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Originally Posted by akalito
just a quick update as the OP of the thread. I ended up going with the Wildpeak since I got a hook up through my gf family friend. $700 install at Mavis compared to the $980 installed for the KO2 at Costco.
I have a slight vibration around 50-60mph, don't know if I want to risk getting rebalance and making worse. Either way not bad enough to make me go back.
As far as performance, definitely an improvement over stock ORP tires. I drove through a couple heavy rain storms that we've been having here in NY/NJ with no issues. No real test in snow yet.
Overall I'm really happy with my first A/T tire. Also I was getting shitty gas mileage but once I inflated tires up to around 36-37 PSI, gas mileage normalized.
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I would definitely go get it rebalanced at minimum. If it vibrates now it will only get worse as time goes by. Plus any vibration that occurs over a long period of time is only going to create more problems down the road.
A wheel not being balanced right is not that uncommon and most shops are happy to rebalance it . If it still continues I would also get a wheel alignment but I would recommend doing this anytime you get a new set of tires. If you still have vibrations. Then you might have a bad tire. Again this is not uncommon. When making the tire sometimes the mesh wiring doesn’t line up properly or the rubber doesn’t get distributed evenly. Minor molding imperfections are normal and that’s why you need to balance your tires to compensate for this but sometimes the molding is way off an no amount of balancing can correct this. If you have one of these tires don’t be afraid to go back and ask for a new tire. It’s should be part of the warranty..