LeoTheDragon
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I was thankfully able to get my tires and wheels mounted the day before I left for my trip. I got the BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO2 Tires (315/70R17) because I really liked the 33" that came stock and I have always read good things. So far from a little snow and mud adventure I had, they handled the terrain like a beast. It's really the driver that needs to learn what he's doing
After driving over 2,000 highway miles in the span of a couple weeks, I have to say that they're pretty quiet compared to other big tires I've heard and handle well enough. I come from a background of driving cars with street tires and track cars so I'm used to tires that aren't as... Squishy. Although I did run Bridgestone Blizzaks on the Mazda3 for a few seasons and those were really causing the car to wander a bit, so in comparison the KO2s feel similar to that as would probably be expected.
Anyway, I like them so far and time will tell how they wear and hold up. I also installed the Mopar tailgate reinforcement kit to beef up some support for the larger and heavier spare. I read quite a bit about if this thing even works, but I managed to snag an open box deal on it and paid $250 for the kit, so why the hell not. I was a little annoyed at the tire shop because I asked them to leave the spare off since I'd have to install the reinforcement when I got back home, but they were like "the spare fit fine so we went ahead and just put it on for you. " I mean, I appreciate the gesture but I specifically asked not to. Minor inconvenience so whatever, but yeah the damn thing is heavy. I'm out of shape.
I realllyyy like them, and so far they haven't rubbed one bit. I'm not really planning on doing any hard-core rock crawling, but I did get enough flex where the wheel just barely is about to tuck into the fender. It looks like it would clear, but we will see. I can turn the steering wheel lock to lock and no issues here.
Regarding the stock spare tire carrier, no relocation kit needed at all. I did have to buy some rubber chair tips to extend the rubber "bumper stabilizers" or so it's called in the install manual from Mopar. The ones that were provided weren't long enough to make contact with the wheel, but I went on my entire trip without it and it didn't seem like a huge issue since it looks like the tire just barely makes contact with the bumper, so any hard drops would be absorbed by the bumper I think. But at any rate, I just decided to buy these things anyway because they were like $3 from Lowe's and it's one of those peace of mind things. Had to take the spare tire off again though
They make solid contact now so I guess it'll help!
After driving over 2,000 highway miles in the span of a couple weeks, I have to say that they're pretty quiet compared to other big tires I've heard and handle well enough. I come from a background of driving cars with street tires and track cars so I'm used to tires that aren't as... Squishy. Although I did run Bridgestone Blizzaks on the Mazda3 for a few seasons and those were really causing the car to wander a bit, so in comparison the KO2s feel similar to that as would probably be expected.
Anyway, I like them so far and time will tell how they wear and hold up. I also installed the Mopar tailgate reinforcement kit to beef up some support for the larger and heavier spare. I read quite a bit about if this thing even works, but I managed to snag an open box deal on it and paid $250 for the kit, so why the hell not. I was a little annoyed at the tire shop because I asked them to leave the spare off since I'd have to install the reinforcement when I got back home, but they were like "the spare fit fine so we went ahead and just put it on for you. " I mean, I appreciate the gesture but I specifically asked not to. Minor inconvenience so whatever, but yeah the damn thing is heavy. I'm out of shape.
I realllyyy like them, and so far they haven't rubbed one bit. I'm not really planning on doing any hard-core rock crawling, but I did get enough flex where the wheel just barely is about to tuck into the fender. It looks like it would clear, but we will see. I can turn the steering wheel lock to lock and no issues here.
Regarding the stock spare tire carrier, no relocation kit needed at all. I did have to buy some rubber chair tips to extend the rubber "bumper stabilizers" or so it's called in the install manual from Mopar. The ones that were provided weren't long enough to make contact with the wheel, but I went on my entire trip without it and it didn't seem like a huge issue since it looks like the tire just barely makes contact with the bumper, so any hard drops would be absorbed by the bumper I think. But at any rate, I just decided to buy these things anyway because they were like $3 from Lowe's and it's one of those peace of mind things. Had to take the spare tire off again though
They make solid contact now so I guess it'll help!
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