Giving Up on BFG KO3's

[ErnieB]

The original set of KO3's that came on my Ranger Raptor were almost impossible to keep balanced. I had them road force balanced 6 or 7 times and they still had issues. I drove them until they wore and replaced them with a new set thinking I just got a bad tire. Well.... the new set is even worse. With under 2000 miles on them I cannot get them to balance. I had 3 different places try to balance and even though they got close none were perfect and the tire just got progressive worse.
I am looking at Maxxis RAZR AT's. Has anyone had experience with these? What other tire types should I look into? I live in Utah so they need to perform in the snow and in the desert.

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[hsun85]

The ko3s on my RR are fine. I rotate them every 6000-7000 miles with oil change.

the Ko2 that I put on my 4runner were hard to balance. The steering wheel shaked really bad at 60mph.

 

[HighDesertRanger]

Have you looked at Mickey Thompson Baja Boss AT?

 

[ErnieB]

The ko3s on my RR are fine. I rotate them every 6000-7000 miles with oil change.

the Ko2 that I put on my 4runner were hard to balance. The steering wheel shaked really bad at 60mph.

I rotate mine with every oil change. These tires aren't even round.

 

[Arsenall11]

Strange, we run them as our standard fleet tyre on our vans and F150, guys love them.

 

[av8r]

huh...mine are perfect.

 

[Peter949]

27k and they are fine. These seem hit and miss. Wonder if BFG qc is lacking because I plan to go with 35" version next.

 

[jordantii]

I’m also having a small balance issue with only 1500 miles. Going back to the dealer and see if they can lug centric balance them on their road force machine. It’s not terrible but at 44 mph there’s vibration.

If they can’t I’m gonna request that they warranty the one that will not balance out.

On the tire note, maybe take one for the team and try the Pirelli Scorpion XTM’s?

 

[GLW]

I’m one of the unlucky ones as well. After four balances (including road force) still not balanced. As mentioned earlier, hit and miss. Mine missed.

 

[Caneman88]

Could it be a bad wheel ? I only have 2k miles on mine went to Discount Tire right after I got it and bought the certificates with included balance and rotation and I have no issues so far plan to do it every 5k miles or so

 

[Hoss]

Smooth as glass

 

[Caneman88]

I saw that the members down under using some kind of beads inside the tire to balance it . I never heard of that before.

 

[Ron Quixote]

Have you looked at Mickey Thompson Baja Boss AT?

That’s what I run on my JL. Awesome tire!

 

[NASSTY]

Have you looked at Mickey Thompson Baja Boss AT?

Great tires. I have about 12k miles on mine.

 

[RB205]

Disclaimer that I used to work for Maxxis during the development of the Razr AT. It tested really well against the K02 and benchmarked performance and ride quality, was actually quieter and smoother on pavement. Distribution still seems like an issue with that brand.

I've had great luck with Falken Wildpeaks.

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