Questions for Falken Wildpeak Owners

Beware the crowd that claims e rated are a comfortable tire .

 

My Es are set at 44 rear 46 front.

 

That does concern me. The town I live I swear puts the manhole covers right in the tire route in the traffic lanes on purpose.
My last truck has E rated tires and was starting to get on my nerves now that I'm not a young man anymore. My new truck rides sooo
much better. I want a larger tire, but I sure don't want to screw up the ride.

 

How long have you been running these? any pressure recommendations? Just put them on my stock truck this past weekend. First venture into non stock tires and unsure where to begin with pressures. Understand part of it is personal preference, but curious if you had a good starting point or recommendation.

 

The SUV SL's and LT E rated do use a different tread compound. The SUV sizes are better in wet but will wear faster and the LT sizes give up wet in order to be more durable.

 

The E rated is far better in the snow and heavy rain. And everything in between. The SL wildpeaks were the worst tire I have ever run. I've run pretty much most off road tires on my vehicles, goodyears, cooper, falken, km2, and theres more

 

I never said more comfortable, my E loads do ride stiffer than prior C loads.
Granted it all depends on your pressures you run plus what suspension you have.
(Note, my truck is over 6000lbs in DD mode. Its MUCH heavier than stock or near stock.)

 

I checked my tires. 3 out of the 4 are correctly mounted with the yellow dot next to the valve stem. I blame it on the random tech they had help the first guy. I was watching the first guy mount the wheels and he actually knew what he was doing. Correct lug tightening and he even went back with a hand torque wrench on all 4 sides in the correct tightening pattern.

I guess there are some who are very knowledgeable and some not so.

 

I just bought them a few weeks ago. I plan to do the chalk test but, due to all the covid craziness, haven't had a chance to go to the store and buy a stick of chalk! Maybe I need to order chalk on Amazon!

In the meantime I'm running 35 f / 30 r. The shop had set pressure to 30 all around but the front tires were bulging noticeably more than the rear.

 

I've had zero issues. Most people I've read are similar to me.

 

I use tacomas off road for work, and the work trucks have 265’s. 265’s are very capable for almost all situations. Larger tires make bigger obstacles feel smaller and easier to tackle but most of the time, unless you are looking for those extreme situations for the sport of it, you can avoid them. I’ve finally decided on 265/75 duratracs in C load. They weigh 45 lb. I dont wanna stress my transmission running 58 lb ST maxx’s in 285/55. I feel C load is the right rating for these mid sized trucks and provides adequate protection off road.
I also chose duratracs over something like wildpeaks because the tight voids look like they would be useless in the clay type mud we have here where I live.

Edit: a lot of people here have the money to lift, buy after market UCA’s, and regear, and run 285’s just fine. Don’t get me wrong I’m not hating, I just dont have that kind of money, so I’m going with 265’s because I want my truck to last a long time and I don’t feel comfortable running very heavy tires on stock gears.

 

Well said. Yea I've had Toyo AT2, Duratracs, and now GY Wr Authorities on this truck. Had KO2's on my 1st gen, would get them again if they made 265/75/16 in load C. Now considering At3W or now the GY Ultraterrain's. The two GY tires are nice when new but once they get past half worn they get obnoxiously loud IMO. 265/75/16 C loads all. My buddy has 33" E's and when I drove it I noticed a big difference in acceleration and ride. Rides like a tank! 20lbs heavier per corner makes a difference. Plus I tow a RV trailer and carry tools daily so no way would put a bigger and heavier tire unless I regeared. Not ready to make that commitment. Still use my truck for work. I will say they do look more badass with 33's or 34's but function over form for me. BTW the guy with 33's never got over something I couldn't. Lastly I would try a 275/75/16C if one of those tires came in that size???

 

the same ones that say you can fit 285s with no rubbing.

 

I have LT285/75r16. Very happy with them. I found them stiff at first but ended up running 36 psi front and 34 rear which was a good compromise in comfort.

Please disregard terrible tire shine job. First and last time I'm going through a tocuhless car wash lol

 

Couldn’t agree more. Pride is a crutch.
When I had mine they were 33-35 psi SL rating

 

C or E, anything else is soft as shit and you can't corner worth a damn.

 

C rated if your tire choice and size comes in it would be best for the weight and use of our trucks, once you get into MTs you start not having much choice though. Unless you don't tow or do much offroading. Then, by all means, do the SL and get a better ride and theoretical fuel economy.

My truck tows our travel trailer a ton better with about 40 psi in the rear tires though, and I'm not sure that is possible with SLs

35" Falken MT's E rated, usually run about 30 psi btw.

 

E load, 31psi all around

 

What size are your tires? If you don't mind me asking

 

Those are 265/75/16.