stevie

my LTXs went over 65K and still had tread left when I got new ones.

The tires were 'cupping'. Not sure what the cause was. It drove OK, but
had road noise due to cupping.

I replaced shocks (still had originals) and had alignment.

Fortunately, Sears gave me a pretty good credit, so I purchased the same new
LTXtires.

2000 Limited 5.0 2WD
73K miles
most power options
"Frank Berger" <frank.d.berger@dal.frb.org> wrote in message
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"4.0L" <dstaffor@calpoly.edu> wrote in message
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> What kind of tire wear are you getting with your Explorer? I just
> replaced the OEM P235/70-16 Michelin Cross Terrains on my 2002 Explorer
> and I got 42k miles out of them. They were just approaching the wear
> indicators. Amazingly, the tires never had to be re-balanced for the
> entire 42k miles and ran true and vibration-free at any speed. All I
> did was make sure the tire pressures were correct and rotate them once
> in a while. I had no problem buying the same exact tire again.
>
> 4.0L
>

My Michelin LTX's look like they will go well over 50K.