I have a set of 31x10.50 R15 BF Goodrich KM2's that i've had on my yellow 4Runner for some time now. I've put about 15,000 miles on them now, on and off road. It's time for a review!






My scale works like this,
= Poor for the terrain
= Not great but not horrible for the terrain
= Average for the terrain
= Fairly well for the terrain, good for the weekend warrior
= Exceptional for the terrain, a great choice

I recently got a chance to take these out on a few local (easy) trails by my house. These are the results that I had;

Trail
They performed awesome on the trails, all the traction I could ask for and then some! I give these a 5 out of 5.

Mud
Although I didn't get into much mud with these i did hit a few muddy patches and they seemed to perform decently well. The tread clears itself very well. They don't turn to slicks like some other tires do. I give them a 4 out of 5 because there are better mud tires out there.

Rock
To be honest, for a mud tire, the KM2 is awesome on the rocks, I didn't get a chance to do too much rock climbing but they seemed to take scrapes and bangs off rocks like a champion, for that it gets a 4 out of 5.

Snow N/A
I have not had these on during the winter months yet. Therefore no snow evaluation can be given.

Sand N/A
I haven't had a chance to try these out in the sand, therefore I cannot give a rating.

Street
These are a very reasonable set of tires on the street, not very loud and they have good wet traction and more importantly they don't try and rip the steering wheel out of your hands when you hit a puddle. I give them a 4 out of 5.

Hope this helps someone out! I'll be updating this as i put on some more miles!

 

I have these tires in 35 x 12.50 and have used them in the snow and sand. I drove across the chesapeake bay bridge and up the eastern shore during last years big snow storm and they did great. I even drove into a 3' snow drift and they pulled me right out.

When I go down to Hatteras Island on the Outter Banks to drive on the beach I don't even air them down. They do pretty good. If you have ever been to Oregon Inlet and seen that sand its even worse and I still don't air down.

 

Awesome MT for a DD I have 32x11.5 going on 20,000 miles now ive taken em through everything mud,snow,rocks,sand, and pavement.

 

How are these compared to KM's?

 

I've personally never run the KM's but a buddy of mine has KM's on his Nissan Frontier and KM2's on his Suzuki Samurai and he loves the KM2's but hates the KM's.

 

Update

Had these up at the local off-road park. Scraped along rocks on the sidewall, burned rubber on rocks and generally put the tires through their paces. I do not even have a scratch to show for it! They did AMAZING!!

 

that's interesting.. I've never had a set of KM2's. I've had multiple sets of KM's in different sizes and I love them all. They kick the crap out of the sets of pro comps I've had, and held their own against my TSL SS and SX's. KM's are the best all-around tire I've ever owned. I've ran them in snow, mud, sand, dirt, rock (lots of lava rock/basalt) and never cut a single one, knock on wood. to me, KM2's have big shoes to fill so I want to know from people who have used both if they're worth "upgrading" to, or if it even is an upgrade

 

Sadly for me, my 305/70 KM2's are at 20,000 miles and completely bald. they were pretty much bald at 15,000 miles. But I dont blame the tires, I blame having an automatic 4runner with an automatic rear locker. It ate those tires so fast. I'm glad I saw this thread, Hopefully my tires will look like yours Swimmerboy when I get some new ones and get rid of that damn locker lol

 

Like I said, I have no personal experience with them except for riding in my friends Frontier with them. They are bumpy and noisy on the street compared to the KM2's. Glad you like the KM's though. My guess is you'll like the KM2's just as much if not more.

Yeah i have read that these tires tend to get eaten up pretty fast (40K) or so. But I have 15K on mine with almost no wear so signs are good that they should last.

Looking forward to seeing your rig with the new tires, gotta be honest, you make me want to go out and buy a 3rd gen!!

 

Brian I never said I hate the KMs. The KM definitely produce a lot more noise on the road. Besides noise I can't really tell the difference because they're mounted on two different style of vehicles in different sizes.

 

Thats funny, seeing yours with the soft topper made me want to get a 1st gen lol. I guess we just need one of each

 

I've been very pleased with my KM2s.
Your 4runner looks like something from the TV series "Baywatch"...cool yellow color.
I like the Tacoma rims with the KM2s.

 

Yeah I love mine so much i'm going to buy another (bigger) set!

Thanks for all the compliments

You outta check out my build thread!

-Brian

 

your right...seeing as his 4runner belongs on a beach, he should come drive out to Cali so he can wheel with us on pismo beach

 

I agree X1000 I hate this cold weather garbage.

 

Not much better here lol, I walked on my pool this morning.

Back on topic, I have 600 miles on my new KM2's now, and they still have the rubber nubs on the tread. With my old KM2's and the locker, the nubs didn't even last 3 miles. Looks like these tires are gonna last! Glad I stuck with the same tire.

For some reason these KM2's seem to be louder than I remember my old ones being. Not really a big deal, but just interesting.

 

Good to hear they're lasting longer!

 

bad ass rig and tires

 

Much appreciated!

You outta check out my build thread!

 

Thanks I was going to get the Baja claw ttc. I even have bfg on my nova.