South Florida B.S. Thread

Hey everyone. Just joined, but I've been a long time lurker here on the forums. 2014 sr5 prerunner dcsb stock for now but i just ordered some SCS Sr8 wheels.

 

Welcome to tw even though you've technically have already been here

 

What size rims?

 

17

 

So does anyone know of a good place for a/t tires around Miami dade?

 

I'd reach out to @TAC1

 

I'm looking at getting some 275 70 R16 Load Range D tires soon.

Wonder if we could get a discount if we did some kind of a group buy...? WHO NEEDS KO2's??? LOL

 

I do need tires. Pretty certain it will be KO2's.

Just not really wanting the decreased in MPG, at least not a decrease like the Mud Terrains inflicted.

 

i strongly dislike my ko2s , look into a lighter tire ...

 

Yeah KO's get heavy quick the bigger you go. Dosnt really effect 5 lugs lol beside I love the grip I get from them.

 

it sucks when your truck struggles to keep up with highway speeds

 

Cough cough...regear....cough cough

 

no way, i refuse to regear for a 31.7" tire lol, and I'm 2wd ...

 

Why it's half the cost then?

 

^^^^ this guy ^^^^

Maybe your just paying twice as much 0_o

 

@AWorthyOpponent , hey man! I hope that you and your family are well. Well, I'm working at Goodyear now so I don't get employee pricing on my BFG's anymore but that being said, I will buy BFG's at a higher price than get a set of Goodyears at my employee price. I'm not saying that the Duratracs are bad. I'm just saying that the BFG's are that much better. BTW. The tire you want weighs 50lbs.

@PMK, hey man! I hope that you and your family are well. Paul, you and I talked about those Mud Terrains when you planned on buying them. If I remember correctly you bought a set of 255/75r17's? Well, that tire weighs 47lbs if it's a Load Range C. A 265/70r17 BFG AT KO2 Load Range C weighs 46lbs.

Personally, I would go with BFG's because regardless of the ply rating the sidewalls have Tri-Guard. 3 plies. And they ride great. I've had 3 sets and have only chaned them because I've changed tire sizes.

 

This happened to one of my tires about 2 months ago at Lazy Springs. I apparently side swiped a rock. I put 2400 miles on it since and no issues.

 

I had installed BFG Mud Terrains, KM2's, 265/70-R17, E load range tires a while back. I had them mounted on the oem TRD Sport aluminum wheels.

These worked very well off road. On road they were not bad or too loud, definitely rode firm, but complimented the ICONs. The tires were heavy and rolled terrible. When I removed them and sold them, I reinstalled the oem tires and wheels. I immediately picked up several MPG and even more on the highway. Normally I get over 50 more miles per tank of fuel and if a highway run, it will be just under 75 miles more per tank for all highway driving.

I will probably go with KO2 tires. Just want to run the oem tires until done.

 

That makes sense @PMK

 

I'm realizing this now, drive a 180 mile round trip every few days, lost a significant amount of mpg on my heavy ko2s avg is 18 mpg doing 65 mph, any higher and it drops rapidly