BF Goodrich KM3

[100SRV]

Any of you using these BF Goodrich KM3 tyres?

I read a favourable review on Expedition Portal, albeit larger US sizes (35" diameter) Interestingly there are two similar sizes: 7.5 R 16 and 235/85 R 16 either of which would suit my vehicles.

https://expeditionportal.com/bfgoodrich-km3-mud-te...

Edited by 100SRV on Friday 29th March 17:52

[Rudolph Hart]

I have the KM2’s as fitted from the factory on my Wrangler JL Rubicon, they’ve been good in all the conditions on/off road. There’s a low level ‘hum’ above around 65mph but it’s not intrusive. Both the KM2’s and KM3’s get positive feedback on the US Jeep forums

I’m soon going to be swapping out the 255x75xr17’s for 315x70xr17’s and can’t see anything that would be more suitable for me than the KM3’s. The only downside compared to the KM2’s seems to be a slight increase in weight. If you wanted a less off road focused tyre the KO2’s are lighter and would return better mpg ....they’re also popular in the US.

[Hdj80 01]

im running km3 285/75/16 on my land cruiser and they are not really any noisier than the old style KOs they replaced, obviously they are lot better off road. a friend has just replaced km2s with km3s both in 235/85/16, seems happy with them. 7.5r16 is a very skinny tyre, 235/85/16 is about as narrow as i would go on any normal 4x4, what is your vehicle?

[100SRV]

Hdj80 01 said:

im running km3 285/75/16 on my land cruiser and they are not really any noisier than the old style KOs they replaced, obviously they are lot better off road. a friend has just replaced km2s with km3s both in 235/85/16, seems happy with them. 7.5r16 is a very skinny tyre, 235/85/16 is about as narrow as i would go on any normal 4x4, what is your vehicle?

The Bowler and my 110" Station Wagon both run 235/85R16. My Dad's 88" Series One used to have 7.5 R 16" XZLs but now has the later 235/85R16 pattern. The Series One looks "right" on a skinny tyre and anything much wider causes problems with spraying mud up the sides and reduces steering lock.

[300bhp/ton]

Hdj80 01 said:

im running km3 285/75/16 on my land cruiser and they are not really any noisier than the old style KOs they replaced, obviously they are lot better off road. a friend has just replaced km2s with km3s both in 235/85/16, seems happy with them. 7.5r16 is a very skinny tyre, 235/85/16 is about as narrow as i would go on any normal 4x4, what is your vehicle?

Narrow tyres often work a lot better off road though, especially in the UK. For competitions I like to run 7.00 x 16's, which are even narrower than a 7.50. On the road however I'm currently running about on some 285's..