Wheels or tires... Going with tires. But now what

Tires.

 

Absolutely tires. They will improve your performance, and wheels - unless you are downsizing for more rubber - generally won't. Tires are the single most effective upgrade for any truck not rolling on AT's. Whatever you do, please don't throw 18" rims on that truck (or any truck).

 

You'll get more use out of new tires than wheels, and if you're going towards a more aggressive tread, you'll also get more "look" out of them. So I vote for tires.

 

Tires. Sell the stock ones.

 

Tires. If you have Discount tire, they offer a tire credit for good used tires, helps offset the neat meats

 

Bahaha in your title it sounded like you could only afford one wheel and tire.

Well that won’t get you too far.


You can only get wheels that fit the current tires you have. So if the wheels you want fit your current tires do wheels first.

But honestly, keep the money aside and do both at the same time.
#1 paying to dismount and remount tires is wasted money
#2 you risk techs damaging your wheels twice by having two sets of tires mounted on them. Its best to have someone do that as infrequently as possible.

 

Ok.. I might go tires.. And possibly a leveling kit now

 

Bilstein 5100's would get the job done on the cheap: https://www.headstrongoffroad.com/s...air)_-_24-263108_for_2016__Toyota_Tacoma.html

 

I was looking at the rough country 2in leveling kit

 

You'll get some hate for that, but mine from Headstrong Offroad has done just fine. I also vote for tires. I ran the TG2's until I went to 285. They are great onroad and they handle offroading competently as well. They do not look super aggressive though, if that's a factor for you.

 

So is that just a shock replacement? Im guessing a realignment is in order afterwards?..

 

I think your wheels look great, man. Upgraded tires would be the better buy IMO, but only if you have worn those ones down past 50% at least. I'm not a huge fan of my stock Wrangler A/Ts either but I'll be damned if I'm going to waste expensive-ass tires lol

You might want to check out the newer Nitto Ridge Grapplers... they are an A/T tire that has a little more off-road bias than the Terra's do but still perform well on-road. Seem similar to a BFG KO2 but for less $ - they also come in 265 70 17 which would be a good size if you are planning on a small lift.

 

Im just going to level it.. No lift.. I just got a quote for some terra grapplers 265/70's.. and they will give me 300 on trade from my stock tires

 

That doesn't sound like a bad deal - how many miles do your existing tires have on them? Was it a chain tire store that gave you that quote?

 

tires have 535 miles on them.. not a chain store.. Local tire place

 

Decided not to go with the nittos. Im looking at Cooper's and falkens. They're with in 50 bucks of each other.. It comes down to which one I think looks better..

 

Where in TN are you?

 

Paris

 

Welcome! I grew up in Dover, living close to Memphis now. I love it up there.

 

You moved from Dover to Memphis.. Damn talk about some change lol