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So didn’t want to bury this in my original 6112 thread. Finally have my 35’s sorted. As earlier posted, my 315/70R17 BFG K02’s had balance issues. My tire shop used a whole box of weights to balance the 5 wheels and told me to return them if balance was an issue. Sure enough at 70 to 75mph they were noticeably out of balance. Returned them in exchange for Toyo Open Country AT llls that were finally installed last week.
Observations:
1) I went with 35x11.50/17s, (C Load range) / (1”narrower), and lost most of the poke, just sidewall poke now and look great, perfect size for non-SAS OBX painted flares. Not sure if I’m officially in the “Pizza Cutter” club now or not, but super happy.
2) IMO, the Toyo‘s ride best at 33lbs (no excess load) ride is on firm side but very comfortable. (Not squiggly/squirmy like my K02s were that I typically ran at 35-36lbs to firm them up.) Tread-wear looks good across the tire surface as well. Haven’t chalk tested yet, but driving on dusty road surface looks promising.
3) Pics of new Toyo’s vs the K02s to come - raining out next couple of days so gonna wait until clears up to get good pics.
Learned a lot through this process about wheels, suspension lift and tires…wish SAS wouldn’t have been a constrained item when I ordered, but did end up with the 6112s that are fantastic.
PS. Curious, are the oem SAS wheels known to be hard to balance? Hard to believe how out of balance all 5 K02s were…
Observations:
1) I went with 35x11.50/17s, (C Load range) / (1”narrower), and lost most of the poke, just sidewall poke now and look great, perfect size for non-SAS OBX painted flares. Not sure if I’m officially in the “Pizza Cutter” club now or not, but super happy.
2) IMO, the Toyo‘s ride best at 33lbs (no excess load) ride is on firm side but very comfortable. (Not squiggly/squirmy like my K02s were that I typically ran at 35-36lbs to firm them up.) Tread-wear looks good across the tire surface as well. Haven’t chalk tested yet, but driving on dusty road surface looks promising.
3) Pics of new Toyo’s vs the K02s to come - raining out next couple of days so gonna wait until clears up to get good pics.
Learned a lot through this process about wheels, suspension lift and tires…wish SAS wouldn’t have been a constrained item when I ordered, but did end up with the 6112s that are fantastic.
PS. Curious, are the oem SAS wheels known to be hard to balance? Hard to believe how out of balance all 5 K02s were…
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