Are Goodyear Eagle GT II Tires Okay?
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Good idea, I know a late response, but I will not buy these again. Also they are prone to bouncing like a basketball when they are first cold like in the morning in winter. During spring and summer, they ride real nice.
I though they were scary as hell in the rain, my truck feels completely unstable, and I can spin these on the freeway when already doing 70mph. Ouch, scary.
I though they were scary as hell in the rain, my truck feels completely unstable, and I can spin these on the freeway when already doing 70mph. Ouch, scary.
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I wore my first set of them out and when I went to buy some more 20 inch tires this year I said I would not buy another set of them. I had horrible wet traction and like someone stated they bounced like a damn basketball when cold. I didn't get many miles out of mine also. I went with the Falken st/z 04 in a 275/45/20 for 679 dollars mounted and balanced. They put the goodyears to shame and i only paid a few extra dollars to what the goodyears would have cost me.
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I think the only reason people get GTII's other then price is for the fact that if you go to Tirerack or any other vendor for tires, that is the onle "recommended" size when you go to a 20" wheel. But if you can go to a wider aspect ratio, then there should be more choices for you, but risk your speedo being off a tad.
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Ive had em for about 10k miles and theyre not bad, traction is not to good but I have 20's with 275/45's, no hydroplaning so far, overall not bad and I just dont have the power to have serious traction problems all the time. I dont have any experience with any other tires with the 20's tho, so I'm not alot of help.
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Originally Posted by Naked AV
I've heard they are notorious for hydroplaning. I did lots of research when I got my new 20" rims and read some really negative reviews on the GT II's. I decided jeopardizing my safety was not worth saving a few bucks, and ended up spending $30 more per tire to get Kumho Ecsta STX's. They've got 13,000 miles on them so far and they've been great.
I hydroplaned with those and totalled my truck agains some trees in Carthage................
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