VermontTaco
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Really liking the KO3's so far. I only have 100 or so miles on them, so this is really an early / high level review. Some context before getting into more details - I live in the northeast in a snowy area, and was considering a few different options in 275/70/18 before settling on the KO3's:
Because I've had them for less than a week, I haven't had a chance to get them too dirty yet, but I expect they will perform well. More to come later once I get off-road.
On-road driving is good and getting better now that I've dialed in the psi. The installer set my tire pressure on the high side and a bit random - I had one at 44, one at 39, and two at 42. The initial ride felt generally good, but with some vibration and bouncing at various speeds. A little rough out of the gate TBH. I brought them down to 37 and the on-road ride feel really improved, nearly the same as the stock wranglers. I'd like to go a bit lower and likely will when we get more snow.
Acceleration seems about the same. I'm not too far past break-in, so I wasn't really hitting it hard before the swap so not the best comparison. But living and driving between 2-3K feet in elevation everyday, the turbo seems to be doing its job well. Not much different from stock so far.
Coasting on the highway seems about the same, not a lot of deceleration when laying off the gas. I still need to better measure MPG, I assume it will be slightly worse by 2-3 MPG.
I did ask the shop to see if this size would fit in the spare compartment, but they weren't able to. This is snow tire swap season, and these guys are working like crazy so I didn't want to push them.
Overall appearance? I really love how they look. This size seems to be the right fit for TH's. But that's just my thinking, opinions may vary. Pics below.
- Ridge Grapplers
- KO3's
- Toyo open country 3's
- Wildpeak A/T 4's
Because I've had them for less than a week, I haven't had a chance to get them too dirty yet, but I expect they will perform well. More to come later once I get off-road.
On-road driving is good and getting better now that I've dialed in the psi. The installer set my tire pressure on the high side and a bit random - I had one at 44, one at 39, and two at 42. The initial ride felt generally good, but with some vibration and bouncing at various speeds. A little rough out of the gate TBH. I brought them down to 37 and the on-road ride feel really improved, nearly the same as the stock wranglers. I'd like to go a bit lower and likely will when we get more snow.
Acceleration seems about the same. I'm not too far past break-in, so I wasn't really hitting it hard before the swap so not the best comparison. But living and driving between 2-3K feet in elevation everyday, the turbo seems to be doing its job well. Not much different from stock so far.
Coasting on the highway seems about the same, not a lot of deceleration when laying off the gas. I still need to better measure MPG, I assume it will be slightly worse by 2-3 MPG.
I did ask the shop to see if this size would fit in the spare compartment, but they weren't able to. This is snow tire swap season, and these guys are working like crazy so I didn't want to push them.
Overall appearance? I really love how they look. This size seems to be the right fit for TH's. But that's just my thinking, opinions may vary. Pics below.
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