Ford Bronco Tires

In this roundup of tires, we’ll be talking about the pre-1996 Bronco (which has now aged to classic-car status). Our team went through the catalog and rounded up the best Ford Bronco tires, including premium all-season, all-terrain, and winter tire options. We then ranked them in Best/Great/Good order and used our SimpleScore system to determine a numerical value for longevity, traction, and handling for each tire. Ready? Let’s zoom in for a closer look:

1. Toyo Open Country A/T III: Best All-Terrain tire

The Ford Bronco is designed to be equally at home off the pavement as on the highway, so we’re kicking this list off with our choice for the best all-terrain tire, the Toyo Open Country A/T III. The Toyo Open Country A/T III is a confident performer and just the kind of tire that you can rely on to get the job done when you go off the pavement in sand, snow, mud, or rocks. That doesn’t mean, however, that you have to compromise on the low noise, ride comfort, responsive handling, and good road manners that you’d expect from some of the best all-season tires. That might sound like we’re setting the bar pretty high, but the Toyo Open Country A/T III is exactly that kind of all-terrain tire. Toyo put durability at the top of the list with the Open Country A/T III; it’s designed with a polyester casing, two steel belts, and a spiral wrap polyamide cap layer with a tough cut-and-chip-resistant tread compound. The Open Country A/T III gets an admirable SimpleScore of 9.6 for longevity with its 65,000 mile limited manufacturer tread life warranty. The symmetric tread is designed with a high void ratio and stone ejectors that easily shed stones, mud, and debris so there’s a clear section of tire to dig in as the wheel turns. Its extra-deep tread is designed for long wear along with a confident grip on or off the pavement. If you have to get through rough winter conditions, Toyo Open Country A/T III has the Three Peak Mountain Snowflake rating for severe winter service (SimpleScore of 9.7 for traction). Cornering, braking, and steering response are also predictable and sharp without being overly sensitive, thanks to the stable internal construction, shoulder design, and sipe pattern of the Open Country A/T III. SimpleScore for handling: 9.3. All in all, the Toyo Open Country A/T III is a tire you can’t go wrong with for a Ford Bronco, designed for equally balanced performance on- and off-road.

2. Falken Wildpeak H/T02: Best Highway Terrain tire

There’s a lot of common ground between all-season and highway terrain tires but with more of an emphasis on the ride quality and low noise you’d expect from a Grand Touring automotive tire. Our favorite highway-terrain tire for the Ford Bronco is the Falken Wildpeak H/T02, a tire that’s designed around the weight, torque, power, and traction of today’s trucks and SUVs. We gave the Wildpeak H/T02 a near-perfect average SimpleScore of 9.9 thanks to its enhanced load rating, reinforced upper sidewall, and silica-rich tread compound. The Wildpeak H/T 02 is covered by the factory with a 50,000 or 70,000 mile warranty, depending on size. When it’s time to call on the Wildpeak H/T02’s year-round grip, this tire gets a SimpleScore of 8.7 for traction with wide circumferential grooves, angled grooves, and 3D Canyon Sipes. The steering response, cornering dynamics, and braking performance of the Wildpeak H/T02 are also stable with good roadability. Its tread pattern is designed with support bridges that resist deformation and tread squirm by tying tread blocks together for stability during cornering. SimpleScore for handling: 8.8.

3. Nexen Winguard Winspike 3: Best Winter tire

If you have to deal with deep snow or ice-crusted roads to get where you need to go in the winter, you’ve probably already discovered the hard way that most all-season tires are not going to be capable of getting the job done for you. That’s when a dedicated winter tire is the only thing for it, and the Nexen Winguard Winspike 3 is a perfect choice. The Winguard Winspike 3 chalks up a very solid SimpleScore of 8.3 for traction; it’s Three Peak Mountain Snowflake certified for severe winter service and is designed with a directional tread pattern and sweeping grooves to eliminate snow and slush from the contact patch. The Winguard Winspike 3’s winter tread compound is designed to stay flexible for dependable grip in sub-freezing conditions, and its tread pattern is also pre-drilled to make it easy to install studs in case of ice (always remember to check your local and state laws – studs aren’t legal in many states and are restricted to certain months in others). The shoulder design, kerfing, and sipe pattern of the Nexen Winguard Winspike 3 all help with control, cornering, and steering response that are direct and on-point, for a handling SimpleScore of 8.1. The Winguard Winspike 3 is durable, too, registering a SimpleScore of 8.5 for longevity.

While these are the best Ford Bronco tires, we’re not done yet. Here are a couple more options for you to consider:

4. Firestone Destination LE3: Great All-Season tire

Here’s an all-season tire that gets consistently high ratings all around, and for good reason: the Firestone Destination LE3. Its damage-resistant rubber compound and internal design make it extremely durable, with a 70,000 mile warranty, which is enough for us to give this tire a SimpleScore of 9.5 in longevity. Year-round grip is tenacious and consistent, with a combination of 3D full-depth sipes, open shoulder slots, and circumferential grooves. Firestone’s TractionTech package is designed to deliver grip as a system, for a SimpleScore of 8.6 for traction. The Destination LE3’s stability, roadability, steering response, driver feedback, and road feel are also all quite good, with a SimpleScore of 8.3 for handling.

5. Nokian Outpost AT: Great All-Terrain tire

Nokian is a Finland-based tire manufacturer (yes, same parent company as Nokia phones) that’s made its reputation on winter tires designed for the demands of a rough Scandinavian winter, but they also excel with all-season and all-terrain tires. The Nokian Outpost AT is a great example: the Outpost AT gets a very strong composite SimpleScore of 8.4, with an 8.7 for traction, 9.3 for longevity, and 8.3 for handling. Let’s break that down a bit. With a damage-resistant Aramid Tough Shield design, the Outpost AT is covered by a 60,000 mile warranty for that very strong 9.3 SimpleScore for longevity. When it comes to traction, the Outpost AT has an aggressive all-terrain tread with Canyon Cuts, Summit Sidewalls with wraparound lugs at the shoulder for lateral traction, and Gravel Guards to eject debris and protect the casing. Unsurprisingly, the Nokian Outpost AT has the tire industry’s Three Peak Mountain Snowflake certification for traction in severe winter service. Those tread features and construction also mean handling that’s predictable and responsive, with great cornering and road manners that are composed and predictable. Another couple of nice features with the Outpost AT are the Driving Safety Indicator built into the tread lugs to let a driver keep tabs on tread wear, the low rolling resistance that saves fuel and makes it a good fit for hybrid vehicles, and the Triple Pitch tread that’s computer tuned to keep road noise low by canceling certain frequencies.

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