Tire Recommendation for xc90

jbarrow8081 · Post by **jbarrow8081** » 17 Oct 2010, 20:23

Hi - I have a 2004 XC 90 with 72k miles. I am in the market for some all season tires. Is there a particular brand/model that anyone - including Volvo recommends? Thanks for the help with this. Joe

Post by **stone36** » 25 Oct 2010, 08:25

Volvo uses wither Pirelli scorpion or Michelin MXV4 as standard. I don't have any experience with the Pirelli, but I had the MXV4's on mine, while they are very quite, they are also very expensive and VERY soft. I have seen people say they wear out within 25-30K miles, maybe even less on the AWD. I did a lot of research and went with the BIG O big foot s/t. It is a very good all weather design. They have been on a year now and I still love them, 10K miles and not a bit of wear yet, WAY better in snow then the MXV4's and I paid about $800 for all for, I have the 18" wheels. Plus they have a 65K mile wear warranty which is better than anything else I could find for an SUV tire.

sparticus · Post by **sparticus** » 08 Nov 2010, 17:17

agree with earlier writer on Michelins, good ride but wear out way too quick and are pricey. I now have Kumho Road VentureAPT's. Good handling and price and wearing well, but a bit too noisy for me. Will try something else in the future.

scootay45 · Post by **scootay45** » 12 Nov 2010, 08:24

Again i agree with stone36 about expensive tyres, I use General Grabber UHP for my AWD in the UK, superb tyres good tread depths and pattern, i use in all seasons, look pretty good on the car too!! cost difference Mitchelins £200.00 per tyre, Grabbers £ 114.00 per tyre uk pricing, some say there is more road noise but i can honestly say there is no difference, happys Scootay

trstjohn · Post by **trstjohn** » 22 Feb 2011, 08:02

Has anyone heard of or know anyone who used these tires? :

VREDESTEIN TIRES
Model:QUATRAC 3

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Vrede ... trac-3.htm

road1will · Post by **road1will** » 22 Feb 2011, 19:17

trstjohn wrote:Has anyone heard of or know anyone who used these tires? :

VREDESTEIN TIRES
Model:QUATRAC 3

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Vrede ... trac-3.htm

I've never heard of them. I certainly wouldn't cheap out on tires. My new to me XC90 came with a set of 255/55/18 Falkens on it and they're awful. The falkens only have about 3000 miles on them but they're so bad that I ordered a set of Michelin's to put on it this weekend.

trstjohn · Post by **trstjohn** » 22 Feb 2011, 19:38

which michelin's did you order?

road1will · Post by **road1will** » 22 Feb 2011, 20:08

I ordered these Latitude Tour HPs.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp ... mpare1=yes

The come as new OEM tires on the Acura MDX and i've had wonderful success in the past with them. They are able to go 45-50k on the MDX. We'll see how they do on the XC90.

xallenx · Post by **xallenx** » 24 Feb 2011, 18:01

how about this one:
I heard they last LONG...http://www.discounttiredirect.com/direc ... errain+SUV
Check this post: http://forums.swedespeed.com/showthread ... rain-Tires

trstjohn · Post by **trstjohn** » 25 Feb 2011, 07:03

Too bad they don't make these in the size i need 235/60R18