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That's a proper photograph! Yes, more, please.

 

See: http://www.subaruoutback.org/forums/138-gen-5-2015-present/174042-2015-outback-yakima-crossbars.html

 

You're the absolute best!!! I love it

 

OP - please post here as well

http://www.subaruoutback.org/forums/138-gen-5-2015-present/175449-tires-wheels-proven-fit.html

 

Have you noticed any rubbing with that tire size while off roading or turns?

 

Can you explain why the larger size since the Yokos are available in OEM size? Is it a ground clearance thing?

1.1" diff in O.D. What's the speedo error?

 

Freaking awesome photos! Also the tires look great. But... doesn't the larger diameter mess up the AWD somehow, not to mention the odometer?

 

Any thoughts on the road noise from these tires?

 

Are you carrying a full size spare?

 

Update:

After 18k miles the tires were down to 2/32" and essentially worn out. Discount gave me a $300 warranty trade-in and I installed a set of Cooper Discoverer M+S w/ studs in P235/65R17. I do a lot of canyon driving and my Outback is frequently "weighed down" but I expected these tires to last at least two seasons. But, with Discount's warranty I'll probably buy the same set again at the end of the winter.

Here are pictures of the Yokohama tires just after removal, and the new studded snows.

 

How many of those 18k were unpaved?

 

Hard to say but at least a thousand. Im pretty hard on my cars and live 2 miles deep on an unpaved road.

That's some crazy wear. The middle 2 in the stack were very worn. Did they spend most of the time as rears. Any explanation on the wear differences?

They were rotated at 5k 10k and 15k. I cant explain the wear differences and I dont know the order of the stack.

 

That's some crazy wear. The middle 2 in the stack were very worn. Did they spend most of the time as rears. Any explanation on the wear differences?

 

Cooper Discoverer with studs on my wife's Land Cruiser and that car is unstoppable in the snow. We've enjoyed many seasons with them. Need to decide on what we're going to get for our OB that is supposed to be here in 13 days!

 

Back in the day, the dirt road rally guys were all using Cooper trires. They were really durable under that abuse. Been out of touch with that gang for years, but I'd still check them out for your kind of summer driving on gravel roads.

 

How are these tires on the highway? Any noise issues?

 

I had no issues with road noise, and they worked quite well on the highway and light rain/snow. They didnt perform very well in the winter as the rubber is too hard when the ambient temperature and ground is below freezing.

 

Cool tire chat. Learnings lot of real world use here. Personally I liked tires a lot when they weren't $800+ a set. I picked up a set of snow tires the same size as the OP's new set. Waiting to figure out El Niño before I mount them. It's still nearly 60 degrees up here. I like the bigger look in the wheel well.

 

I'm at 50,000 miles on mine (49,000 and some change). I do on road, off-road (including beach), snow, ice, look for puddles and snow mounds, drive through tidal pools, do hard cornering (far harder than one should likely do in a wagon)... as a matter of fact, I don't take it easy on my tires (or Outback as a whole) in any way.

I make sure mine get properly rotated, and I also run them at about 5psi over door pillar most of the time.

I truly love the tires. Mine are still relatively quiet, as long as they are not under-inflated (even a little under door pillar numbers gets noisier and less fuel efficient). This is today, at over 49K miles. I rotate them consistently at 7,000-8,000 miles and make sure they're properly inflated.

 

Impressive!

 

^ I had great luck with my A/T-S on the 2011, but the G015's are supposed to be even that much better.

 

Making a note of that for my next set. :smile2: Thanks!

 

Looking to install some Geolandar A/T G015 in 225/70R17 on my 2018 soon. Anyone got pics of these installed on 17" OEM wheels?

 

I am having a set of Geolandars put on the Outback Monday. Very excited to give them a try! I am going with 235/60/18

I have had other Yokohama models on other cars in the past and have loved them.

 

I am having a set of Geolandars put on the Outback Monday. Very excited to give them a try! I am going with 235/60/18

I have had other Yokohama models on other cars in the past and have loved them.

I think that is the way to go - just a tad wider but otherwise within OEM specs - have Golanders on our 2017 Crosstrek ~25k and going strong - no road noise. Folks are working against themselves when they get too far outside the OEM specs that the car was engineered for.

 

Just a note that I had two sets of AT-S and I could not stand the cornering and braking of them. And it only gets worse with age.


I hope the talk is of the newer G015 not the AT-S.


I was stopping and cornering better on my LT-D KO2s than on the AT-S. On Hawk HPS 5.0 pads.

 

Yes, I am going with the G015 tires. I will let you know how they are after I get them on and get some miles on them.