I just picked up an 05 Liberty and along with taking care of the brakes, I sprung for some new tires. As much as a dislike Wally World, they had a pre-black Friday deep discount on their own flavor of Wranglers, the Trailmark.
The experience: Well, it was Wal Mart. I ordered 235 70 16 tires, using their website at $94 per tire, regular $119 per tire. It is a 50,000 mile tire with a decently aggressive look and are American Manufactured. Given the price point, I figured they'd be worth a shot. The store DOES NOT match the website price. Stupid, but I had 4 tires sent Fed Ex to the store where 4 sat in stock. I figured a Sunday Morning at 7am installation time would help avoid the inevitable. Well, I was wrong. After sliding back into my old Service Advisor role and helping someone chose the correct oil for their 2002 Jetta (with 20k!) for their Wal Mart oil change, I finally got lined up to have my tires done. At first, they couldn't find the tires. After 20 more minutes of farting around, I showed the advisor where my tires were sitting. When he looked at the Jeep, he told me he couldn't install the tires because the size didn't match. (It had 225/75/16 on it). After he got his manager, I calmly explained that it is an optional size and I just want the tires put on. After we pulled out the book and verified everything, they finally got the tires put on. I was able to get 10% off the install for my troubles, and I bought the Road Hazard as well. All told, it came to about 116/tire after taxes, disposal and road hazard. I kept my old valve stems in the wheels because they don't leak. If I had my own machine, I'd just buy them and do them myself, but I'm not there yet. They also harp on having the lugnut torque rechecked after 50 miles.
Tires... The first 100 miles: These tires are unbelievably quiet. I took it to get inspected and emmissioned in the rain today and zero wheel spin and felt confident in the deeper puddles. I plan on updating this throughout the life of the tire. Pardon the darkenss and rain, but here's a few pics of the tires on the rig. Given the vehicle, the tire and PA roads, I fully expect to replace these in about 28000 or so miles.
