Packed with Technology | Falken Wildpeak A/T3W

I read something recently about a run of Falken Wildpeaks that were not up to spec and were to be recycled or destroyed but some how made it to market . I would check their website for info .

 

I believe these are sold through other 3rd party vendors. From my understanding if yoi purchase from someone like Discount you dont need to worry

 

What type of lift and how high ? Just wondering why the rubbing of mud flaps ?

 

2016 TRD OR suspension swap, plus wheelers aal and 1/4 top plate spacers. 1.5 front and about 2 in the rear. Had to remove flaps because of the new wheel offset. They stick out about 2 inches more than stock.

 

I just put a set of 265/75r16 on yesterday. They were quieter on the highway than I expected coming from the Dynapro HT. I went with the p-rated for the tread warranty. So far so good and a drastic improvement over stock. Bought mine from Pep Boys (only Falken dealer around) and ended up at $620 out the door. And FYI the p-rated that I got had a tread depth that measured 11/32.

 

What PSI are you all running in your 265/75/16s?

 

32psi here

 

265/70/R17s (same overall size) I have 38 in the front and 35 in the rear. Might drop it a hair more. When I towed a U-Haul from MI to NY last weekend I had the rear cranked up to 48 and the front at 45 just to handle the load.

 

I am now over 10k miles, just did a road trip to MI from NY. Towed a 6x12 uhual back as well. Going out there everything was under 10/32 of an inch. I'll measure the tread tonight to get an idea of how much more burned off. I'm figuring I have another 10k miles left in them

 

Are you on P or E rated version?

20k on the P version is awfully low if that is what you're using and approx. mileage on them/expected.

 

P-Load rating.
I'm not expecting to much more out of these since I've burned through almost 43% of the total tread but only driven 18% of the mileage that these are warrantied for (43% is if I drove these right till there was no tread left. 2/32 is the legal min for NY State so I've used 50% of the legal tread). So that logic if I ditch these at 4/32 (really not safe to run below 4/32) I have about 10k miles left on them, assuming my wear pattern is linear (stays consitent from start to finish). Then I'll get 64% back from Falken for what I paid for them

 

Wow, that is pretty bad tread wear for such light mileage. As someone on a previous page stated, Falken had a bad batch go out. You may have been a recipient of part of that batch.

Now the question becomes, would you purchase the same tire model again with your experience & empirical evidence with use on this tire? You should also factor in your time into that answer too, because it does take time to get them replaced and contacting Falken/distributor for that reimbursement.

 

Yeah I saw that post and have a feeling that this was part of a bad batch, had that feeling since I first started noticing them wearing quickly.
I've reached out to both Falken and Discount Tire Direct on it already when I had about 5k miles on them and they already have me on the watch list for them. I did kind of a quick review on these a few posts ago, and kind of came down to the conclusion: Pros-Cheap, Look Good, Really Good Wet Road Traction, Quiet on the highway. Cons-Wear Fast (In my case), Heavy for a P-Load, Not impressed for Snow/Ice/Mud Traction, Tires like to slide when there is some dirt/gravel on pavement, and they do like flinging rocks.

I probably will not buy these again, and I feel bad for swaying people away from them since there are others that have had good luck with them. As for the next set I'm not 100% sure what to go with, but leaning more towards the Cooper route or Nittos

 

Just checked I'm now at 9/32 on the front and a hair lower then 8/32 in the rear so def need a rotation. Mileage wise floating around 10k on them

 

Anyone have pics of 265/70/17s in an LT on a 16 or 17 tacoma?

 

This is how my 17 sits. It has a 2" leveling kit up front

 

Put these on last week I got a 315/75/16. And so far I love these tires they ride amazing and look killer

 

That pic is with the 2in leveling kit and LTs?

That looks good. I just did 887s and was thinking of st maxx 275s on my ray 10s but I like the look of the wild peaks and the LT 265s are close to a 275

 

Yeah

 

LT265/70 17 ? Looks good . I have some on order .