19.5" Tire Comparisons
I've been running a DRW for the last couple years, and prior to that had a SRW with 19.5s on it. I'm looking at possibly upgrading the DRW to 19.5s in the near future. Currently running OE size 235...
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I received the new tires and extremely happy so far with the performance, with a couple hundred miles on them. No break in period required, unlike my previous 19.5" tires.
The Conti Terra HD3 tires I put on the drive axle spin less in identical conditions (loose dirt and mud in an area I've been frequenting recently) than the Goodyear Duratracs they replaced - something I was hopeful for, but not expecting. I had to use 4WD with the Duratracs but these keep going in 2WD. The rear end also feels stickier on curvy mountain roads, another thing I wasn't expecting. Only tested unloaded so far, but I'm sure loaded will be the same or better. Tread is very much like a MT, where the old tires were somewhere between AT and MT. Front tires are like ATs.
Unlike my last 19.5"s, I didn't have these RoadForce balanced - they just have 10oz Equal Flexx balancing beads in them. Aside from a vibration that runs from 10-15mph, they're smooth as glass. I don't have TPMS sensors in these either, because when I tried that on my last truck I could never get them to read reliably through the sidewall. I'm waiting on a Tazer Ram to arrive to disable the warning light -- I didn't order one originally, hoping it wouldn't obnoxiously complain. Wrong.
The spare I bought, which is the same Cooper Roadmaster RM253 LRH tire that I have on the steer axle, was an extremely tight fit but does fit in the stock spare location without requiring modification.
The difference in appearance is extremely subtle - the new wheels look the same as the old, but are 2.5" larger and the tires 1.5" larger, so the wheel well looks slighty more filled out. I gained exactly 3/4" measured at the fenders, so the estimated 1.5" difference is spot on. They must run true to size. Two people I've asked said they look more proportional to the truck, like they should have been from the factory. I can see that.
The Conti Terra HD3 tires I put on the drive axle spin less in identical conditions (loose dirt and mud in an area I've been frequenting recently) than the Goodyear Duratracs they replaced - something I was hopeful for, but not expecting. I had to use 4WD with the Duratracs but these keep going in 2WD. The rear end also feels stickier on curvy mountain roads, another thing I wasn't expecting. Only tested unloaded so far, but I'm sure loaded will be the same or better. Tread is very much like a MT, where the old tires were somewhere between AT and MT. Front tires are like ATs.
Unlike my last 19.5"s, I didn't have these RoadForce balanced - they just have 10oz Equal Flexx balancing beads in them. Aside from a vibration that runs from 10-15mph, they're smooth as glass. I don't have TPMS sensors in these either, because when I tried that on my last truck I could never get them to read reliably through the sidewall. I'm waiting on a Tazer Ram to arrive to disable the warning light -- I didn't order one originally, hoping it wouldn't obnoxiously complain. Wrong.
The spare I bought, which is the same Cooper Roadmaster RM253 LRH tire that I have on the steer axle, was an extremely tight fit but does fit in the stock spare location without requiring modification.
The difference in appearance is extremely subtle - the new wheels look the same as the old, but are 2.5" larger and the tires 1.5" larger, so the wheel well looks slighty more filled out. I gained exactly 3/4" measured at the fenders, so the estimated 1.5" difference is spot on. They must run true to size. Two people I've asked said they look more proportional to the truck, like they should have been from the factory. I can see that.
