Falken v. BFG tires on Rubicon

[PsychoAL]

Anyone know why the Gladiator Rubicon comes with Falken tires but the Wrangler Rubicon comes with BFG tires?

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[Digger70]

Anyone know why the Gladiator Rubicon comes with Falken tires but the Wrangler Rubicon comes with BFG tires?

That's a good question. I just figured it was because the Wrangler already had some sort of promotional deal with the KO2 and with the Gladiator being newer they decided to use the Falkens. I thought the KO2 would have been on the Gladiator as well.

 

[hjdca]

Also, if you look at the Falkens in the JT sizes, they are C range and light weight... , while other Falkens are heavier and E range.... It seems to me that Jeep worked with Falken on the JT tires...

 

[Reeb65]

This was covered on here somewhere else but I believe it was simply that BFG could not meet supply requirements.

 

[jwilson2899]

Also of note you can get the Falkens on the JL as well when your order them. The set of KO2 JL take offs I had on my Tacoma sucked, they always wanted to spin the tires on wet roads. The Falkens did much better, so I was glad my Gladiator came with them. I even kept them when I went up to 35’s.

 

[PsychoAL]

Also of note you can get the Falkens on the JL as well when your order them. The set of KO2 JL take offs I had on my Tacoma sucked, they always wanted to spin the tires on wet roads. The Falkens did much better, so I was glad my Gladiator came with them. I even kept them when I went up to 35’s.

So far I have been happy with the performance of the Falken tires. Glad to know others have had good luck as well.

 

[Sorbs]

Anyone know why the Gladiator Rubicon comes with Falken tires but the Wrangler Rubicon comes with BFG tires?

This was answered at Easter Jeep Safari last year; BFG was too busy to test/design tires to meet Jeep JT OEM spec. So Faulken stepped up and brought tires (AT/MT) that met the design team’s requirements.

 

[PsychoAL]

This was answered at Easter Jeep Safari last year; BFG was too busy to test/design tires to meet Jeep JT OEM spec. So Faulken stepped up and brought tires (AT/MT) that met the design team’s requirements.

Thanks, that answered my question.

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