When I bought my 08 Silverado 2 years ago at 23k miles the factory installed Bridgestone tires where worn crookedly because the previous original owner ran them without ever getting an alignment. When I bought it I bought a brand new set of wrangler SRA take offs from a 2014 Silverado. I had them installed and an alignment done. The next week I took a trip to Montana from Indiana in the middle of winter. The tires were awesome in the snow storms I encountered on my three week journey west. Fast forward 47k miles and the tires were still at 6/32 tread but one of them got destroyed by road debris.
Since I had good luck with the first set I bought another set of new wrangler take offs from a 2016 Silverado. I've had them installed for 8k miles and they have 10/32 tread. The last two times I've driven with them in rain they are just plain scary. Earlier today I ran to the store. It has been lightly raining most of the day. As I was leaving the store turning left under gentle throttle ~1700 RPM the trans shifts into second (4L60-E) as I go through the intersection. It's now idlingish at ~1500 rpm and as I get out of the straight portion of the intersection and make my left turn. I'm going about 15mph and the back in just walks out. I'm barely on the throttle. I let off the throttle corrected and continued on. A few miles later I'm at an intersection and I'm turning right. I go when it's clear and driving normal trans shifting at 2k RPM the road gets a slight ~4% grade or so and it starts to spin at like 25mph. The locker catches (G80) and then it starts to walk. I let out and in pure frustration put it in AUTO for the rest of my journey home.
Im baffled at how horrible the wet traction is with this set of SRAs. They are just plain dangerous in the wet. Anyone else have this issue? Tires have 10/32 tread and are all set at 35psi cold per the door.
Since I had good luck with the first set I bought another set of new wrangler take offs from a 2016 Silverado. I've had them installed for 8k miles and they have 10/32 tread. The last two times I've driven with them in rain they are just plain scary. Earlier today I ran to the store. It has been lightly raining most of the day. As I was leaving the store turning left under gentle throttle ~1700 RPM the trans shifts into second (4L60-E) as I go through the intersection. It's now idlingish at ~1500 rpm and as I get out of the straight portion of the intersection and make my left turn. I'm going about 15mph and the back in just walks out. I'm barely on the throttle. I let off the throttle corrected and continued on. A few miles later I'm at an intersection and I'm turning right. I go when it's clear and driving normal trans shifting at 2k RPM the road gets a slight ~4% grade or so and it starts to spin at like 25mph. The locker catches (G80) and then it starts to walk. I let out and in pure frustration put it in AUTO for the rest of my journey home.
Im baffled at how horrible the wet traction is with this set of SRAs. They are just plain dangerous in the wet. Anyone else have this issue? Tires have 10/32 tread and are all set at 35psi cold per the door.
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