lightweight all terrain tires and wheels for my new access cab 4x4

So far so good ... i will be keeping them for prob at least 30k miles before i go buying new tires

 

Why not? I have had excellent results with Big O tires for many years.

 

FWIW I've got Firestone Destination AT 265/75-17 "C" on my (son's) Xterra and like them a lot. Great on road and in all types of snow conditions. I think I'll simply go with them again on the Taco when the time comes. Unfortunately the Xterra has over 100hp more than the Tacoma so it's less affected by unsprung weight. For me the the issue for the Tacoma 2.7 will be wheel weight. The stock, steel Tacoma wheels are heavy without the benefit of style.

 

The stock steelies come in around 30lbs a piece I think.

 

If you have the 2.7L and want after market wheels and bigger tires it's best to find a wheel between 25-28lbs. Any aggressive all terrain with good looks is going to start at 40lbs per tire. If you can get away with only adding 10lbs per corner on the 2.7L you should be fine.

I think FN wheels come in at 21lbs.

 

what weight are the OR trd rims?

 

Wouldn't 235/85/16 be as tall as a 265 and weigh about the same as a 245?

 

All 235/85r16 are e-load, and generally weigh significantly more than a p or c rated 245/75.

 

Yea I forgot about that, people put them on duallys normally

 

There are plenty of lightweight AT tires out there. Look for SL (standard load). Falken, Duratrac, Cooper.

SL255/75/17 in a duratrac is supposedly only 42lbs. @ 32"

 

Thanks for the info. Looks like there are limited sized in SL though.

 

I was able to find 10 different P265/75/16 AT tires on tire rack, and 21 different tires of the same size/load on discount tire direct (some are duplicates I would image).

Maybe 8 different tires of the same type in a 17" rim (P245/75/17)....

 

I know a difference of 5-10 lbs a tire can affect acceleration/braking/handling/MPG's but Tacoma's are not great with MPG's to begin with. Based on my experience with Duratracs, I find that with an E-load 285 can get up to 20 mpg's highway and C load 265 get about 22 mpg's highway. Acceleration is affected though and from what I can remember, it is 14-15 for 285's and 15-17 with 265's on the street.

Aside from this, I had a different set of issues with 285's and VSC regardless of how many times I reset on my 2011. This time around, I'm sticking to 265's.