New Falken AT tire (A/T3W)

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I have the stock trd pro Sema wheels, so I am hoping any trimming will be minimal.


Thanks! I am definitely pleased.

The Bilsteins up front are set at 0. The Bilsteins in back are not adjustable. The lift comes from the Dobinson coils (300 up front giving ~1.75in and 599 in back giving ~1.5in). If you're aiming to level it with Bilsteins and stock coils, I'd set the fronts to the 0.85 setting. That will improve the rake. The tire fitment will really depend on the offset and width of the wheel you're using. My Ray10's are 8.5in wide with a -10mm offset and I had to remove the front mudflaps, push the fender liner in and trim a really small edge off the corner of the bumper.
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I have these in the 285/70 17 P rated and absolutely love them. They look great and are the smoothest riding and quietest "agressive" AT tire I have ever run. Honestly, I didn't notice any significant decrease in power either.

My only problem is getting them balanced. I have been to discount tire twice now; first was the original install. When I got on the hwy, I had a bad shake at 60+mph. Took them back a few days later and they said they were 3.5 oz off. It is better, but its still there and very noticeable. I am going to see if they actually road force balanced them, and if not, going to have then give that a shot.
 
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I love mine 285/70/17
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My 265/70/17 P-rated AT3Ws tackled Christmas Mountain in Big Bend National Park today with zero issues. Aired down to ~22 PSI and never even had a wheel slip, and it’s been raining here for the days. Very impressed!! The peak of the mountain was in the clouds, so visibility wasn’t great, but below the cloud deck was awesome. Quite a few very rocky spots where I was worried about sharp rock punctures, but the Falkens took it all without a hiccup

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how do these compare to duratracs, noise wise?

I had duratracs on my Frontier a few years ago and Toyo AT2's on my F150, and these are much quieter and smoother than both of those. Don't get me wrong, the duratracs were a great tire and aren't what i would consider "loud" by any means, but these are definitely quieter on the hwy.
 
thanks, mine are a couple years old now & E load and have gotten alot louder than when new. great tires just abit too noisey now. i may try the a/t3 in SL since they arent too bad in price (129 a piece for 265/70/17)
 
Thanks for the insight. Have an appointment on Friday to get them re-balanced, which I'm hoping solves the issue. How did you get them to replace all 4... warranty? Were they determined to be out of round?

The retailer originally replaced the 2 front tires because they said if my steering wheel is shaking then it had to be one of the front tire. They replaced them and I continued to have a shake but they were not going to replace the rears. I wrote to Falken, who then contacted the retailer and I got 2 new tires. Problem was solved. The original 4 tires had the same batch # on all of them. So i chalked it up to being a bad batch of tires.
 
The retailer originally replaced the 2 front tires because they said if my steering wheel is shaking then it had to be one of the front tire. They replaced them and I continued to have a shake but they were not going to replace the rears. I wrote to Falken, who then contacted the retailer and I got 2 new tires. Problem was solved. The original 4 tires had the same batch # on all of them. So i chalked it up to being a bad batch of tires.

I read a lot of stories saying the same thing or getting tires exchanged to fix an issue. It really makes me wonder if they have any QC or if they are just slamming out tires as fast as possible.

This is a great thread but I think hurts them as much as helps. You read about similar issues on reviews from other sites so I know this isn't 4runner isolated.
 

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