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I have a Navigator coming in August, search did not turn up a current discussion of the performance of

Hankook tires.

Looking for experience/opinions on whether swapping out the Hankooks for another brand would improve

performance, quality of ride, etc.

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I have owned 4 F-150s in the last 20+ years. Never had anything but good service with OEM tires, especially with respect to service life.

One difference, this time, is that Hankook is unknown to me. Previous vehicles were all equipped with tires made by companies I know.

A side effect of ordering a vehicle in March and waiting until this week to get a build date is to much time to think, maybe overthink, things.

I have test driven a Navigator and didn't get any sense of problems with the tires.

After reading through various forums and topics here I have enjoyed the opinions and insights of some seemingly knowledgeable posters. Just

thought I'd throw the topic out there and see where the conversation went. If Hankook is as good as it gets I'm happy with that.

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The irony is that when it came time to put new tires on my 1974 Gran Torino Elite last week, the tire spec I wanted included whitewall tires, no 'Murican tire company had whitewalls in my size.....Hankook Optimos did, and after much review, my mid-seventies classic now rolls with non-American branded tires on it...I really wanted to put some Firestones on it...but Coker wants an arm and a leg for their replicas....

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