Help choosing new tires

[Blues Fan 30]

My analysis paralysis has moved on from the lift part of my build to now what tire to choose. Looking at 37s. My driving is a high majority on road with the occasional offroad journey.

Is there any reason I shouldn't go with the ko2s? Looking at going with a load range of D. The C is significantly cheaper, but my understanding is people feel they are too "squishy" for 37s.

The Baja Boss is a great looking tire as well but its 10 lbs heavier.

Ive got 33" Toyo AT3 on now and theyre great on road but honestly I havent been super impressed with them offroad.

Any other choices I should be strongly considering?

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[q2bruiser2]

The latest iteration of the Brig K0 series is the K03. I've watched several videos on comparing to other brands and the older K02s. The K03s stack up well.

 

[flick2614]

Nitto's have never done me wrong. For my trucks that are 75/25 on road to off road the Ridge Grapplers are the go to. For the Jeep the Trail Grappler is the shit.

 

[Ratbert]

The latest iteration of the Brig K0 series is the K03. I've watched several videos on comparing to other brands and the older K02s. The K03s stack up well.

Unfortunately they won't be available in a useful 37 until sometime next year.

 

[Blues Fan 30]

Unfortunately they won't be available in a useful 37 until sometime next year.

Yeah I saw that too...oh well.

 

[WannFly]

BBAT hands down

 

[yokramer]

Im in the same boat, I really kinda want to go with the Wildpeak M/Ts but Ive never really seen anyone run them on here except the stock ones on the Willys for a while.

 

[jellis4148]

I second Nitto. I've had 3 sets, 2 ridge and 1 trail. I love the off road traction and the on road manners. Not a fan of the Ko series of tires. I've seen a lot of people have to work to get over an obstacle with them that Nitto, Mickey Thompson, and other quality tires have no issue with. They pick up small gravel bad. I have nothing good to say about the Ko tires. Nitto, or Mickey Thompson is my vote.

 

[Ratbert]

Im in the same boat, I really kinda want to go with the Wildpeak M/Ts but Ive never really seen anyone run them on here except the stock ones on the Willys for a while.

I'm pretty sure they're not 3-peak rated. I'd think that'd be a big concern for those living in CO.

 

[Blues Fan 30]

I second Nitto. I've had 3 sets, 2 ridge and 1 trail. I love the off road traction and the on road manners. Not a fan of the Ko series of tires. I've seen a lot of people have to work to get over an obstacle with them that Nitto, Mickey Thompson, and other quality tires have no issue with. They pick up small gravel bad. I have nothing good to say about the Ko tires. Nitto, or Mickey Thompson is my vote.

The only reason nitto would be a pass from me is theyre missing the three peak rating and we do deal with snow and crap here in the midwest. Im leaning more to the Baja Boss now though based on comments. My dad has the 33s on his 17 and they are a great looking tire.

 

[flick2614]

The only reason nitto would be a pass from me is theyre missing the three peak rating and we do deal with snow and crap here in the midwest. Im leaning more to the Baja Boss now though based on comments. My dad has the 33s on his 17 and they are a great looking tire.

I'm not all that familiar with the 3 peak rating but a quick look says the tire has to perform well in medium packed snow to be rated. I doubt medium packed snow is a consistent thing in the Midwest. Regardless I ran Nittos in the Utah mountains for a few years, no concerns with traction there. Had a few instances of snow drifts over the hood of the truck and still maintained traction.

 

[WannFly]

If you need winter tires for snow and the inevitable black ice under it depending on where you live, go with a diff set of dedicated snow tires. I have done several trails / sketchy roads in Yellowstone, WY and MT area with Blizzaks on my RAM and they performed flawlessly.

all these 3 peak mumbo-jumbos do not hold a candle to a dedicated snow tire. Completely depends on where you live. Midwest is kinda big depending on who you ask. I lived in Fargo, ND and ventured out to the west via US-2 every winter in middle of whiteouts and blizzards.

I remember there is a stretch of road in CO and other places that requires either dedicated winter tire or chains, else you get a ticket.

I dont know if any of these companies makes off-road studdles winter tires or not, since I live in GA now, I have never looked at it. Sometimes I go to Smoky to play in the snow, stock KO2s did ok, but just ok. I will try my BBAT on the snow this year and see how it does. Based on what I have seen on YT and other posts, BBAT does great in snow.

 

[Blues Fan 30]

If you need winter tires for snow and the inevitable black ice under it depending on where you live, go with a diff set of dedicated snow tires. I have done several trails / sketchy roads in Yellowstone, WY and MT area with Blizzaks on my RAM and they performed flawlessly.

all these 3 peak mumbo-jumbos do not hold a candle to a dedicated snow tire. Completely depends on where you live. Midwest is kinda big depending on who you ask. I lived in Fargo, ND and ventured out to the west via US-2 every winter in middle of whiteouts and blizzards.

I remember there is a stretch of road in CO and other places that requires either dedicated winter tire or chains, else you get a ticket.

I dont know if any of these companies makes off-road studdles winter tires or not, since I live in GA now, I have never looked at it. Sometimes I go to Smoky to play in the snow, stock KO2s did ok, but just ok. I will try my BBAT on the snow this year and see how it does. Based on what I have seen on YT and other posts, BBAT does great in snow.

I definitely don't need dedicated snow tires as my preference is just stay home if the weather sucks that bad but want something that's not going to just be a complete mess on the roads if we do go out in the snow.

 

[3TV]

Nitto's have never done me wrong. For my trucks that are 75/25 on road to off road the Ridge Grapplers are the go to. For the Jeep the Trail Grappler is the shit.

I have wanted to try Nitto Trail Grapplers since they came out. In 2023 we bought a Gladiator Mojave that the dealership had put a Mopar lift and 285/75R17 Trail Grapplers on. At 23,000 miles I just replaced them. My set of Trail Grappler tires were the shit, and not in a good way. Here is what they looked like at 23,000 miles. Alignment was verified and was correct. They were rebalanced and ran smooth with no bounce.

These tires were much louder on road than others we have recently used (Toyo MT, Cooper STT Pro), and they wore out a lot faster. I read a lot of reviews on Nitto's website because it seemed like my experience with these tires was not the norm. It turns out that about 4 reviews were positive and then one horrible review, and so on, over hundreds of reviews. When ordering new tires I talked to one of the managers at the local Les Schwab dealer I buy tires from. He is very much into off-roading, as are many of the other employees there. He has a Toyota Land Cruiser with 38s, and even the super cute female receptionist has a 2-door JK with a Metalcloak long arm suspension with 37s. The manager had noticed the same inconsistencies with Nitto tires, so he started keeping track of the plant they were manufactured in. Apparently, there are two plants in the USA and one plant in Mexico that make Nitto tires for North America. He noted the bad tires came from the Mexico plant, which is where mine were made. I have absolutely no way of verifying this, it is just what he told me.

I've always had good luck with Toyo MT tires, and just six months ago put a set of 40s on my JLUR. But for our Gladiator Mojave that needed new tires I went with Toyo Open Country RT Trail tires. Check them out, they got my vote.

 

[flick2614]

I I read a lot of reviews on Nitto's website because it seemed like my experience with these tires was not the norm. It turns out that about 4 reviews were positive and then one horrible review, and so on, over hundreds of reviews. When ordering new tires I talked to one of the managers at the local Les Schwab dealer I buy tires from. He is very much into off-roading, as are many of the other employees there. He has a Toyota Land Cruiser with 38s, and even the super cute female receptionist has a 2-door JK with a Metalcloak long arm suspension with 37s. The manager had noticed the same inconsistencies with Nitto tires, so he started keeping track of the plant they were manufactured in. Apparently, there are two plants in the USA and one plant in Mexico that make Nitto tires for North America. He noted the bad tires came from the Mexico plant, which is where mine were made. I have absolutely no way of verifying this, it is just what he told me.

Interesting. I'd love to know how he was able to differentiate between those tires produced in the US vs Mexico. A quick look around online on the manufacturing plants does not mention Mexico manufacturing for tires at all, just GA and Japan. Another fun fact: Nitto is a subsidiary of Toyo and manufactured in the same facilities.

Did you get the receptionist's number?

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