Goodyear Fortera Silent Armor

[Marlon_JB2]

Oh man these things rock.

I *highly* recommend them to anyone who just drives onroad and does no offroad, but just looking at the tread pattern, I'd say they might do decently offroad too!

EXCELLENT SNOW TRACTION, difficult to fishtail with these things on! They bite into the snow/road, and you take off, simple!

Quiet on the highway, treadwear seems to be GREAT so far, about 5000 miles on the tires (Guessing) and I can't tell a thing. Rainy roads, forward traction is decent, but braking while wet is where these things shine... it takes heavy breaking for them to lock up.

Dry traction is excellent of course.

Gas mileage... haven't noticed a difference, seems to be the same.

They look great on the KJ.

For anyone looking to get rid of the STs, SR-As, RS-As or HPs, this is a great tire. Goodyear *CAN* make a good tire!

 

[ms5490renegade]

im sure they're great. goodyear tries to put them off on every one so they must be their best tire.

Oh man these things rock.

I *highly* recommend them to anyone who just drives onroad and does no offroad, but just looking at the tread pattern, I'd say they might do decently offroad too!

EXCELLENT SNOW TRACTION, difficult to fishtail with these things on! They bite into the snow/road, and you take off, simple!

Quiet on the highway, treadwear seems to be GREAT so far, about 5000 miles on the tires (Guessing) and I can't tell a thing. Rainy roads, forward traction is decent, but braking while wet is where these things shine... it takes heavy breaking for them to lock up.

Dry traction is excellent of course.

Gas mileage... haven't noticed a difference, seems to be the same.

They look great on the KJ.

For anyone looking to get rid of the STs, SR-As, RS-As or HPs, this is a great tire. Goodyear *CAN* make a good tire!

 

[hyde]

I thought they were the less messy replacement of Goodyear Wrangler HP. Good to hear they perform well.

 

[saxdogg]

Marlon,

I hope they've reformulated them, and I hate to be the pessimist, but I had a horrible experience with these tires...yes , they're great at first, but at 15,000 miles my tread was more than half gone. I almost $hit when discount tire told me that.

I bought them for the mileage warranty since I figured they would last....NOPE. Replaced under warranty at 26,000 miles, almost bald. (Highway miles only) They get real noisy too. Replaced with BFGoodrich Long Trails, and I enjoy driving the lib once again. Hope your experience is better....

JP

 

[Marlon_JB2]

Did you have the Fortera SilentArmors or the Fortera HL Edition?

The latter isn't nearly as good.

 

[saxdogg]

I had the silent armors....check the reviews on discount tire for that tire. A lot of them are great, but those belong to people who reported driving 500 miles or even 50 miles. There are lots of reviews about their wear...but again, they may have changed them, I noticed discount tire went up to like $150 for those. I almost $hit again.

 

[Marlon_JB2]

These tires are still doing well. 10k on them now and they're still performing the same as when I originally reported. Barely any tread wear at all... I'd say they're about at 75% worn.

My sister recommends them to anyone she talks to at work about tires.