i have done on every other vehicle i've owned, snugged them up by feel.

would you guys reccomend re-torquing? if so, what's the torque spec?

Dont worry about the rotors being hot, that is normal. If they used an impact to install your wheels you did right to loosen them and retorque. Rotors are notorious for being thinner than they used to be and overtorqueing can warp a rotor. Rule of thumb for torqueing is : steel wheels - 75 ft/lbs, and aluminum wheels - 90 ft/lbs. But I would double check with your dealership tech to be absolutely sure.

too much torque wouldnt cause that but a bigger, heavier tire will heat them up more.