Tires BFGoodrich or DUNLOP
Last two tires I ran were GPR300s. The traction was good in the corners, only negative for me was the lifetime, only 3,000mi each before having to replace.
Dunlop is a fine brand and the Sportmax is perfectly good tire. You will be fine.
So I came to event day on my normal Dunlop SP Sport Maxx tyres. In practice, I found that on the R-spec I could do an 89 second lap, but consistently run at 92 seconds (I could do consecutive 90 second laps, but brakes would become the weak link after about 4 consecutive laps). On the street tyres I could do a 93 second lap, but due to brakes again, nominated at 95 second lap.
Excellent traction! His are E rated because he does tow so it rides pretty stiff. He said a lower rated tire would probably be more compliant. He said they're the best tires he ever had.
I have the BFGoodrich G-Force Comp2 and love them. They're a high performance all weather and they handle real well, plus look really sleek!
I got myself the Grantrek AT5s. For me they have a good compromise between traction offroad and road noise on tarmac. I also fitted a full spare with one of those AT5s on it. Fits perfectly where the 3/4 sits.
The Wildpeak AT3W's with the 3 peak rating were stock on my '20 JTR (33's). I swapped them to my old YJ when I immediately put 3 peak KO2's (35's) on my big Jeep. I like the KO2 VERY much, and I've bought many MANY sets of them.
KO2s gripped well but wore fast like others have said.
I have the same tires on my 22 SE and they suck lol. Mine has the same issue with little pebbles stuck in the treads.
First came with Michelin tires, had no complaints about them, second came with Dunlop's and they are trash. The tires are loud, and pick up rocks and small pebbles on the outer and inner edges of the tires, that don't fly out while driving. Tires have less than 15k km on them. It's caused some vibration and I've had to manually take them out from time to time.
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