New Falken Wildpeak AT4W ????

Yeah, I concur with your observations regarding E load tires. There are so many trade-off's with E-load. If you are hardcore off-roading, rock crawling, airing down real low, trail blazing and you are worried about sidewall cuts, and tire punctures by all means go for it. However, the majority of us daily drive, long summer road trips and grind away in city traffic, a good SL makes most sense. Living in the PNW I need good wet weather traction along with some snow performance. E loads struggle in that department due to the harder rubber compounds. I'm looking to replace my current Toyo OC AT3's SL this fall and will be looking at a continuing with a highway A/T in a SL load. The SL's will most likely wear faster than the E Loads tho.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCW5IXY_rIM&t=583s

 

265/75R16 in SL, made in Japan. 3/4" Bora spacer behind the 3G OR wheels. This initially wasn't my first choice in tire to be honest, but the ones I wanted were all just too heavy or aggressive (came down to these or Baja Boss). But, I am happy with them now that I actually have them. Not too heavy, not too aggressive, not too noisy, not too harsh, not too expensive..

 

Has anyone put the at4 265/75R16 on a stock 2022 trd off road and experienced any rubbing?

 

People run 265 75 16 on stock all of the time with no rubbing. It shouldn't matter what tire you pick in that size.

 

On stock rims, most say no, but some have reported rubbing when turning and hitting a small bump (like turning into your driveway). And this is even with removing both set of front mud flaps. Any wider than stock rims or different offset...will 100% rub when turning and/or hitting bump. Any front lift or leveling with 5100s will resolve this.

Good luck with your decision

 

Are you still happy with these tires? I just bought a set of those same wheels (except it's the black ones) and I'm trying to decide to go with the falkens in the 255 or or some toyo rt trails in a 285. My commute to work is only 12 miles round trip and I try to wheel at least once a month. So it's hard to not buy the more aggressive tire. But I also really want the tall skinny 255 but not a mud terrian level of aggressive. In the past I've had the Falken at3 and the toyo at3. I loved the Falken and didn't like the toyo as much. So that's my dilemma. Haha

 

Yeah, I'm still very happy. That said, life has gotten in the way of me driving my truck much, or at least not how I'd like to be driving it. It's not my daily so I only drive it once a week to keep the fluids moving around and otherwise it gets used for random hauling and camping/adventures. Unfortunately, I haven't had time for adventuring since I got these tires

It's hard to make a choice like you have in front of you since you're looking at two different sizes AND two different tires. Personally, I'd try to figure out what your most important thing is and then go from there. Here are a few things I'd be considering if it were me:

• Falken is a tiny bit lighter and a good bit narrower. You might, I stress, 'might' have a better chance at capturing better mpg with the Falken.
• Toyo is an E load and has ~50% more load capacity
• Based on the above, I would guess the Falken will be more comfortable than the Toyo (softer sidewalls). This may be better offroad too if you get more deformation of the tire over uneven surfaces.
• Based on the above, hauling/towing heavy stuff is a concern then the Toyo may be a better option.
• Based on the above many will tell you the Toyo will be more durable offroad. I wouldn't blindly trust that advice, the AT4 is very, very robust.
• Falken is a tiny bit taller
• Falken has a better chance of not rubbing or rubbing less

Before I had my Falkens I had Yokohama G008 255's and liked them at first but they got loud quickly and didn't wear very evenly. Maybe I had a bad experience but the lesson I learned is that I don't think I need MT's and that an AT is the best tire for me. I might consider a hybrid like the RT in the future but for now I'm pretty settled on aggressive AT's being the best category for me, personally.

 

Thank

Thank you. That's a good perspective. I had mickey thompson baja legend (rt) type tire and they did start chopping and wearing unevenly even though i did rotate regularly. So you make a good point on that. I'd hate to spend over a grand on tires (they've gotten so expensive) now and have a crappy on road experience after a while. If the falkens aren't aggressive enough and get me stuck I do have a winch. If the skinnier does get me a touch better gas mileage that would be a plus too.

 

Anyone ever seen anything like this?

5000 miles on my 255/80R17 Falken Wildpeak AT4Ws. Went to rotate the tires yesterday and discovered this ~5 inch split diagonally across the main tread. This tire was the right rear and it is holding air. Given it was the rear, the diagonal pattern makes it seem very unlikely I ran over something. I could potentially envision a slice like that on a front wheel when turning, but that is not the case, nor do I have any memory of running over anything that could have done this. Only road miles so far. Also, it doesn't look to me like someone slashed it because you can see the tips of the crack are propagating as the rubber splits.

The split also is perfectly linear and the exact same width as the cut siping and grooves in the tread. Definitely seems like a manufacturer defect - or at least I'm hoping it will be warrantied - so planning to head to the shop I bought these from tomorrow. Seems very odd though....and not to mention concerning if this IS a defect.

 

blimey, that doesn't look good - keep up updated