Last week i had the ko2's installed on my truck. I didnt read this thread and I was going to post a thread just like this last month but for whatever reason i did not. I had 43k on the gy sr-a and the snow around here made me a bit uncomfortable to drive on them any longer. It even got bad in the rain, slipping for no reason etc. Traction control def helped a lot.
So now onto the ko2's. So far i am very happy. I was really worried when i walked into the tire shop and saw them on the rack, they looked like the road noise winners lol. But far far from it. Ive got 300 miles on them so far and I am so happy i went with them. They are on my stock sport wheels and they look great. We had a small snow storm early this week which got us 3" of snow one day and then sleet/ice the next. I tried to get them to slip (going up hills in 2wd with little force not a deadweight under my foot) and very little to no slip at all. My friend in ohio told me to go with them as he has a 2012 silverado 2wd and he gets through those ohio snowstorms with ease now.
I use my truck for literally everything from daily driver to towing my race car and other cars/trucks, dinners with the wife and niece(with an addition to my son on the way in june)to filling the bed with mulch as high as the roof. I know i dont have much time with these tires but i think they will be a great all around tire for everything i do.
I have one question though: What tire pressure are you guys running these at? My tire shop put them at 46lbs and i was thinking more like 42? Can anyone else comment on this?
Im sorry i dont want to take over your thread i just want to let u know my experience with the ko2's. I did not try any other tires on this truck other than the stock ones that I milked 43k out of (i should have changed them at 24k) and the tire warranty i got at the dealership i bought my truck from ended up getting me 2 tires as i had a nail in the front left and rear left tires. My tire shop wanted to charge me $1517 for 4 ko2's mounted/balanced/and an alignment with tax etc.... With the warranty i got the tires installed for less than half of that price.
I highly recommend them and the road noise over stock i can describe in a scale below:
Scale of 1-10 (1 meaning loud, 10 meaning pin drop quiet)
stock gy sr-a: 9
ko2: 6.5-7
Good luck on your decision. I highly recommend the ko2's but that is honestly with no info or experience to go against your other choice on the table. I had toyo open country tires on my 02 ram 2500 diesel and i thought they were great heavy duty tires but i think thats comparing apples to oranges.
Thanks and if you have any questions you want to ask me directly since im not on here much my email is
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