Nitto Grapplers

So I bought a Tundra 2024 last October. Love a lot about the truck. I didn't have a truck for a while so now that I have one again, I do love it. I was going to leave it stock but the forum is pulling me to the dark side. I'm thinking about a small lift and new wheels and tires.

One thing I love about my Tundra is on the highway at 75mph it is almost as quiet as driving down a side road at 25mph. Just super quiet and luxurious. People can't believe how quiet the truck is when they ride in it. So, I've never gotten big tires on a truck and think in my head it's loud. But I see reviews on the nittos and people say they are super quiet. Can anyone comment?

 

Not super quiet but not bad either. It is an AT tire.

 

I figure it will certainly be louder but just wondering how loud. I wish the tire.compankes would have a decibel rating at a certain speed. Maybe they do? I don't know

 

which nitto's the terra grapplers? ridge grappler? recon grapper? the terra's are the mildest tread and by far the quietest. yes they will be louder than the stocks, but really the stock mildpeaks are highway tires so unless you go with another similar it will be louder. how much... hmm i don't have decibel reader, but to my ears you can hear a little bit of road hum but haven't really bothered me as it was very slight.

 

They aren't bad at all. I have been running them for about 6 years.

 

I have 35” Nitto ridge grapplers with a 3.5” RC lift. I’m told and read they’re a hybrid tire. I like them and they’re not loud IMO. I’ve always had mud terrain or all terrain on my truck or jeep. Mud terrain will be loud. All terrain will be quieter. Street tires will be the quietest. Depends on the look you want. Or driving conditions you do. Off roading or not. IMO all trucks NEED a lift kit of some hight.

 

I also love how quiet my 2025 Tundra is at interstate speeds. When I upgraded to 285/60r20 KO3 tires the ride while slightly stiffer stayed whisper quiet. In my experience the TerraGrapplers I ran on my 4Runner were slightly quieter than the BFG I run on my Sequoia and Tundra.

 

Not loud at all but fucking worthless in the rain. How they received four stars in the rain is perplexing. I put nitto ridge grapplers on my truck, thinking with the aggressive thread i would be ok, wrong all over the fucking road. I even considered cutting my losses and going back to the Michelins.The Michelins where so much better in the rain. I had complete confidence wet or dry in the rain...not so with the nittos. Beware

 

I run the ridge grapplers on my Taco and absolutely love them. They are by no means loud and ride great. I run Toyota Open country MT's on my Tundra and they have a howl but are a good tire also. The next time it needs tires I will probably put the ridge grapplers on it also. Matter of fact I just bought another set of factory TRD wheels for the Taco and put the grapplers on them also. Lol

 

I have them, in my opinion, they are one of the absolute best AT tires there are. My Tundra is a 2014 with 158,000 miles (give or take), 4" lift, ARB Summit bumper w/10000 lb. winch and rides on 305/55R20 Nitto Ridge Grapplers. The ride is very smooth to me, the only time I hear the whirrrrrrr of the tread is when I'm going slow (30 mph) and up close to a retaining wall. Even then it's not bad. Enough to notice but nothing egregious.
Good luck! I'm sure you'll pick what works best for you.

 

So I currently have stock OEM 265/60/20s and the tire is a geolander, I assume an all season highway tire. Sounds like the Nitto Terra Grappler is a bit louder but not offensive at highway speeds? I don't do much off roading, none, really.

On the Nitto website, https://www.nittotire.com/light-truck-tires/terra-grappler-g3-all-terrain-light-truck-tire/
there's 6-ply 8-ply 10-ply or 12-ply. I'm not familiar with this. If I were to pull a camper trailer that I would rent is this a factor to consider?

 

Thanks, that's a good comparison. the BF Goodrich looks like a nice tire as well.

 

Concerning. Here in the Chicagoland area the rain, snow and road grease can be an issue.

305/55/20s with a 4in lift? Was the lift necessary for the wheel/tire setup? My stock 2024 tundra has 265/65/20s so I think my 65/20s are larger overall dia than your 55/20s but yours is a 2014 so the stance may be different OEM.

 

In my opinion if you do no off road you probably won't need the tires I have. I go 4 wheeling as much as possible and these are a great compromise of on and off road capability. So you may not need the ridge grapplers.

 

Man, after reading 1000 posts on wheel and tires, it seems like it's a crap shoot and I'm probably even more confused LOL. Even the same combo 18inch 275/75/18s seem to rub on one truck but not the other. Insane. I think I may just stay stock considering it is a $2800 upgrade and not even be sure if the stuff will fit.

 

It's ok, we still care about you.

 

Thanks corndog. I'll get a corndog this weekend at the fest in honor of your goodwill! LOL (I actually love corndogs)

 

"Quiet" is a subjective term. Any lift, and certainly switching to an all terrain tire will be "louder" than what you are experiencing.

Have any friends/ family/ neighbors with "lifted" trucks and AT tires? Go for a ride with them. Doesn't have to be in a Toyota. Or try a dealership. Many of them turd-lift and turd-wheel/tire a brand new truck to mark up $20k for some poor sucker.


Are you coming from a passenger car world into truck land? Or are you coming from the land of '78 Broncos with 38" Boggers or Thornbirds when you were in high school? That will also influence what you perceive as quiet/vs loud.

Edit:
But, sticking with the Nitto "Grappler" line - Terra, Recon, Ridge (in increasing order of "loudness")

 

Lol sounds good to me!!

 

I've got Ridge Grapplers 295/60/20s, 2013 no lift. You can hear them if the radio is off, but they're not bro country loud if that's what you're wondering.
I can tell you this tough, they're a little over 1/2 way through their lifespan and the ride is beginning to noticeably degrade, common problem with them which is too bad cause otherwise they're great.

 

So what I would recommend would be a good quality All Season tire. If you do no offroading, All Season should do you fine. Same size and would would be a good bit cheaper too.

 

Had a GMC S15 In college. Traded it, and a used old harley for a jacked "monstertruck". It was lifted probably 3 feet and the tires were maybe 5+ foot diameter. That was super fun for a bit but just too big and i doubt allowed on the roads these days lol. That was loud. Some friends had lifted trucks, jeeps etc. But that was 30+ years ago.

I figured the tires would last 100k+ very interesting

I'm not sure at this point if this is worth the coin drop. I still need a tonneau as well.

 

With a perfect life maybe, average I'd say 50k-60k and the last 15k or so would be annoying

 

Being a hybrid mine have been extremely quiet for an off-road tire. Reaching the end of their life now and have actually become quite noisy. I'll have got around 50K miles with only the last 6 months have noticed the noise level increase. Will be replacing with same in the next two months.

 

Which ones do you have?

 

Ridge Grapplers 285/70/R18

 

My experience with the Nitto grappler line:

Ridge Grappler - Great, very quiet when new. Could not get them to wear evenly no matter what and they were so cupped/feathered and loud by 50k miles I got rid of them.
Terra Grappler G2 - Louder than ridge grappler on highway from new, but constant through the tread life. They had kind of an annoying whirring sound that I never really liked. Great on road handling and tread life.
Trail Grappler - Loud when new, really loud when worn. Felt slightly vague and soft at highway speeds.
Exo Grappler AWT- Really loud when new, felt so unstable at highway speeds I thought they were dangerous. The truck would tramline and wander around with every slight pavement imperfection. 500 miles and I got rid of them.

Every single one was excellent off-road.

 

Good info, thanks, I've been considering these next. What do you have currently?

 

Michelin Defender LTX MS2. Absolutely excellent everywhere, but a minimum maintenance gravel road is the most extreme terrain I ever venture off onto anymore. Been doing 25k-30k highway miles a year for the last 10 years so I was honest with myself about what I really needed out of a tire.

 

Good intel here in that comments are based on driving needs and such. For me, I run 35" trail grapplers and love them. Personally, I couldn't care less about what they sound like. They drive fine on the freeway at 75 to 80 mph, and handle the average off-roading I do like a champ. As with any mud tire, caution when it rains, but we rarely get rain down here, so it has not presented any issues for me. They do kick butt in loose gravel and rock in our washes. I also rotate every 2000 miles or so. I almost got the BFG KM3's, but ended up going with the Trail Grapplers. 6 months and about 4000 miles on them with zero complaints.