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New km3 bf muddies

Postby teambullet on Sat, 30 Jun 2018 3:05 +0000

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Re: New km3 bf muddies

Postby ktm300 on Sat, 30 Jun 2018 3:46 +0000

Nitto or toyo are a better tyre
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Re: New km3 bf muddies

Postby grunf on Sat, 30 Jun 2018 3:52 +0000

here we go whats better again ... or who's got bigger ....
they are all good tyres
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Re: New km3 bf muddies

Postby Myralga on Sat, 30 Jun 2018 4:26 +0000

I got popcorn [emoji897][emoji12]

Personally I’m a BF fan but I got Mickey Thompson’s this time round.


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Re: New km3 bf muddies

Postby Tyler1993 on Sat, 30 Jun 2018 4:51 +0000

+1 for the bfs!

Did not like the toyos at all. Very loud.

The nittos do look good though! Think I’ll try a set when my km2s wear out.


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Re: New km3 bf muddies

Postby camsmith on Sat, 30 Jun 2018 5:59 +0000

Just got a refund on a set of km2’s after 2 months of trying to get the balance right. I’ve had 4 sets of these over the years and loved them but these were just shit. Gone back to Mickey Thompson Atz P3. 100% better
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Re: New km3 bf muddies

Postby Terror on Sat, 30 Jun 2018 7:14 +0000

Ive got a set of BFG KO2's and they always seem to go out of balance. Really good tyres otherwise.
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Re: New km3 bf muddies

Postby Allords on Sun, 01 Jul 2018 8:05 +0000

I recently picked up 5 x brand new in the box TRD alloy 17'' rims for $850 with free delivery
( seems like Toyota are having a fire sale) with the idea of having a more aggressive set of tyres and the original 18"s.

Anyway, put a set of Nitto 265/65/17 Terra Grapplers G2's on for $199/ wheel. I like them.
Was going to go the BFG KO2's.....But EVERY single shop said they were a heavy tyre and a bitch to balance. They could do it, but might take a Kilo or two of weights........I wont even mention the price difference

If you're after factory Alloy 17's....copy and paste this into ebay
4 x GENUINE TOYOTA HILUX 17" ALLOY WHEEL MACHINED GREY WIDE BODY ONLY CLEARANCE
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Re: New km3 bf muddies

Postby grunf on Sun, 01 Jul 2018 8:22 +0000

Allords I have KO2’s and they are ballanced just fine (not by using 1 kg of weights mind you ) :mrgreen:
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Re: New km3 bf muddies

Postby Allords on Sun, 01 Jul 2018 8:52 +0000

grunf.......Im sure they are fine tyres....Its what the guy at the shop is pushing at the time.
Every second 4wd has BFG KO2's on them over here. So can't be a bad tyre at all.

I went nitto for an upcoming trip. And hey it might be a bad decision, only time will tell.
They might get more cut up than Edward Scissor hands having a wank.........We have shitty tracks here
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Re: New km3 bf muddies

Postby ktm300 on Mon, 02 Jul 2018 4:58 +0000

grunf wrote:here we go whats better again ... or who's got bigger ....
they are all good tyres


I disagree they are not all the same
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Re: New km3 bf muddies

Postby grunf on Mon, 02 Jul 2018 7:09 +0000

They are all round, black and need air :mrgreen:
Everything else is just a fine print :D
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Re: New km3 bf muddies

Postby teambullet on Mon, 02 Jul 2018 2:58 +0000

My 2 cents worth.....
My point in this whole exercise was I'm one of the 1st to trial the km3.
Putting it on here my old forum to give guys the opportunity to ask intelligent questions instead of being so catty to one another.
Questions like how noisy, how hard to balance, traction etc is what i was expecting...

Tyres are not all the same, in our race truck in challenge class everyone runs treps, no other tyre has got top 10 in 5 years..

Again my view, and it all depends on the individuals experience and skill level....
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Re: New km3 bf muddies

Postby creaky on Mon, 02 Jul 2018 4:15 +0000

Didn’t interpret much from the original post as, well, it didn’t say much. If you want to provide a user opinion on matters like how noisy, how hard to balance, traction etc then that is always appreciated.

Of course, tyres are like dinners, everyone likes something different so don’t expect to avoid differing opinions, even if they have not used this new model.

People’s differing experience with the same tyres depends on so much.
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Re: New km3 bf muddies

Postby Allords on Tue, 03 Jul 2018 2:46 +0000

What did you think of the KM3's

Bang for buck etc?
Typical noise on road......Less or more than usual?
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Re: New km3 bf muddies

Postby teambullet on Tue, 03 Jul 2018 2:42 +0000

Well, i think a bit early to tell, they weren't balanced properly as the boys really rushed to get them done.
They used a heap of soapy water so i was a bit worried to go down less than 18.
I did get stuck on that clay hill, but a 3 tonne 79 on them doesn't do the tyre justice.
While winching, after they heated up i did feel like they wanted to bite..
On rocks, really i should have been a good couple of pound less, they bagged ok but took a while to heat up, but that could be cause they are still so new and green.
To me they feel a bit wider than the km2s, but maybe thats just an illusion due to the side lugs, they steered nice, below the speed that started the wobble.
No noise, but most new tyres won't make any until they have tired over a few thousand k.
Bang for buck, they are going to be between 450 and 495depending on which company selling them.
You want to be getting 100k out of them for that.
Good time to buy km2s i think.
I saw a few of the american clips trialling, and a few speak of the new design etc, the special anti clog lugs, rararara
Ive got 2 brand new km2s on rims in the garage and apart from the ever so much rubber sidewall lugs the tyre looks pretty much the same.
If anything the km2s tread is a couple of mm DEEPER..
Have them on another set of rims now on the comp truck, going to do a few social runs on them before i need to throw the trees back on for willowglen.
Hoping i take some of the tread down before i put them back on the 79 for end of year trip up north...
Thanks for asking
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Re: New km3 bf muddies

Postby Tony2 on Sat, 07 Jul 2018 9:18 +0000

ktm300 wrote:Nitto or toyo are a better tyre

Bloody hell toyo?
My grandad 4x4'ed for many years in the outback, he said Toyo's were notorious for underperforming and shreding on sharp rocks.
I believe Nitto's however can walk the walk (or so I'm told).

I run BFG KM2 muddies and can't really fault them for the price. They're amazing performers, I'd definitely buy them again. Shit to a blanket and super tough.
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Re: New km3 bf muddies

Postby Tony2 on Sat, 07 Jul 2018 9:23 +0000

camsmith wrote:Just got a refund on a set of km2’s after 2 months of trying to get the balance right. I’ve had 4 sets of these over the years and loved them but these were just shit. Gone back to Mickey Thompson Atz P3. 100% better


Don't know if this has happened to you but did you know that there are fake KM2's on the market in Australia? They're obviously crap. Did you get them from a different place? (Sorry but I don't know how to identify the difference).
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Re: New km3 bf muddies

Postby teambullet on Mon, 16 Jul 2018 6:25 +0000

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