305/55/R20... What is the Best Tire???

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Old 11-13-2007, 08:55 PM
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305/55/R20... What is the Best Tire???

Ok guys, I have to get new set of tires within the coming weeks and well I’ve been doing plenty of searching on the web and there are only a few brands that seem make tires in the size 305/55/R20.

The tires are:
BFG All Terrain
BFG Mud Terrain KM2
Nitto Terra Grapplers
Toyo AT
Cooper Zeon LTZ(seem to be fairly new, has anyone heard of these?)

So those are pretty much the brands worth considering that my search came up with, my question to you guys is what would ya'll choose? and if you have any of these tires, what kind of tread ware and performance are you experiencing from them.
Thanks in advance for the help!!
 
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Old 11-13-2007, 08:59 PM
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THey are all excellent choices. I don't have any experience with the others, but you can get 60,000 miles out of the BFG AT KO's easily.
 
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Old 11-14-2007, 09:37 AM
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awsome thanks wandell, anyone else got any opinions??
 
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Old 11-14-2007, 07:10 PM
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anyone????
 
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Old 11-14-2007, 07:34 PM
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I have the Nitto TG's with about 6k+ on them with a rotate & balance every 3K. They are doing very well and look great. Seems like I'll get 50K out of them with out any problems.
I've had two sets of the BFG AT's, one set went on for over 50K and the other set I had two of the tires seperated at about 12K.....
The last two on list are interesting to me as well.
 
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thats for your input shane, i have the TGs on it now but i got the wheels and tires when they had a little over half ware on them. i was just wondering about other brands to see what could be the best for the money. your input its greatly appreciated!
 
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Old 11-27-2007, 11:38 PM
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Pro Comp came out with an Xtreme MT in a 305/55/20. I have only seem them and they look pretty sweet. I have not heard them on the road though. I think they are basically the same as the Discoverer STT.
 
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Old 11-28-2007, 11:18 PM
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I did the bfg km2 now they have about 4000 miles on them still look really good.
those cooper zeon ltz look really good in person that's what i think I would have bought if they made the size that i wanted
plus not everybody has them
 
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Old 12-05-2007, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by 07screw
I did the bfg km2 now they have about 4000 miles on them still look really good.
those cooper zeon ltz look really good in person that's what i think I would have bought if they made the size that i wanted
plus not everybody has them
Do you have any rubbing? I have a '06 that I want to put 305/55/20 BFG AT's on the OEM 20's with 2" autosprings.

Your truck looks great BTW, I love those KM2's!
 
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Old 12-05-2007, 07:42 PM
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Do you have any rubbing? I have a '06 that I want to put 305/55/20 BFG AT's on the OEM 20's with 2" autosprings.

Your truck looks great BTW, I love those KM2's!
yes they rub at full turn on the upper control arm
the 305 will rub the control arm also
 
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305/55/20's shouldnt rub with a leveling kit.........right?!
 
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Originally Posted by mgp32
305/55/20's shouldnt rub with a leveling kit.........right?!
nope they SHOULDNT... mine dont at least....
 
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Old 12-06-2007, 12:42 AM
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nope they SHOULDNT... mine dont at least....
I love your truck. I want to do the same thing, only with uca's and coilovers.
 
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Originally Posted by mgp32
305/55/20's shouldnt rub with a leveling kit.........right?!
Nope, they shouldn't rub at all with 2" lift. And I highly recommend the BFG AT KOs too!
 

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Old 12-06-2007, 09:16 AM
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BGF150 and Desert Dawg, are either of your rims stock backspacing? Also, BGF150 what is the width on yours?

I want to run BFG AT's on the stock 20's (not sure of the backspacing) like 07Screw has with his KM2's.

07 Screw, I was reading in some other posts that you have .25" spacers and they still rub the control arm?

305/55r20 AT KO's say they are 12.4 on a 9.5"rim and 33.4" diameter. The KM2's say the same width buy .1 taller...

I really do not want to go to a 285/65. Too bad they don't make a 33.x" tall 11.5 wide tire...
 


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