I've read at least 100 threads on this. So not sure if you can tell but I'm in germany at the moment but will be back in Merica! In May after a few months on a beach I will be shipped off to alaska.

I've narrowed my tire picks down to this.
In January I can get new KM2s in 37/12.5 17s for the price of $1390 for 5! Right awesome I know.

That or I can wait until the states and get
35s in MTRk, duratracs or the new bfg tko2. For 1500 or more.

So should I pull the trigger and get the km2s here for much cheaper or wait and get a slightly better tire. Or are the km2 a better.

My wheeling is doing whatever is around me, in germany it's a lot of clay hill climbing, watery mud and some rocks.
Back home it's beach so fresh powder sand.
Alaska will be everything.

With 2 kids winter traction matters but my rubicon take offs are bearable in the winter so will any if these tires be worse?
Thanks in advance.

 

Oh my jeep is on a 2.5 tf lift and these wheels are going on stock takeoffs with spacers. Will be adding a small spacer lift, body lift or chopping fenders so the 37s can fit. One day I will upgrade to teraflex 3 or rk/metalcloack 3.5.

 

If you can get 5 km2s in a 37 for $1390 I'd be hitting that all day......that's a no brainer for 1 of the best ranked tires in wet, dry, or snow...

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....yes&tab=Survey

 

$1390 for 5 KM2's?? That's an easy decision. They are $2K+ at most vendors.

 

Yes but if price didn't matter are the km2s better than mtr kevlars. I want the km2s because they are a steal and they say 37 lol.

 

They are both top tier tires but that is a steal on the BFG. The only question that comes to mind...can your rig handle 37's without a bunch of extra mods?

 

Well the km2s measure out to like 35.5 to 36 and way less than most 35s. I'll have to add a small spacer lift, chop fenders or body lift(this might be hard with rr snorkel). My main worry is gearing but considering after a few months I'll have a year to save for a prorock 44 front I think I can handle it in the mean time. Since they're so close to a 35 I don't see many problems.

 

Oh guess I should have said I'm running a tf 2.5 coil lift w/blisteins and have an aftermarket tire carrier and wheel adapters/spacers already. Plan on adding c gussets very soon too.

 

On a 2010 automatic I would max out at 35" and you should really be thinking about adding $1500-2000 in gearing costs to run them. Personally I would run 35" Duratrac's and re-gear the axles to 5.13 and add lockers and cromoly rear shafts.

 

Even if the duratracs are really 34s and cost several hundred more. The 37 km2s are just a big 35.

I don't want to regear yet since I plan on buying a built 44 after Korea then regearing the back myself. Just need tires for the next couple of months here and then I'll build the jeep and take it to alaska.