All Terrain vs Mud Terrain for Daily Driver
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Thats my plan too.
31" KO2
Old Man Springs
Rancho RS5000x Shocks.
I hope by the end of the next month I will be all set up.
OP
higher than 90% on road use, since it is my daily. My off road is limited to some trips with my local Jeep Forum, some weekends and vacations.
My off road use is all kind of terrains. Snow, ice, mud, sand, rocks. Not Rock crawling though.
I am not REALLY extreme things, but I am trying to challenge myself and my Jeep as much as I can. Safety first though. haha
You will enjoy KO2s then. They still perform very well offroad. Here’s me with my old 33” KO2s
+1 - I think for an AT the KO2s perform very well and kill even some MTs (such as the Patagonia’s).
Mud-N-Rocks
Member
You should try swapping in some black or body color head light bezels. I think that would make the front look even better. Cheap too.
Side note to that trip, I got death wobble on the way home. Turned out my axle side track bar bolt was loose. Lost the passenger side bezel in the shaking that happened. Bought a new chrome bezel to replace it.
God loves himself some chrome ... or is that the Trucker in me ?
I like the Baja’s but once they hit around 15k miles, they start wearing really fast.
I have about 19k miles on mine and they are 2/3 worn.
I rotate mine every 3-4K, check the balance on them and make sure they are at 27psi.
They weren’t that bad in the snow or rain either.
Mud-N-Rocks
Member
Can’t argue with that! I’m of the, If it isn’t body color it should be black, mind set. Works well with my amber fire pearl body and black Mickey Thompson’s
There is such an easy solution for snow that I don't understand why people don't use them.
Tire chains.
On a side note, I've been offroading several times and my bone stock 1/2 ton pickup with Blizzak tires does better than pretty much every Jeep on the trail when there's snow/ice.
Have you considered one of the new "RT" or "RTZ" or whatever they call them "mild MT" hybrid tires?
The problem I'm having is that I want to stay with 33's and the options are fairly limited
I've pretty much got it down to 33x10.5 KO2's or 33x12.5 General ATx's, the Atx's are studable
I've pretty much got it down to 33x10.5 KO2's or 33x12.5 General ATx's, the Atx's are studable
kickice24
Member
Do you have access to Falken Wildpeak A/T3W's? I think they're a great tire and personally like the traction and wear over the KO2's. IMHO.
Pressurized
TJ Enthusiast
Agree, Falken AT3W is an outstanding tire. Does everything except for deep mud as good as anything out there.
@starkey480 Did it seem like I had bad traction with my Patagonia's? I know my wheelbase helped...
I can’t remember to be honest. Sounds like another wheeling trip is due!
Pressurized
TJ Enthusiast
Definitely... Need to repair my T-Case. I'm dead in the water right now. NP241OR stuff is all discontinued.
I just see a lot of negative posts on the Patagonia's and have yet to have anything that I didn't climb because of tires. It's been the other way around more often then not. That day on Elvis gatekeeper, the yellow TJ fully locked on brand new KM3's wasn't able to climb it and I was. Tires weren't a problem.
Ah that sucks! I did a different route when we were all there but I did the climb the next time and found a good line up it. I think everyone was too far to the left but if you go up the right and hug the side it’s a cake walk.