Thread: BFG KO2 265/60/18

Thanks Mike,I WAS happy with the colour of my Compomotives.First silver set Ive seen,they look AWESOME
Andrew

I use 42 front, 44 rear unloaded and up to 47 on the rear when loaded

Thanks for that. I went from 40 PSI to 42 PSI all round today to see what the ride was like and I still saw a 4 PSI rise on all four wheels. I was thinking 46 PSI was a bit high but the ride was still OK. Thanks for the info.

Hi Mike, I tell you a story. I took my D4 to the tyre shop about a week ago with a brand new set of compomotive wheels ( in their box ) to the local tyre place to put a set of Ko2 on and fit to the car. I walk to a coffee shop near by to fill in the time and get a call from the tyre shop stating the new rims do not fit the wheel hubs.( heart drops to my stomach ). I tell the tyre shop to try again , as they are specially designed for D4 and came all the way from UK. He rings back again and states they miss fitting by 1 mm. I tell him to use a bit of emery paper on the inside of the wheel where hub fits.


Bobs your uncle they fitted, albeit tightly on to the hub ( with torgue wrench ). Anyway I too expected the Ko2 to not be quite as noisy as they are on tarmac - especially on overrun between 60 down to 45km/h. They also did a 4 wheel alignment when they fitted the new wheels and tyres.

Mike 57 I had a set of Khumo Kl71 muddies on my d2.

Ran them highway and town at 46psi all round.

as soon as I hit dirt I ran at 25psi and lower to 15psi when required.

the wear was perfect on all 4 , I took them off when blocks started to get hard and noisy and my daughter drove on them for 18mths in her triton.

So dont be scared to run your muddies a little higher. Just keep an eye on the wear.....you can feel it with the palm of your hand if it gets out of whack.

Garfield

Was that before or after you read my note? You will find that your 18 inch rims might be stuck on the hub if he did not remove enough paint. I removed all the paint (about 1mm) from the inside of the hub and added some copper grease and they fit fine. Before that when I did a trial fit just tightening the wheel on with the wheel nuts I had to use a lot of force on the rubber hammer to remove the wheel. If yours were forced on make sure you carry a hammer to remove them if you get a flat. Best to remove all the paint. If taking them off yourself be careful not to knock off the wheel weights from the front. There is not a lot of clearance.

Mike

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

Mike 57 I had a set of Khumo Kl71 muddies on my d2.

Ran them highway and town at 46psi all round.

as soon as I hit dirt I ran at 25psi and lower to 15psi when required.

the wear was perfect on all 4 , I took them off when blocks started to get hard and noisy and my daughter drove on them for 18mths in her triton.

So dont be scared to run your muddies a little higher. Just keep an eye on the wear.....you can feel it with the palm of your hand if it gets out of whack.

Thanks for that info.

Thanks for the advice Mike. I will check the inside of the wheels when I do the next wheel rotation in 5,000km