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Old 04-30-2012 | 04:58 AM
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Mine and my buddies do awesome in the mud. Nothing compared to a bogger but they were designed more for the road than a bogger also.
Old 04-30-2012 | 11:41 AM
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Maybe i've just got bad luck with km2's in mud. It's only been 1 trip but from it i can say they've been the worst m/t tire that i've owned, and i've owned a lot of tires. They have great street manners, i have 33x10.5 km2's on my daily driver. I will probably put them up for sale after my next uwharrie trip. It wouldn't be so bad if all the trails close to me weren't mud, hills, and vallies.
Old 04-30-2012 | 11:58 AM
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Man, I LOVE my KM2s.

I was doing some really thick clay-mud a few weeks ago, they preformed amazingly!

I got more vids than pics, but here is one of the better pics...
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Old 04-30-2012 | 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Gee oh Dee
Man, I LOVE my KM2s.

I was doing some really thick clay-mud a few weeks ago, they preformed amazingly!

I got more vids than pics, but here is one of the better pics...
Nice grille
Old 04-30-2012 | 12:15 PM
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Don't get me wrong, they cleaned out....eventually lol. I had to really almost kill my jeep in a lot of spots though. Idk, since you guys are giving a lot of positive feedback from them, i'll play around with the tire pressures a little and give them some time to wear a little and see if they improve at all. I appreciate all the imput so far.

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Old 04-30-2012 | 05:02 PM
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run a lower psi and i got two buddies with km2's one is an xj with 33's 4.5" lift the other is a v8 zj 35's 9" of lift and both clean out and throw mud in mud puddles wish i could post a vid of the zj cleaning out a tank trap
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I was also in 4hi, I know you said you were in 4 low, or at least I think you did.

Maybe try 4hi.
Old 04-30-2012 | 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Gee oh Dee
Man, I LOVE my KM2s.

I was doing some really thick clay-mud a few weeks ago, they preformed amazingly!

I got more vids than pics, but here is one of the better pics...
Whats hanging down?
Old 04-30-2012 | 09:16 PM
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looks like a glass pack
Old 04-30-2012 | 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by 2KXJJEEP
looks like a glass pack
Ahh yea lol
Old 04-30-2012 | 09:26 PM
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Yeah i'm gonna play around with the tire pressures. I was in 4 low, i didn't even put it in 4 hi, i guess i should see if i can even pull all 4 in hi range. A buddy of mine said i should groove them, which i'm actually considering lol.
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Originally Posted by Michael952
Nice grille
Believe it or not I had one at the beginning of that day. There was nothing keeping it attached except gravity though.

Originally Posted by 94XjSport94
Whats hanging down?
Originally Posted by 2KXJJEEP
looks like a glass pack

Originally Posted by 94XjSport94
Ahh yea lol
Bingo. It wouldnt be hanging so low but the bolts holding the down pipe to the manifold are so rusted the threads are literally gone. One bolt wont even thread, and the other is hanging by fractions of a fraction of an inch.

I've been too lazy to pull the manifold off my parts truck. And the o2 sensor is in the manifold, so not too much of a concern.

I'm curious if the OP used 4lo or 4hi...
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Originally Posted by Gee oh Dee
Believe it or not I had one at the beginning of that day. There was nothing keeping it attached except gravity though.
oh haha
Old 05-01-2012 | 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Gee oh Dee
Man, I LOVE my KM2s.

I was doing some really thick clay-mud a few weeks ago, they preformed amazingly!

I got more vids than pics, but here is one of the better pics...
Isn't that glasspack where your cat is supposed to be?
Old 05-01-2012 | 12:44 PM
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No, cat is right at the crossmember, just before the visable portion...if that makes sense.

Basically the cat is resting on the top side of the crossmember.


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