New Tire Time, What's Good These Days?

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petrolhead

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Another vote for the Cooper AT3 XLT
I looked at a lot of feedback on this forum and ended up going with these. They are very quiet, E rated, priced quite a bit less than other tires that I was looking at. Also have an awesome tread design and beefy sidewall.
 

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The nice thing about the KO2s is the weight. They do have noise and balancing issues past 20K miles in some cases. The really nice tires that everyone loves tend to be load range D/E and weight 5-10 lbs more. There are some D loads that don’t weight much more, but I worry how changing the “spring rate” on the final part of the suspension system would affect performance.
The coopers are a pound or 2 lighter than the KO2s.
 

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Around 47k miles on my 2020 OEM KO2s. Noticing a lot of traction issues in wet weather, even when not starting from a complete stop I'm spinning the tires with acceleration. Looking at these options (in order).
1. Mickey Thompson Baja Boss A/T or M/T (thoughts?)
2. Stick with OEM KO2 (C-S)
3. BFG KM3
4. Goodyear Wrangler MT/R

Is there other options I should consider? I've ruled out Nitto, and probably the Falken Wildpeak (not sure how well Chinese tires hold up).
I don't see made in china but am getting ready to throw a pair of WIldpeaks on. I also have a plow so need the traction. I'd be interested to know what you get and $!
 

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Did you know, the new ford bronco uses goodyear wrangler tires? However, Ford did not want the "wrangler" name on the tire for obvious reasons. So the tire now just says goodyear goodyear.
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KO2. I would avoid Ridge Grapplers if you are in a cold weather environment.
Could you give more info on why you say this?

I bought some Ridge Grapplers for my og Bronco that is close to done. They are SWEET looking and I read good reviews. I'm not that far off from needing tires for the Raptor and was thinking of doing the same.

I have Hankooks on there right now and they've been pretty good overall.
 

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I’ve had Mickey Thompson Baja Boss A/T’s on my 23’ for about 4 months now and on dirt, wet roads, and loose gravel they’ve performed extremely well. Haven’t had them in snow yet (if that even matters to you) but will soon enough. I had Cooper Discoverer STT Pro’s on my Gen 2 and the Mickey’s so far have outperformed the STT Pro’s by a decent amount.
 
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