Glad to hear they have diminished! I now have over 10,000 kms on my FC-II's and they look really really good! I am starting to wonder when I will see some wear LOL drove back from Pearson airport late friday night in the blizzard, hwy 400 and 69 were snow covered from barrie up, no issues what so ever in the snow covered in 4x4 at 100 kms per hour, was pacing all the ppl doing 60.... guy in my program at cambrian has the mud country's on his offroader jeep, they look really good, not sure of their longetivity as he mostly offroads so its hard to compare. I would think they would be quite loud on the hwy though, they look really good though. Looking forward to seeing pics of your set up