Welcome to the Official SoCal BS/ Shenanigans, Tundras and What’s Happening Thread

dem BASTRDs got that KM3 sponsorship

 

3 guys in the blue circle could be weird?

KM3 can have their sponsorship back...

 

Yeah. 3 grow men in the blue circle would have been a little weird. Not the first impression I wanted to make lol.
The RTT was super comfortable and easy to setup tho.
Having it stay on the roof was a bit of a challenge with the trials we were running lmao.

 

Just had one of em replaced today. The extra cost for the certs just paid for itself and then some. The tires are less than 3 months old and a sidewall got a slit in it. It was weird, I was in the back.... minding my own business and.... PING, flat tire. I didn't even hit anything. Luckily I'd just gotten a new spare 2 days before the trip.

 

Hats off to ya Andy, @Challenger1, you were in "full send" mode all weekend. It was kinda like riding a Bronco for the first time and staying on 'til ya wore it out.

 

My DUDE!!

 

Haha Thanks Warren. You guys gave me the confidence.

 

I was afraid of this thats why I decided to try the coopers. The KO2 are great tires but I had way too many sidewall failures. I was excited about the KM3 but I was worried that they have the same sidewalls so I decided to give the coopers a shot.

Almost two years of hard wheeling and only one sidewall failure; puncture from a stick.

 

I didn’t get a flat, but one is done, whole lug gone down to the belts. The rest are missing whole lugs, close to being unusable for me. 3 trips, maybe 3k miles.

 

wait what?? You're losing lugs??

 

@831Tun @Vizsla

Check this out. My front pair have 5k miles on the rear axle and about 5k miles on the front. All hard off road miles except the asphalt on the way to wheeling. This is what they look like today:

 

@osidepunker Here is how mine look, and I don’t do donuts like some of my wheeling friends. Going to take them to DT and see what they say, but I’m not driving them on the highway again.

 

damn dude. Get those replaced and sell them haha

Not even my KO2s did that and I ran them for 3 years...

 

I got a Brand New Set of KM3's for this trip and my rear tires looks like @Vizsla I wonder if they would cover that with the warranty..
Going to the place i got them and see what they say.

 

My almost new STT Pro's in front lost a few lugs and a chunk right next to my wheel. My rears are toast. I've got lugs missing down to the belt in a few spots. I didn't even get 18k out of 7 tires.

 

I wonder how different production runs can vary so much in density and durability? Companies like Cooper and BFG must have very stringent QC measures to avoid these inconsistencies.
Could it be tire spin/driving style?

 

I haven't run Cooper STT or BFG KM3, but I've seen KO2's chunk on Tacomas and I'm sure the added weight of the Tundra doesn't help.

I've had two sets of Toyo RT tires, every now and again I'll notice small chunks missing, but not enough to compromise the integrity of the tire. I've been very happy with my Toyos. They grip well, handle low PSI well, and have been pretty durable for an aggressive AT tire.

 

maybe the type of rocks you guys drove over. some of them can be sharper than other vs driving over sandy trails

 

Wow!!! That makes me feel like I did super well getting 20k out of a set of STT's.

 

It's time to start buying the race BFGs that are not DOT approved.......said a friend.

 

It's 2019, they can identify as DOT approved if they want to.

 

Sorry to steal your statement but if I get pulled over I'm definitely using that.

 

Ahahahahahahahaha!

 

Update. I got my alignment dialed in today with no issues. Ready for some trails!

 

@Sunnier
At the shop this lady had a green gen 1 with wide body flares still white assuming long travel with a bed cage.

 

Replying on Sunny's behalf....

 

Ahah i know im sorry. I may swing by again to take some.