BFG All Terrain K02 rain performance.

[Bbaliatico]

I have 285 BFG ATs on a 2022 4 door V6. I don’t off-road at all but like the look.
Is it me or are they absolutely horrible and actually dangerous on wet pavement. If I am at a stop on a slight hill and give it gas I can spin them forever. A 20mph right turn on a residential street causes spin. Any gas and it’s full on fishtail. A curved 40mph road feels like I am too toeing.

this all on wet pavement and not still raining.

any suggestion on a switch to a better road tire that isn’t hideous?

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[SeptuagenerianSasquatch]

https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/problems-with-k02s.79116/

Suggestion, check for existing threads. You may find your answer, or bring it to attention to people who have past experience or knowledge.

 

[Bigmoose]

They are notoriously terrible in the rain. I had them on previous vehicles and they acted like you describe.

 

[BlueWaffle]

I've never had an issue with them, even when the inner teenager in me made himself present in my right foot.

I have read lots of people complain about them though..

 

[Montana Bronco]

I have 285 BFG ATs on a 2022 4 door V6. I don’t off-road at all but like the look.
Is it me or are they absolutely horrible and actually dangerous on wet pavement. If I am at a stop on a slight hill and give it gas I can spin them forever. A 20mph right turn on a residential street causes spin. Any gas and it’s full on fishtail. A curved 40mph road feels like I am too toeing.

this all on wet pavement and not still raining.

any suggestion on a switch to a better road tire that isn’t hideous?

Just wait till you try driving on your KO2’s in the snow. Friggin dangerous.

 

[Karsa]

I’ve had them on several trucks, they’re bad on wet pavement had even worse on icy pavement. Mud and snow they’re actually pretty good for an all terrain.

I put Falken AT3’s on my Colorado and the on road wet / icy manners absolutely improved, but not as good in dirt and gravel, so it just depends on which way you want to compromise?…

Tires are a deep rabbit hole, good luck!

 

[DewarT]

They suck

 

[Rydfree]

I have 285 BFG ATs on a 2022 4 door V6. I don’t off-road at all but like the look.
Is it me or are they absolutely horrible and actually dangerous on wet pavement. If I am at a stop on a slight hill and give it gas I can spin them forever. A 20mph right turn on a residential street causes spin. Any gas and it’s full on fishtail. A curved 40mph road feels like I am too toeing.

this all on wet pavement and not still raining.

any suggestion on a switch to a better road tire that isn’t hideous?

Yep what you said . My 2dr non-sas does the same.

 

[Willub]

Tire pressure?

 

[jehines3]

I’m running 34 psi and have zero
Issues with these tires. I can run 75 on the highway in the rain and zero issues. I can’t confidently do that in a wrangler on the same rubber

 

[Bbaliatico]

Just wait till you try driving on your KO2’s in the snow. Friggin dangerous.

yeah. Looks and snow (NJ-NY-VT) is why I got them. My wife’s x drive bmw is better.

 

[Bbaliatico]

Tire pressure?

it’s to spec 34 I think. I assume you mean lower? Appreciate it.

 

[Nc211]

I had initially put new KO3's on mine (OBX, 285/65/18) and loved the looks. But the ride and inability to balance them forced me to move over to the BFG "Trail Terrain" version, a SL tire that is bit more tame on pavement. Still had white lettering and still looks good.

I have an epoxy covered garage floor, slight lip at the door entrance up to the garage from the driveway. I back mine into the garage all the time. When wet, I had to have momentum to it over that 1 inch lip with the K03's. If I didn't, and with the rear in the garage and front tires on that lip, it would spin and chatter like crazy. The T/Terrains are much better (but not perfect).

I can get the rear to spin in the rain on the trail terrains with relatively ease, but nothing like the K03's were like. I chalk it up to the fact that there is just very little weight on the back, similar to a small pickup truck with an empty bed. But I've driven mine at 70mph in the rain several times now with the T/Terrains and have encountered 0% problems or sense of hydroplaning. Granted, they only have 4k miles on them since new, so time will tell. If you want to see the difference, I have a thread on here somewhere with a title of K03 vs Trail Terrain Pictures.

Edit: Here it is: https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/ko3-vs-trail-terrain-tires-mounted-picture-comparison.96927/

 

[Willub]

it’s to spec 34 I think. I assume you mean lower? Appreciate it.

Ford spec is 39 front and rear which is far too high. I run the rear at 32, 34 in the front. You barely have a contact patch running them at 39 in the rear. They still aren’t great in the rain, but lowering tire pressure helped a ton with RWD traction. Are these the factory C load KO2?

 

[TCC]

I had 315 KO2’s on my’22 OBX. Great on dry roads, not good in rain or slushy/icy roads. Actually been surprised how much better the Goodyear XT (Wrangler) on my Wildtrak have been In the rain. Rock throwing is a different discussion.

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