Don't want to hijack this thread but did you regear?AT. Probably an R/T by what's new and hip-- these are quite aggressive. Falken has a new RT that looks good, and the Nitto R/T ridge grappler was on my list as well.
I just got back from the hammers, and these did wonderfully.
Yep, my bad. Didn’t catch that. I wasn’t paying attention to my post.
yep. I did a full write up on it, I did it myself.
Why do people not like like the K02’s anymore? I’ve run them for decades, still running them, never had any issues or complaints and I love them. I don’t see how it could get any better when I’ve been completely satisfied with mine. Anyone care to elaborate?
People still like them, I'm a fan but there are tires out there now that run more true to size that are just as good. I ran KO2's on my JKU, XJ, and Now my JT. Probably at least 8 sets in a row. I switched to Kanati's in a 37 and honestly they are better in the rain than a KO2 and overall they are equal all the way around except being a better tire in the rain. I just scored a set of Yokohama X-AT'S in a 37 for a $1098 for a set off walmart.com. Honestly if a 35 In a KO2 measured more than 33.8 and a 37 more than 35.7 and if the price was right I'd still run them. But when you got a tire like a Kanati that you can buy for around $300 a tire for a 37 that measures 36.4 mounted and is just a good of a tire, hard to go back to a BFG. I did a thread on them and compared them to my KO2s.
KO2s are decent tires. They are ok in most conditions. These new tires are just better. Better wet traction, better in the mud, don't bang every rock in your state off your rear fenders etc.
Exactly, these new Hybrid tires are the best of both worlds as far as I'm concerned. You get a decent in the Mud tire that you can still take on the beach or on the rocks and still get 45,000+ miles out of them and not half to worry about going deaf on the freeway like you do with M/T. KO2's are still great but paying the premium you have to pay for them they should be the best tire ever made and they just are better options out there now that are priced cheaper.
You’re all making me second guess my latest purchase of 37” Ko2’s (which I already knew weren’t a true 37”) and try some of these hybrid tires. I guess I’ll have to wait until I wear these out if ever….
100% if they didn't come with the BFG tax and a 10 year product refresh cycle, they are still perfectly fine.
You won't hate them. They have good road manners. People behind you will hate you for throwing rocks at them, but such is life.
