Pdiehm
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- First Name
- Paul
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- Newark, DE
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- 2018 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara
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I currently have a set of Toyo OC AT3 (285/70R17) on my Sahara. Over the past 6 months or so, it's gotten scary to drive on any kind of wet road with these tires. Case in point, on Saturday I was going to central PA and made a turn to get on the highway and was sideways because there was moisture on the road. This turn was done like a gramma (case of whiskey in the back), so I babied it.
Long story short, contact the tire dealer i bought the tires from, and they are sending me 4 new tires (i'll have to buy the 5th, but I digress). I think I am down to the Falken Wildpeak AT3W and the KO2. I'm leaning toward the Falken, but the weight scares me, and he said I could get 285/75 but Falken only has that in an E load.
The KO2 doesn't come in C load in 285/75, so I'd have to move to a 315/70 (C2 Load) or stay at a 285/70. These are light in weight, but the horror stories that they are awful on wet roads has me scared to even look at them, but yet, there's a gazillion vehicles out there with them....
I do have a 2" spacer lift on the jeep so I can run 34/35" tires, but again, not many tires in those sizes that aren't E-Load.
I don't do a lot of off roading, so the biggest factors are highway handling, comfort, and how it handles wet/snowy roads. I REALLY don't want to do an E load tire, but it is what it is if I need to.
Long story short, contact the tire dealer i bought the tires from, and they are sending me 4 new tires (i'll have to buy the 5th, but I digress). I think I am down to the Falken Wildpeak AT3W and the KO2. I'm leaning toward the Falken, but the weight scares me, and he said I could get 285/75 but Falken only has that in an E load.
The KO2 doesn't come in C load in 285/75, so I'd have to move to a 315/70 (C2 Load) or stay at a 285/70. These are light in weight, but the horror stories that they are awful on wet roads has me scared to even look at them, but yet, there's a gazillion vehicles out there with them....
I do have a 2" spacer lift on the jeep so I can run 34/35" tires, but again, not many tires in those sizes that aren't E-Load.
I don't do a lot of off roading, so the biggest factors are highway handling, comfort, and how it handles wet/snowy roads. I REALLY don't want to do an E load tire, but it is what it is if I need to.
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