![]() ![]() The obvious downside is the effort to swap wheels when I want to go off-road, and then my truck doesn't look nearly as cool in the parking lot. Plus I am not wearing out the off-road tires pounding the pavement. The Michelins have way better on road traction (as they are a street tire) for daily use and can handle light off-roading without issue. It's not in vogue but I got a set of Michelin LTX M/S2 235/85R16's for daily driving, and I have a set of Cooper Discoverers A/S in 255/85R16's mounted on spare wheels for the trail. There is no right/wrong choice, depends on terrain (sand vs rocks vs mud vs ice vs snow vs pavement) and other concerns (gearing, MPG, acceleration). The 265 and 235 will probably still have the speedometer reading close to accurate (my speedometer with Michelin 235/85R16 reads within 1MPH 60 per GPS, best to check against a GPS when you change sizes), but the 255 will require you to remember your speedometer is reading about 5% fast, or change the little gears out in the speedometer sending unit. You can find the 265/75R16 in a P rated tire if tire weight is important to you, the 255/85R16 and 235/85R16 both only come in LT rated. I also just did some towing (about 4k pounds) and it feels fine. I recently re-geared to 4:56 and highway driving is waaaayyy better. I did not try towing with 33s and stock gearing. I will say that with stock gearing the truck is still plenty peppy, but obnoxious on the highway if you like to use cruise control. Only issue I had is a let too much mud cake up on one of the rear tires and it started to pull on the rear fender flare, popping two of the buttons off. I took them offroad with both stock suspension and lifted, stuffing all the tires in the wheel wells. I ran this size on stock suspension and lifted with Icon's stage 2 setup raised about 1.5". I am about to mount them to some FJ Trail Team wheels, which are 15mm offset and I think they'll still work fine with no modification to the wheel well. The TRD off road wheels have a 32mm offset. The key is to mount them on stock offset wheels. Ive been running that size in a KM2 for a while, which are slightly taller than those Coopers and have had no problems. Most expensive.Ģ55/85-16 fit fine if you remove the front mud flaps. Won't fit factory spare tire location without modification. Provides the largest increase in ground clearance. Uncommon size, not many options for emergency replacement. No suspension change, fits spare tire location. I'm trying to keep the tires the same width or less than stock so they fit in the wheel well, but as large as I can in diameter to maximize ground clearance.Ģ65/75-16 = 31.65" 1.04" larger than stock. The truck suspension is currently stock and will remain so until I have the money to change it, which may be a couple of years. I have been wanting to replace the tires on my 2012 Tacoma since I bought it. ![]()
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