Thinking about these for the future in a 215/60/17 for our crosstrek. I want to do some rallycross events with it and take that road trip still. All the reviews seem good from everywhere with the exception of noise. Stock tires are 225/55/17, and are yoko feolandars, but are not the A/T-s version. Apperently those have the off-road style tread. Anyways, wondering if anyone has any experience with them and if these would be allowed in what class for scca RX?
I had them on my LX470 in 16". I bought 18 rims and put snows on the 16's. I thought they were OK. Not too noisy. Grip in the ice was down significantly from real snow tires, which is why I went with the Generals. I need A/T tires for the 18" rims now and I am considering the geolanders again.
My Forrester loved them. I'm in the "turn the stereo up" camp of covering road noise, so that was never an issue for me, but they did surprisingly well in mud, loose gravel, and dirt on construction sites during work and play.
I thought they did alright in the winter months, I never had any "oh E36 M3"moments at least.
A friend who had them had only one big complaint: the sidewalls were incredibly soft / mushy to the point of causing steering weirdness in his Jeep that went away with different tires.
In reply to rslifkin:
Was he running p-rated tires instead of LT? My buddy ran them in 285/75-16 on his 4runner and didn't have a problem. I believe his were load rating D.
Thanks guys. I might just stick with the OEM stuff. I was trying to think about money and not buying a second set of rims and tires.
thatsnowinnebago wrote: In reply to rslifkin: Was he running p-rated tires instead of LT? My buddy ran them in 285/75-16 on his 4runner and didn't have a problem. I believe his were load rating D.
Yes, his were p-rated. The LTs are probably stiffer, but I'd expect a Subaru size would be p-rated.
I ran 31x10.5 15s on my old 4runner. Worked well enough fully aired and off road at 15psi. Never had them on snow. Only drove them 20k before selling vehicle, but seemed to wear fine and not chunk off road.
I had them on my Tundra. I thought they drove great and never had an issue with noise. Very limited off-road experience on them though.
I have them on my 99 Z71. I've done off roading, long highway trips, around town, and even a little snow on my trip north last year. I love them.
I have a few years old Geolanders on my Disco. Great tyres. Quiet, handle well, and do decent in all conditions I have thrown at them from dry road to rain, sleet, snow, and Ice. Even a bit of light off roading has not phased them in the least
All excellent things to hear. 
wondering if these would bump me out of stock awd class for RX, since they are not the OEM size. Anyone know?
I have the Yokohama Geolander A/T G015(newer version) on my Outback. They are the stock 225/65/17 size and I like them very much. They work well on the highway, no noise, no gas mileage difference, and handle better than the stock tires.
They also work very well off-road
rslifkin wrote:thatsnowinnebago wrote: In reply to rslifkin: Was he running p-rated tires instead of LT? My buddy ran them in 285/75-16 on his 4runner and didn't have a problem. I believe his were load rating D.Yes, his were p-rated. The LTs are probably stiffer, but I'd expect a Subaru size would be p-rated.
True. However, I was more getting at running P-rated tires on a 4x4 usually results in the poor handling you were referring to. I doubt a Subaru would have the same issues with how much less it weighs.
Hal wrote: I have the Yokohama Geolander A/T G015(newer version) on my Outback. They are the stock 225/65/17 size and I like them very much. They work well on the highway, no noise, no gas mileage difference, and handle better than the stock tires. They also work very well off-road
That is rad! I keep wanting to do something like this to the StarTrek, but am afraid to harm something so new and beautiful!
Had good luck with these and the toyo open country at's but that was on suv's and sadly not in a rally cross.
Trackmouse wrote: That is rad! I keep wanting to do something like this to the StarTrek, but am afraid to harm something so new and beautiful!
Just be careful and plan where you are going. When I go out with some other Subaru people around here we usually have alternate routes planned. Mine is not lifted but I have armored up the bottom, but haven't needed it yet.
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