Poopshute

Hi all. My buddy just had these installed on his 4runner. They say BFG A/T KO on the sidewall yet have a much more aggressive tread similar to the BFG M/T. Anyone know what these are? I never knew BFG made an in between tire like this. Anyone have more info on this? What's the tread life like? How is it in the snow compared to the "normal" A/T's? Anyways... here are the pics:

Silver_Truck

What size are they? The centre lugs look like the style on the M/ts but the outers are diff and theres one too many inside rows...weird maybe bfg screwed up with the molds

Poopshute

31x10.50's. Dude... I was just as amazed when he pulled up with these! Crazy huh? The tire center he bought them from had like a whole stock of these. I'm thinking of trying them. Not sure yet though. Want some more opinions.

iGGz

Those are weird hah... never seen anything like that from BFG...
Ya maybe a freak accident?
Cool though..

Ian

dwh91102

They almost look like recap tires

Silver_Truck

Ya I'm goin with probably a screw up, its weird to have the main mold line with 2 secondary lines one on each side) maybe they f-ed up the mold somehow...or maybe its a pilot design for a new tire???

iGGz

But if it is a screw up would they be able to sell them? And have a lot of them in stock? Doesn't seem like they would with all the ˟˟˟˟ tires companies get... I dunno weird

Ian

Poopshute

Man... this is weird just like you said. I'm going to have to go the shop and get the DL on this tire. The buddy who owns this said the guy told him they were "All-Terrain/Mud-Terrains". I'm thinking they're a re-tread or something. I doubt they'd let some local shop sell a prototype. Damn, if their ligit... put me down for a set. Also, the shop sold them for about $350 installed (all 4). Seems pretty cheap for BFG's.

91Toyota4x4

Those are All Terrain KOs, with someone else's tread pattern

Silver_Truck

Ya that its really cheap for bfgs, aren't 33" m/ts like $145 each

dwh91102

theres no doubt in my mind after the pics and this post, those are for sure recaps. Tell him not to do any high speed driving, and remember you get what you pay for

91Toyota4x4

I smell trouble.....

I would send those pics to BFG and see what they say. Looks like the tread is glued on to the tires.

bulldog-yota

Retreads!!!!!!!!!!

You can see the new thread glued to it, that is why they look so strange.

I would not trust those tires, especially since the sidewalls will not be as strong as the M/T. Also the fact when you air down there will be a lot more stress on the "glued" treads, which I can gaurantee you is not as strong as the factory. If wheeled or driven hard I would almost bet money he will loose at least the thread on one tire. Those things dont even look like a proper rethreading job.

Retreads are normally done on normal pasenger tires that is not driven fast and have a low stress level. There they perform fine. But as an M/T, I dunno.

iGGz

So with all this said... is that legal for a shop to do?
Did they tell him that they were re-thread?
Seems kind of screwed up to me... could hurt someone
I'd be weary of those...
Ian

jimbo74

they do look like a recap, but its very hard to tell over a picture on the internet... i do know from what the magazines have said that they are redesigning the bfg mud terrain and it looks like the current krawler, maybe this is part of the new line?

Poopshute

I'm pretty sure the guy didn't say anything about the tires being re-treads. I'm just going to go over to the shop and ask the guy what these tires are about. I'm interested to know. You also would think that if these were a new prototype that they'd say something other than "BFG A/T KO" on them.

jimbo74

the new mud terrain as i said before looks just lie kthe current krawler ta

kyle_22r

definitely retreads...hi-tech retreading uses that pattern on some of their muds

4RunnerKid

Definitely re-treads. Be careful.

91 4Runner

I'd like to know what's going on with these tires also!