Mike Melton tests brand-new 2024 BFGoodrich KO2 tires on a road-force machine and finds they're badly out of balance. The tires show 43 pounds of force when 20 is acceptable. He recommends skipping them.
All right, these BFG KO2s, lots of people have problems with them. What we're going to show you, these are all up to date, 14th week of 2024. So a lot of people have problems with them. We're going to road force the same to see how they balance out. And y'all saw, you want to make sure you put enough lube on these beads so they seat properly. All right, so unlike a lot of shops where they just put the cone right on the outside, we're going to use the finger plate so it's going to give it a better balance, make it center up a lot better. All right, just want to make sure it's on LT, ACLT. We'll put it on road force. Now let's do it. All right, as you see, we rolling this thing. That way you can't see y'all. Trick photography, trick photography. Rolling it. Now let's see how much force is in this tire. Look, 43 lbs of force currently. The prediction is down to 37. That's still too high. Can't be below 20. This is why I say do not buy the BFG KO2s. Doesn't matter. They're brand new. As you see, they were built in 2024 and they still have issues. Do not buy the KO2s.
