Wheel and Tire Fitment Picture Thread (sticky?)

[iBrad81]

Did you do the "Alibaba Method"?

And is you Raptor decal matte black/matte black from Rocky Mountain Graphics? I have the same color and I had the white in the decal.

Dont know what the Alibaba method is

No i had them done locally

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[HighDesertRanger]

My Black RR got the same Bronco SAS rims and Falken 285/70R17 tires my other RRs are running.

How has your experience with the Falken's been? It seems everyone on YouTube thinks the AT3W was a better tire. At least in the snow. I'm guessing your experience is different. Have you had a chance to run them in inclement weather yet? How have they been for your trucks?

 

[Ch&ler]

How has your experience with the Falken's been? It seems everyone on YouTube thinks the AT3W was a better tire. At least in the snow. I'm guessing your experience is different. Have you had a chance to run them in inclement weather yet? How have they been for your trucks?

Here's my experience if you'd like to hear. I don't have a raptor, but I put 275/70/R17 wildpeaks on mine and they're stiff as hell. And loud. I was convinced by people online that they would be quieter and more comfortable than stock. Absolutely not true. It's almost to the point I'm regretting getting them over the KO3s (not that I have any clue they would he any better).

I can't speak on wet reaction, and I got them after all the snow melted here, but try traction is good. Handling is really nice too. But if you do want quiet and comfortable I don't feel like these fit in that category.

 

[cc1999]

How has your experience with the Falken's been? It seems everyone on YouTube thinks the AT3W was a better tire. At least in the snow. I'm guessing your experience is different. Have you had a chance to run them in inclement weather yet? How have they been for your trucks?

Yes, I have several trucks with the At3Ws and several now with At4Ws.
Yes, I have had them both in snow, we had a significant amount of snow last month and drove the AT4Ws every day in it.

Not really seeing much difference in them, both are performing really well.
Quiet for an AT tire and both have a comfortable ride.

 

[HighDesertRanger]

Here's my experience if you'd like to hear. I don't have a raptor, but I put 275/70/R17 wildpeaks on mine and they're stiff as hell. And loud. I was convinced by people online that they would be quieter and more comfortable than stock. Absolutely not true. It's almost to the point I'm regretting getting them over the KO3s (not that I have any clue they would he any better).

I can't speak on wet reaction, and I got them after all the snow melted here, but try traction is good. Handling is really nice too. But if you do want quiet and comfortable I don't feel like these fit in that category.

I definitely appreciate your insight. There are a LOT of tire options and I keep circling lol

 

[cc1999]

Here's my experience if you'd like to hear. I don't have a raptor, but I put 275/70/R17 wildpeaks on mine and they're stiff as hell. And loud. I was convinced by people online that they would be quieter and more comfortable than stock. Absolutely not true. It's almost to the point I'm regretting getting them over the KO3s (not that I have any clue they would he any better).

I can't speak on wet reaction, and I got them after all the snow melted here, but try traction is good. Handling is really nice too. But if you do want quiet and comfortable I don't feel like these fit in that category.

I am a surprised with this, I don't think I have ever seen anyone coment on Falken At3w or At4W being loud. Stiff can be a lot of things going going from a 4ply to 6ply , 8ply, 10ply ,12 ply would all play factor there. If a tire show installs them at max PSI compared to the 30-36 psi spec on the 4 ply tires the truck came with, would also cause some ride quality issues, especially on lighter weight trucks.

That tire size is showing to be a 6 ply with a max PSI of 50.
An XLT would have come with a smaller 4 ply all season.
I am not surprised it is little louder than an all-season tire.
6 ply vs 4 ply and depending on the pressure could also be playing some factor into the ride comparison as well.

Same size similar spec BFG Ko3 vs AT4w the At4w is smoother and quieter.
That is a P285/70R17 size. I have compared them 3 different times now back-to-back.

 

[ncraan]

18x9 et -12 285/65R 18

 

[Ch&ler]

I am a surprised with this, I don't think I have ever seen anyone coment on Falken At3w or At4W being loud. Stiff can be a lot of things going going from a 4ply to 6ply , 8ply, 10ply ,12 ply would all play factor there. If a tire show installs them at max PSI compared to the 30-36 psi spec on the 4 ply tires the truck came with, would also cause some ride quality issues, especially on lighter weight trucks.

That tire size is showing to be a 6 ply with a max PSI of 50.
An XLT would have come with a smaller 4 ply all season.
I am not surprised it is little louder than an all-season tire.
6 ply vs 4 ply and depending on the pressure could also be playing some factor into the ride comparison as well.

Same size similar spec BFG Ko3 vs AT4w the At4w is smoother and quieter.
That is a P285/70R17 size. I have compared them 3 different times now back-to-back.

I've had them for about 2 weeks now and I immediately was having balancing issues that I still haven't resolved yet. So it's possible I got a bad set of tires but I find it hard to believe all or even more than one are defective.

I noticed the ride quality immediately. And after putting my factory wheels and tires back on to test something it's night and day. I was surprised with the noise and ride quality after reading so many good reviews on these tires. And even Tire Rack has them listed as the #2 tires in their category, right under the KO3s. But as I said real life experience from others online seemed to put the Wildpeaks over the KO3s.

 

[jordantii]

Dont know what the Alibaba method is

No i had them done locally

I didn’t either until I saw a you tube video on it. Very interesting.

 

[cc1999]

I've had them for about 2 weeks now and I immediately was having balancing issues that I still haven't resolved yet. So it's possible I got a bad set of tires but I find it hard to believe all or even more than one are defective.

I noticed the ride quality immediately. And after putting my factory wheels and tires back on to test something it's night and day. I was surprised with the noise and ride quality after reading so many good reviews on these tires. And even Tire Rack has them listed as the #2 tires in their category, right under the KO3s. But as I said real life experience from others online seemed to put the Wildpeaks over the KO3s.

Are your custom wheels hub centric, if not you might be able to get some hub centric rings for them. That can easily cause some balance issues.

 

[HighDesertRanger]

18x9 et -12 285/65R 18

You just came on here to make all of us up north jealous didn’t you?

 

[HighDesertRanger]

Yes, I have several trucks with the At3Ws and several now with At4Ws.
Yes, I have had them both in snow, we had a significant amount of snow last month and drove the AT4Ws every day in it.

Not really seeing much difference in them, both are performing really well.
Quiet for an AT tire and both have a comfortable ride.

I appreciate your thoughts on these. I would frankly be surprised if the Falkens are any more noisy than the KO3s

 

[Ch&ler]

Are your custom wheels hub centric, if not you might be able to get some hub centric rings for them. That can easily cause some balance issues.

I have hub rings installed. So far nobody has said that those are the issue yet. Hopefully it's not.

 

[cc1999]

I have hub rings installed. So far nobody has said that those are the issue yet. Hopefully it's not.

Yea, if you have Hub Centric Rings on them, that should have negated that concern.
Pretty much these days I put Falken At3W or now days AtWs on pretty much all of my personal and buisness fleet trucks the pickup trucks anyway.
Never had a defective one yet.

I would say something else must have gone wrong in the tire shops balancing process.

What sort of tire shop was it. Mom and pop shop, or big chain like discount tire.
Ie. Discount tire leases some of the latested greatest best equipment in the industry and it gets serviced and calibrated on routine bases.

Where maybe a small shop with an older machine might not keep up with their equipment maintained like they probably should. Balance machines need to be calibrated on regular bases.
Least wise that what I have been told over the years.

Just a thing that are coming to mind, that I have seen play a factor over the years.

On average I am replacing around 8-12 tires pretty much every month.
I have never seen a set of tires where all of them were bad.

I did have a set of Goodyear wranglers back around 15 years ago where 2 of the 4 were taking so much weight to get them to balance that the owner of the tire shop insisted on ordering in 2 more and making Goodyear warranty them.

 

[Lord Vader]

The OEM Wheels and OEM 285/70R17 BFGs ended up going on one of company Rangers.
‘This Lariat is 100% stock . No lift , no spacers, crash bars still in place.
‘Very very minor rub at full lock in reverse only.
‘Control arm clearance is crazy tight, so tight that you can’t run rim mounted balance weights.
‘But they did fit and have been on the truck a couple weeks now, still doing just fine.

Very tight fit. Lol

Did have to pull the rim mounted wheel weights to get the needed clearance.

Is this truck a 2.3 or 2.7? Mine is a 2.7 and it probably sits a little lower than a 2.3. I really want 285's but I don't want to touch the suspension if I can avoid it. I tow heavy sometimes. I might go with a 1" spacer or a 30 offset wheel so I'll have a little breathing room by the UCA. Still no issues?

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