list of tires for 255/85/16

id do the chalk test...

 

i did and I was running 35 front and 32 back and it was a little high. so I'm tryin 30 rear and 32 front.

 

Id just be a little weary running that low because of such a high aspect ratio too low tire pressure can be really squashy going down the road...

in my 3/4t id always have to run like 70-80 PSI or itd feel like the tires were gonna roll off the rim. that truck was 7,000lbs though...

 

there is no squashiness with my tires. They seem just fine. when I was at 35 psi (drivin from so-cal to colorado springs) they were wearing slightly more in the center. And before when i got the tires i did the chalk test.

 

the max psi is 60 (stated on side wall of tire) and there only a load D.

 

oh i had e's on my 'rado

they were also 235/85s

 

how'd u like them?

 

i will do that

To the 2 posts above I am at 40 psi right now and from the looks the middle will wear more. The little thingys are already wore off but the sides are still there. The only thing I do not like about it so far is that with 40 psi the footprint looks pretty long, I am afraid how its going to look when deflated even more

 

What do you mean by the foot print looks long?

 

the contact patch of the tire with the ground seems really long even at 40 psi...idk how else to explain it lol

 

I get it now. For me my last tires were 265/70/16, so for me these have less contact width then my last set. I don't really feel any power loss, but then again I have the v6.

 

to the guys riding on these, did it hurt your mpg much ?

 

only in city I think. I get 20mpg still on all high way. I get 14-15 in city.

 

Haha i wasnt talking about width, well idk talking over the interweb suck lol

I wam referring to the contact patch that runs front to back not the other wideways lol

 

intresting. i got 285/70/17, and it knocked about 3 mpg off. i love the height, but when i need tires again in 1.5 years. i will consider these for
sure, i don't care if they are a little skinny. i really want to keep my rims though.

 

I just googled it. Now I think I know what you mean. Ya they do but so did my last ones so it doesn't bother me.

 

Ok so driving around town the gas guage drops like a brick from a plane then when i get on the freeway the gas gauge floats up...

 

Based on the Expedition West guys im sold on the 255/85/16. Im now trying to decide on a particular rim. I dont mind the skinny tire look but i want a wider stance, both aesthetically and for balance. I definitely wont be running wheel spacers because i actually off-road, i'm looking into some pretty small backspacing. What kind of effect would running a 16x8 rim with 2.50 inch backspacing have? Anyone have pictures of 255/85/16 on a very small backspacing (4" or less)? I'll be starting a build thread pretty soon, but i'm just collecting all my info. The theoretical plan would be running the 255/85/16 Toyo Open Country on this rim http://www.4wheelparts.com/prodDetai...PCW98-6883R2.5

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/wheels-tires/113063-my-255-85-16-cooper-st-4-5-bs.html on an 8" rim

 

I wouldn't run an 8" rim. I would stay with 7" wide rim, like what is stock. I kept my stock rims with this size tire but a copper ST and they rub very little on the left uca (havent checked the right side uca) and on the frame with full lock to the right and the right side of the frame (passenger side).