Hey guys, I’ve got about 2700 kms over a month of driving, so thought I’d share some initial thoughts.
Coming from 285/70r17 KO2’s to 35x11.5r17 RT01’s.
Here in the foothills, we’ve had ALL the weather! Up to 22 degrees and sun blazing, two full blown blizzards, a little freezing rain and...
Yeah I did, all the wacky numbers were making me crazy. I’ve put three tanks of fuel through it now, I went from mid 11’s to mid 12’s - so approximately 1.5 mpg.
1.5 mpg drop, extra weight felt accelerating, not in the steering which feels the same or lighter, they track nicely up and down the road, better than KO2’s, started with a nice little howl, louder than KO2’s initially
I’m a non sas Badlands, so 8” wide wheel with +55 offset - 11.5” width was only option with factory wheels ( which I wanted to try first )
In hindsight, I probably should’ve got the Sasquatch package - for no other reason than a factory fit for 35x12.5” tire, and options are basically wide open...
Where the mirror pivots ( or perhaps even closer to the body?…) a single large bolt, an extra long wiring harness that unclips, done! If the bolt head matched up to our tool kit we already have for our hard top?
Even folded in they are such a sight line block, they’re huge! I would love to be...
I just pulled mine off ( 70,000 kilometres, 6/32 remaining ) they are awesome off road at 15 psi, acceptable on the highway as a daily, truly bullet proof construction, uneven wear even rotating - if your airing down on the regular I couldn’t recommend them enough, awesome in the gravel, dirt...
The mirrors stick out too far and take a beating off-road, I’ve destroyed one already, wish there was a way to pull them for offroading that didn’t require 20 minutes of work on each one
There’s a reason the jeeps come off with the doors