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Old 12-30-18, 06:51 AM
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I have gotten good mileage from V rated Michelin tires. My '14 ES350 purchased new, came with Bridgestones which I immediately replaced with Michelin Primacy MXV4 (V rated). I am still running them at 56k miles and they have 4 - 5/32 tread left when last rotated at 5k intervals. The miles have been primarily highway driving and I usually maintain 33-34 psi in them (cold). I am not sure what tire to replace them with since the Michelin Primacy is out of production. Maybe time for a whole new Lexus
Old 12-30-18, 07:01 AM
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I'm running the Michelin Premier A/S, much better than the Bridgestone models for noise and terrific in the rain.
The OP mentioned not worrying about rain, so I'm not sure the outstanding wet performance matters at all, but just another data point.
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Tirerack has extensive information based on real life experience. Ratings are quite detailed. The Michelin in this category has a high rating for comfort, includes noise and ride quality. And second overall.

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/surve...jsp?type=UHPAS
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Originally Posted by EJC
I have found our '16 to be noisy as well. It came with Bridgestones and I tossed them at 15K miles because of the noise.
I replaced them with Yokohamas and although better still noisy
I'm starting to think the car may be part of the issue.

We had a '10 that came with Michelins and was quite, I replace them with Nexus' that had the same tread pattern and they too were quiet. I'll probably go this route with the next set
Elliot, I'd still be willing to bet that your noise issue is more your tires than your vehicle.. I agree, those bridgestone tires ( I had turanza's ) are crap.. rough ride and tons of road noise... which yokohama's did you put on your car? were they the avid ascend? I ask because I "heard" that was a pretty good tire.. but when I got rid of my bridgestone tires I went with Perilli's.... nice ride and very quiet... the only other tire I've had that rivals the Perillis as far as comfort and noise were Michelins... I've also heard that the goodyear comfort tread is supposed to be a good one. you can check them out and get rankings on tirerack.com.
by the way, I currently have a set of Yokohama's on my Toyota 4 Runner....they are the geolanders.. man that is one of the smoothest truck tires I've ever had.
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Originally Posted by Nelexus88
I have gotten good mileage from V rated Michelin tires. My '14 ES350 purchased new, came with Bridgestones which I immediately replaced with Michelin Primacy MXV4 (V rated). I am still running them at 56k miles and they have 4 - 5/32 tread left when last rotated at 5k intervals. The miles have been primarily highway driving and I usually maintain 33-34 psi in them (cold). I am not sure what tire to replace them with since the Michelin Primacy is out of production. Maybe time for a whole new Lexus
The Michelin Primacy is not out of production. Still available online and in Lexus Dealers. I replaced mine in October at 45,000. I had 4/32 left. I know I could have made it to at least 50,000 miles but did not want to take any chances.
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