These BF Goodrich Mud-Terrain T/A KM2 tires are for those of you that have a 1987 and
up Wrangler, and are looking for a mud terrain tire to put on a 15- to 20-inch wheel in a
30- to 37-inch size tire.
Now, this is going to be BFG's most aggressive tire.
When you're looking at an off-road tire, especially a mud terrain tire like this one, what you're
looking for is a big, aggressive lug with large spaces in between them.
What that's going to allow, is for really good grip on both rocks and in the mud when
you're off-road, and also, the ability for the tire to self-clean.
That means that if you give the Jeep a little bit more gas, it's going to fling the mud
out of the tires, clearing everything up and giving you back your bite.
As you know, when you get mud caked in the tread of your tires, the tire essentially
becomes a slick off-road.
You're not gonna get a lot of traction.
So, that self-cleaning is very, very important.
Now, on-road, what that's going to mean is, you're gonna get a little bit more tire noise
and you're going to get a little bit less life out of this tire because of the way that
the lugs are, because of the spacing.
So, that's definitely the trade-off that you're looking at when you wanna go with a very aggressive
mud terrain like this on a Jeep that's still going to see a lot of on-road use.
Now, these lugs are going to be siped.
They have a very wide siping in them.
Again, you're gonna get a little bit more noise out of that, but you are going to get
some more flex, as well.
So, when you air this tire down, you're going to have some really good grip.
The tire is gonna conform around whatever obstacle you're driving over, giving you a
ton of surface contact, and therefore, a ton of traction.
Now, getting away from the actual tread itself, moving around to the shoulder and the sidewall
of the tire, this tire is very beefy in this area.
This is going to have a three-ply sidewall, giving you a lot of puncture resistance.
And in the shoulder, which is actually the area where most tires are going to end up
failing for you, this has a ton of really big lugs.
Those lugs do quite a few things.
One, they're going to give you that really aggressive off-road look.
Two, they are going to give you some additional general off-road functionality when you have
this tire aired down, especially when you're rolling on the rocks.
These are going to grip, claw, grab, give you some great traction when you are off-road.
But, maybe most importantly, they're also gonna provide a ton of protection in that
shoulder area of the tire, which is gonna give you the peace of mind to go wheeling
and hit the trails, and not have to worry about something coming through, puncturing
your tire, and ending your day.
As far as construction goes, I already hit on a lot of the main points of this tire.
It's going to have these large lugs spaced far apart with this deep and wide siping.
It has lugs that work their way around onto the sidewall of the tire.
But, this tire is also going to have linear flex zones, which are going to give you some
additional traction when you are on the asphalt, when you are on the road.
This also has the BFG TriGard three-ply technology built into the sidewall.
That's what I mentioned before about having a really beefy sidewall, giving you a lot
of peace of mind, when you're wheeling, that you're not gonna end up puncturing your tire.
Getting a tire installed is something that you're gonna wanna leave to the professionals.
Of course, you couldn't muscle one of these tires onto a wheel.
You could set the bead.
I know a lot of us have seen those videos of people doing that with some brake cleaner
and a lighter.
I certainly don't recommend that.
You're gonna wanna take your tire and your wheel to a tire shop, have them mounted up,
have them balanced, and then it's a simple matter of bolting them onto your Jeep.
Tires for your Jeep are going to run anywhere from $200 to $400, depending on the size of
the wheel and the size of the tire.
The bigger wheel you go with, the more expensive the tire, and of course, the bigger the tire,
the more expensive the tire.
So, it's really gonna come down to the sizing that you're looking for on your Wrangler.
So, if you're looking for a really aggressive mud terrain tire for your Jeep, I definitely
recommend looking into the KM2 by BFG, and you can find them right here at extremeterrain.com.