Bf Goodrich Ko2

[Bryce Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Bryce]

Hi all just an update on the ko2 just spoke to my uncle at Michelin and he informs me that the size 265/70/17 won't be available till late this year and the size 265/65/17 won't be here till next year. As he put it Australia is there smallest market so we only get allocated what's left. Pretty disappointing.

[spike69 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close spike69]

Thanks Bryce, I was wondering about that. Still my current rubber will last that long, so I guess patience is a virtue still…..

[Razorback81 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Razorback81]

i defiantly liked the look of the tyre, but that is disappointing that we have to wait so long after such a big introduction
i dont know if i could hold out that long, as the big display we had at the Mildura 600 in early April told us that they would be here in August this year
when i quizzed them why they didnt bring the 265/65/17 in first they said their 16" range would be the biggest market, and i said really with all the Prado's & Hilux's
i guess i will go for the Toyo's as i know what they are like after racing on them for years

[Bryce Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Bryce]

I'm tossing up between the toyos and the dick cepek fun country's the FCs are a bit more pricey compared to the toyos but they look really nice really aggressive.

[kenny5000 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close kenny5000]

I have the Dick Cepek Fun Country's, I have only put about 5000 kms on them at the moment but so far have been excellent both on and off road, I am really happy with them. It will be interesting to see if they deteriorate on wet black top over time as my previous coopers did.

[topic97 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close topic97]

Bit of an update here, just ordered 265/70's today & they arrive on Tuesday.
$350 fitted & balanced which I didn't think was too reasonable, will be interesting to see how they go!

[rags Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close rags]

I made an enquiry yesterday and told same available from Monday 265/70/17 and 265/65/17 from last part of year, price quoted was about $370, will be ordering next week for the new Prado that I picked up on Wednesday

[AJ120 Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close AJ120]

Same here, spoke to my local dealer yesterday and was told they are available, didn't ask a price but will in a few weeks when I am ready for a set.

Cheers Andrew

[topic97 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close topic97]

Yeah I was surprised, the BFG Site has always said Q4 this year so I never bothered to check & was going to go for ST Maxx in a few months.
But had a kumho piece of sh*t tyre blow out on me at 100k on Sunday so the new set of all terrains are coming a bit sooner than planned!

Im happy, missus isnt exactly thrilled....

[topic97 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close topic97]

And they look a lot more aggressive in person than what they do in all the BFG stock photos which I was quite surprised at.

[topic97 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close topic97]

Same here, spoke to my local dealer yesterday and was told they are available, didn't ask a price but will in a few weeks when I am ready for a set.

Cheers Andrew

Well for reference, I went into Bob Janes this morning to price them, was quoted $398 per tyre.
So went into my local Coopers dealer & was quoted $380 for ST Maxx which I was going to go for.

Thought id try my normal mechanic who is also a tyre store and are a BFG dealer expecting them to be around the same as Janes only to find out they were nearly $50 a tyre cheaper!!

[AJ120 Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close AJ120]

And they look a lot more aggressive in person than what they do in all the BFG stock photos which I was quite surprised at.

And the tread pattern is quite different to the old types, which doesn't show in the pictures.

Cheers Andrew

[craigm Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close craigm]

And the tread pattern is quite different to the old types, which doesn't show in the pictures.

Cheers Andrew

I must've been looking at a different KO2 because I all I saw was the same tread pattern in the middle with sidebitters

[topic97 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close topic97]

And the tread pattern is quite different to the old types, which doesn't show in the pictures.

Cheers Andrew

I gotta agree with Andrew, it looks extremely similar in the photos, but when you are looking at them in the flesh they are a lot different.
The BFG stock photography doesn't do them justice.

I wasn't all that interested and keen on them initially because I thought they looked a bit less aggressive in photos, but they certainly dont look it when you are standing in front of them.

[D4D Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close D4D]

The extra sipes in the centre blocks should help with wet weather driving.