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Mom's boyfriend is in the market for new tires for his Chevy Colorado. She left a message with my wife that he'd like my input on what brand and dealer to use. Left a message for her to email me his year, make, model, and tire size. I'm not a truck guy. I've heard good things about Goodyear, Bridgestone, Firestone, and BFG for truck tires. I don't really know the guy except that he likes to go fishing. I don't know if he has a boat. He does have a small camper. I know the Colorado had the 4 cylinder and 5 cylinder, did it have another engine available?
I have Rocky Mountain AT ( Falken ) on my work truck and Hankook ATS on my personal truck and on my wife's SUV.
The work truck gets driven a lot. Those tires are great. Wet or dry. Also they last a long time I expect 50-60 k easy out of them. Currently 30 k and not even 1/2 worn.
I need load range E cause my trucks are 3/4 and 1ton but he doesn't for that light truck so tires won't be too much.
The hankooksare are great. My wife recently took a 1200 mile round trip and tires were great. Both sets are quiet and have great traction, no wondering or weird handling.
As far as I know Colorados only came with 4and 5 cyl engines.
I have Rocky Mountain AT ( Falken ) on my work truck and Hankook ATS on my personal truck and on my wife's SUV.
The work truck gets driven a lot. Those tires are great. Wet or dry. Also they last a long time I expect 50-60 k easy out of them. Currently 30 k and not even 1/2 worn.
I need load range E cause my trucks are 3/4 and 1ton but he doesn't for that light truck so tires won't be too much.
The hankooksare are great. My wife recently took a 1200 mile round trip and tires were great. Both sets are quiet and have great traction, no wondering or weird handling.
As far as I know Colorados only came with 4and 5 cyl engines.
Thanks. Mom's bf finally got me the info via her email. His is a 2005 with the inline 5. No off-roading nor towing. The way my mom initially worded the request, she made it sound like he wanted to know which tire was best. Now she tells me he wants the cheapest good or decent tire. His size is 265/75-15. Locally, cheapest found so far is $135 per tire. Tire Rack is $115. They're both on a fixed income so he's looking to replace 2 tires. Oh well, can't call around until Tuesday.
The price he was quoted is pretty much in line. The problem with Tire Rack is he'll have to pay to have them mounted and balanced somewhere which will pretty much negate the $20 difference in price.
Later Colorado's and Hummer H3 models had the 5.3 liter Vortec V-8 if I am not mistaken so the Colorado could compete with the V-8 version of Dodge Dakota
Thanks. Mom's bf finally got me the info via her email. His is a 2005 with the inline 5. No off-roading nor towing. The way my mom initially worded the request, she made it sound like he wanted to know which tire was best. Now she tells me he wants the cheapest good or decent tire. His size is 265/75-15. Locally, cheapest found so far is $135 per tire. Tire Rack is $115. They're both on a fixed income so he's looking to replace 2 tires. Oh well, can't call around until Tuesday.
Their best bet is going to be to call around locally. Make sure you get their "out the door" price, because a lot of places will give you the price per tire, but then add about $30 per tire for everything from valve stems to tire disposal.
If they're not off-roading, towing anything, or hauling much, there's no reason for them to get into the LT line of tires - which are heavier & more expensive. Basic automobile-grade tires should be fine.
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