Tires Falken or OEM Volkswagen

Can’t speak to the defenders but I have E rated Wildpeak AT4Ws and I’m very happy with them. Excellent off road traction and good road performance. No noticeable increase to road noise.

I had those Falkens, and I miss them; I have Firestone now, and they are ok. I a lot quieter than the Falken, but either way the Falkens are best.

Some of the best tires for the price honestly, love them on my wife’s 2020 1500 and on my 2020 F350 Platinum. Been towing 16K lbs almost daily with them tires and they wear very good! Highly recommended

I've been running Falken Wildpeak A/T3W all\_ Terrain since I ripped off the crappy OEM tires. Mounted on a 2017 1500 Laramie /w 105k. No issues. Excellent in rain, mud, and highway. They are snow peak rated, but in Florida no snow.

I’m currently running them on my 18 big horn and love them so far. I can’t say anything about snow cause I’m in Texas but they do amazing on the highway, rain and the little bit of mud I’ve been in they did pretty good. I did have balancing issues and one was out of round and had to replace that one but now it ride amazing even at 110 mph.

Love my Falken Wildpeak A/T 10ply (had Falken before they were a big name). They have been really good tires, and i keep them rotated every 6k-7k miles. Even wear and still look really good. When these need replaced, i will go with Falken again for sure. They are good for offraod as well, have been in mud that was halfway up the tires, and no issues at all. Plus, they are good on the highway with no road noise (at least mine have no road noise as of yet). They do get stiff in the cold, but thats because they are 10ply. They are good in the snow, and ice is ice.

If the Falkens are that much cheaper go with them, they’re an excellent tire

Another vote for Falken Wildpeaks. I have the AT3ws but they're on the AT4s now I believe. Aggressive looking pattern, great traction in snow, and I used them around my property this past winter hauling firewood and observed great traction in mud, wet grass, dry dirt, anything.

And they're imperceptibly louder than the Cooper highway tires I took off my truck. I was really worried about the noise going to an AT tire but these really aren't bad at all. Once they're wore out I will absolutely be putting another set on.

I replaced them at 36k with Falken Wildpeaks. Immediately lost 4 mpg with the Falkens. They’ve lasted 60k though and I am now shopping for new ones.

yes they wear terrible..are noisey and get poor mpg...its a heavy stiff tire.I had them and switched to cross climate 2 year round and they were way better in water/snow and dry..they are quiet and same mpg as oem for me.