Tires Falken or NANKANG

Stock Flakens have been great for me! 12k miles and no issues off road.

The AT4's are absolutely better tires than the KO2's.

Falken Wildpeaks have not let me down

A better budget option for Ohio would be the falken aklimate or other all weather equivalents, just saying the aklimate because it's really good for the price and performance

I liked mine. Recently moved to falken wildpeak at4w and like them a lot too. If you do any towing I think the at4w feel a little bit stiffer which is nice for towing.

Downsized to a 17 inch wheel with Falken Wildpeak A/T Trails and the ride quality is actually better (there are a lot of potholes where I live), plus the additional peace of mind that when I drive on gravel forest roads I am less likely to get a puncture compared to all season tires.

I had Falken Wildpeaks on my Forester. Also a great tire

I run nankang ns-2r atm, they’re decent track tyres and for my region at least very affordable, but they also seem to last ages for a 180tw tyre which is a big plus for a road car that I can drive to the track.

i did not understand the difference between load rating when i ran my ko2, had a good side wall tear ko2 in snow was meh but it was nice not to have to put chains on in chain control i now run the wildpeak in 35 and they are chonky. i think they work pretty good on/off road. tho gas mileage sucks now on the bigger tire. neither tire is very loud and I can't hear them inside the gx.

I didnt have this issue when I was using Michelin X-ice last winter, it was cheaper but I feel its much better.

Falken Eurowinter hs449 is overrated or just plain fake reviews. I slip when gas/brake and even on some turns. What make me feel bad is other cars are driving faster / braking harder and turning faster then me. I look like I got summer tires on.

Strongly not recommended this.