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We have two competing pieces of information Doc! The Red Non TH Renegade Jeep showed in the press photos (I believe its a latitude) was wearing Pirelli Scorpion STR's. While the White Renegade displayed at Geneva is wearing Bridgestone Turanza's...
Agreed, always my first move is to trade the OEM tires for something better. Never fool around with the contact patch
For me its either going to be a set of Nokians or the Wrangler Silent Armour's I've got on my Ranger ATM... Hopefully there'll be enough room in the wheel wells to upgrade to a 235 series tire.
you might need spacers and flares...215/65-17? That's only 28" and there are no AT or MT choices.
I have the same thing on my Patriot and was not happy having to leave them on while my daughter drove it at college this year (lots of snow where shes at). I'll change them at the end of summer. It's to bad you can't order a TH with small cheap tires, save the money and put real tires and wheels on it. Thats what we did years ago because Jeeps didn't come with fancy wheels and tires, most vehicles didn't for that matter.
I usually just trade the OEM set right out of the box an upgrade set. When i traded the AT/S on my ranger for silent armor's I kicked in an extra $25 a tire, mind you I've gotten to know the guy running our GY shop, but still something to consider. Just drive straight over after you take delivery. Might even be worthwhile to head over before you take possession to figure out what you want and work out a deal...I have the same thing on my Patriot and was not happy having to leave them on while my daughter drove it at college this year (lots of snow where shes at). I'll change them at the end of summer. It's to bad you can't order a TH with small cheap tires, save the money and put real tires and wheels on it. Thats what we did years ago because Jeeps didn't come with fancy wheels and tires, most vehicles didn't for that matter.
