If you're looking for tires which are known to ride good on road and are relatively quiet, as well as aggressive enough for good offroad, here is a list of the top recommended tires. They are typically referred to as "Hybrid" A/T's. Hybrid in that they're not as aggressive as a MT which makes them quieter on road than a M/T but they're more aggressive than your standard A/T. You can't go wrong with any in this list depending on your own personal preference, so chose as you see fit.

BFG A/T KO2's
Toyo RT's
Nitto Ridge Grapplers
Goodyear Duratracs
Cooper Discovery STT Pros
Mickey Thompson Baja ATZ P3

As more forum members response, you'll see this list start to form. So I'll just jump to the answer now.

My personal favorites are the KO2's and the Mickey Thompson's but I wouldn't mind any of the others as well.

 

This should help you with sizing:
http://www.discounttire.com/en/learn...ize-calculator

I'm shopping for something similar to you, either the K02 in 34x10.50/17 or the Ridge Grapplers (C rated) in 285/75/17 which is pretty close to the same size, maybe a bit bigger. The K02's run small.

 

The Toyo R/t's are doing great on a family member's FJ Cruiser.

Super good road manners
very minimal increase in noise over A/T
Better Sand Performance
slightly better mud performance

Rotating and re-balancing regularly will prevent a lot of the vibration issues you may have had in the past.

 

As someone else mentioned, every tire mfg will have a specs list for each of their tires. Somewhere to the right in the specs breakdown you will find the height, the tread width, and the section width in inches. Some list weights, others do not.

Or as I mentioned, and someone else posted a link for, a quick search on something like "metric tire converter' or 'metric tire calculator' will bring up a list of sites that will do the conversion for you.

And then, once you find a tire you like, be sure to do a few searches for reviews to get an idea of the 'actual measured' size, as some tires might be an inch or more smaller than what was listed in the specs. Quite a few people have been surprised by this...

 

I chose 33" Goodyear Duratracs for many of the reasons you listed.

 

at almost the same real size you may want to look at the 275/70-17 or 285/70-17

I have the 275/70-17 KO2s on a Jeep and love them, quiet, stable on the road, great off road (no mud experience with these though) and way better in rain and snow on the road

 

your shocks can contribute to your ride , try different shocks maybe . my ride improved 100% after changing from stock shocks on rubicon to rancho adj shocks /nite and day in my opinion

 

OP said he was all over the road after lift and new tires, what kind of lift, what are your caster numbers? It may not be your tires.

 

^^this.
best "road" tires on the planet will not fix a issue with the lift itself.

 

Yes. That.

I plan to have a set of these, in that size, eventually...