Falken Wildpeak A/T4W | NOW Available at DTC

Especially in a C rated

 

Mine probably have 10-15k in them yet, maybe? IIRC, my last Grabbers wore much quicker in the second half of their life. For trails, especially way out in the boonies, by myself, I'd prefer to upgrade the tires sooner than later. Current tires are 2 years old, maybe 35k or so on them.

 

Got a reply from Falken...90 days out!

 

Was gonna say, WTF is there to like about that! I guess it's going to be TX on my 32s.

 

Here's to hoping The Tire Rack has better info...

 

Very tempting, but 69lbs for a Tacoma tire in 35x11.5x17... is that just too heavy?

 

It's definitely up there for an AT tire when there are some MT options that weight about the same. The 3 ply sideway is my guess as to why these tires are heavier than most of their direct competitors.

The way I look at it, though, is if I am putting 35's on my Tacoma, MPG's aren't the top of the priority list.

 

For sure, I'm just comparing this to the same size Toyo AT3 at 61lbs.

 

Weight could be an expectable compromise if your goal is to gain a more durable sidewall with its 3-ply DURASPEC Sidewall Technology.

 

@Discount Tire Has Falken said when the 255/85/R16's will be available?

 

Falken has been releasing small numbers of units since January, the demand has been higher than expected. The need is to ramp up production on this size specifically. DM coming your way.

 

Is the 35x11.5r17 size available yet?

 

Currently still not available.

 

Thanks. Works out well since I don’t need to spend money yet lol

 

Happy to help! Lol, but seriously we hope to have stock available for when you are ready to move forward with a tire purchase.

 

Looking at the specs of the tire in 2 different sizes has me wondering about them. I’ve looked at them in the stock 265/70/16’s and skinny 255/85/16’s. Other than the difference in height, I’ve noticed the stock size is SL rated and the skinny is C rated. The skinny is also 12 lbs a tire heavier, but I don’t see much difference in any other way. Am I missing something? 12 lbs a tire is a lot of weight for not much difference.

I’ve also noticed not much difference in weight (4 lbs) between the AT4W and the KO2’s both in stock size, but the AT4w is SL and the KO2 is E rated.

 

Yeah the new sidewall material Falken is using seems to be quite heavy. It's gonna be a good off road tire but possibly not so good on road tire. I'm not sure if it's right but according to the discount tire site the ko2 in a 295 75 16 is less than 57 pounds. Which is lighter than the falken in the 255 and the same weight as my current Mickey Thompsons in a 285. It's got me thinking about going bigger.