Michelin 11.00-16 XZL's

hairpin151 · Post by **hairpin151** » Wed May 21, 2008 2:34 pm

Got an opportunity to get a set of these and would like to know if anyone has had any experience with these on their M37.Mine is stock.Thanks.

mattveeder · Post by **mattveeder** » Thu May 22, 2008 1:09 pm

I have them on mine. You will have to get special inner tubes and flaps cause they are radials. You can get them from international tire and tube. I like mine for the looks and driveability of radial tires. No more flat spots. Also with the larger tire you can get your truck rolling at higher speeds.

sturmtyger380 · Post by **sturmtyger380** » Thu May 22, 2008 6:00 pm

Try and find out how old they are. I am not shure but I think they are not being made anymore. There should be a DOT code that says when it was made. You can search on the internet for what the codes mean.

hairpin151 · Post by **hairpin151** » Thu May 22, 2008 6:22 pm

I'm going to pick them up tomarrow,I'll find out the details then.I used to have another M37 with the 11.00-16 XL's on it and I used the tubes that were in the stock NDT's with no problems at all.I'm planning on the same with these.

hairpin151 · Post by **hairpin151** » Fri May 23, 2008 10:13 am

Got them this morning.There in near new condition with at the least 95% tread being the average on all five.The number on the sidewall in question is as follows: DOT FN W8 BAYx0804.Whats that mean?

Caldwelljj0 · Post by **Caldwelljj0** » Fri May 23, 2008 10:47 am

I put them on my truck last year and I love them. The only hitch is they are really a pain to get on. It cost me as much to have them mounted as it did for the tires (but I got a great deal on the tires themselves). It did seem to give me a few additional mph though, which is cool.

k8icu · Post by **k8icu** » Sun May 25, 2008 7:34 am

I was doing a web search on these last night...Michelin is not making XZLs any longer in a 16". In fact they are not making any of the XL styles in 16" or at least their website didn't show it being made in that size.

Here is a link if you pick on/off road for the application and 16" for the tire you'll see they say "no tires found".

http://www.michelintruck.com/michelintr ... -tires.jsp

So it seems that in the future we are either going to have to go with a different tire or stick with NDCC.

sturmtyger380 · Post by **sturmtyger380** » Wed May 28, 2008 5:40 pm

I did some poking around on the net about the DOT codes. It seems the FN after the word DOT means they were made in France. The last 4 numbers are the week and year of manufacturing. So those tires were made in the 8th week of 2004. The DOT says tires have a 6 year self life before they should not be sold. So they are still in the good window.

Michelin 11.00-16 XZL's

Michelin 11.00-16 XZL's

I have 11 X 16s