wheel/tire help

Hello All am new on here. I drive a 2010 DBLB with a 3 inch lift. My next plan is to place tires and wheels on the truck. Im as confused as all heck. I have been told so many things about rim size, offset, and backspacing that Im so confused? Do I go 16 inch or 17 inch wheels, more side wall better? I want to replace the stock wheels. I would like a little more of an aggressive look. Do i go with back spacing or offset. What do I do? I do not want to do any cutting or trimming if possible. I would like the tire to sit outside the fender by no more than a inch. Im open to suggestions. I do not want to go bigger that 33. HELP PLEASE

 

ask @Noelie84 or @Brian007Taco

 

Go with stock dimensions on a 16, for more sidewall, and run 255/85/16 tires. If I wasn't running the Toyo M55, I would be running the Cooper STT MAXX.

 

There's a lot of info to consider when getting new wheels, this calculator will help in determining the dimensions you are looking to go to: Other things that should be considered are weight of the new wheels, and assuring that you set them up to be hub centric, whether the wheels themselves are hub centric (like stock wheels), or you use hub centric rings as adapters for a set of wheels that don't have the factory bore diameter (106.1 mm).

With that said, I don't know what your taste in wheels is, but I'll leave you a link to the SCS page. These wheels have an aggressive offset (they stick out more than the factory wheels), they are light (in most cases as light as, or lighter than stock), and are hub centric. They are aftermarket wheels made specifically for Toyota (and Jeep) trucks.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/scs-sr8-wheels-16x8-17x8-5.358288/

https://www.stealthcustomseries.com/collections/toyota

 

Stock size:
245/75R16
245=section width; the distance in millimeters between the sidewalls of the tires. This is how wide your tires are. Altering this number affects width AND height.
75= % of section width that is translated into sidewall height (distance between the wheel and the tread) Altering this number affects height only
R= Radial Construction (steel belted radials are the standard construction on all modern car & truck tires)
16= wheel diameter, in inches. Altering this number affects tire height.

Wheel width: the distance between the lips on the wheel. Each tire size is designed to fit within a certain wheel width. For instance, a 245/75R16 is designed to fit wheels between 6.5-8.0 inches wide. So, if you upsize your tire, you may need a wider wheel to properly accomodate it.

Wheel offset: Positive offset pushes the hub mounting surface of the wheel towards the outer lip (away from the brakes), tucking the centerline of the wheel (and the tire) further into the fender well. Negative offset pushes the hub mounting surface of the wheel towards the back side of the wheel (towards the brakes) and extends the center line of the wheel outwards. Zero offset aligns the centerline of the wheel with the hub mounting surface and is better for your wheel bearings than either positive or negative offset, since it centers the load on the bearing.




Personally, my advice to you would be to find a set of wheels that you like, make sure they will fit your truck, and then decide on a tire size that will fit them without rubbing on your truck. Stay away from negative offset completely, and keep positive offset to a minimum.

 

What are you referring to with this? I was looking into this last week because i wanted to switch to 245/75 16 for winter tires, rather than stock 265/70 16. I always assumed diameter would change if putting a thinner tire on the same rim, but i was apparently wrong, and it makes sense. I think it was tire rack, cant look it up at the moment, stated steel belts basically keep the OD of the tire the same, maybe a very very minor change, if at all.

 

If you go from a 245/75R16 to a 265/75R16, you are changing to a tire that is both taller and wider. You go from 245mm in section width to 265mm. AND, since the '75' is a percentage of the section width, the sidewall height changes as well.
With a 245mm section width, 75% of that is 184mm of sidewall height on either side of the wheel.
With a 265mm section width, 75% of that is 199mm of sidewall height on either side of the wheel, so you pick up 30mm of overall diameter (or height) on the tire.

Where you were getting a 70 series tire, you were only calculating 70% of that 265mm, which works out to 185mm on either side of the wheel, as opposed to the 184mm with the 245/75 stock size.


As for radials keeping the tire the same OD, that's in reference to changes in tire shape as speed increases. Radial tires are much less likely to deform at highway speeds than the old Bias Ply designs were.

 

All I will say is I love my BFG AT KO2's. I have them I 265 75 16. Will be on my 2nd set on Saturday with Discounts Black Friday sale going on. Got them for 175 a piece.

 

Thank you for your reply's. Im thinking of going with 285 75 R16. I would still like to increase my stance just a like. I have heard to stay away from a negative offset. So can I achieve that look with a back spacing of about 4.5? Oh ya, some nice looking rigs, I hope to post once I get mine to a place that I want to show it off.