16 vs 17 inch wheels

This was the stance I was wanting for my truck. 285/70/17 on scs ray 10's 17x8.5 -10 offset.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...scs-ray-10-w-285-70-17-ridge-grappler.603460/

 

17s

 

Both!

 

Hahaha. That's awesome

 

That actually doesn't look bad at all. I kind of like it. What tires are you running there? (My phone zoom won't go in enough haha.) I plan on keeping my stock wheels/tires regardless... this might be a fun project....

 

If youre a crazy mofo and going 35" plus it really doesn't matter

 

I'll be sticking in the 31 to 33" range since I'll be using it for long-distance trips

 

Thanks bud. Nitto Grappler M/T 285/75R/16.

 

Michelin Defender LTX may be the best tires ever made (and I don't even own them)

 

265-75-16 on TRD Beadlocks are considerably lighter than the 265-70-17 TRD Rockwarriors.
Start crunching numbers of wheel and tire weights. Roughly 10lbs of rotational, aka wheel weight, is 100lbs chassis weight. Heavier wheels take longer to get up to speed and take longer to stop and the weight does tax steering and suspension components. Heavier wheels being more mass will stay at speed easier.
My Tacoma drives Very differently between the 16” and 17” wheels both being the same height and both are Toyo Open Country SL load tires.

 

And there are TW members here that use em off road with great feedback!

 

The more I'm looking at this the more I like it. That's a sick look and close to the aggressive stance I want! What are you running as far as lift/susp/etc?

 

I have 17" factory and run 16" winters. I have new rims and tires that are 17" that will be installed in the spring and when my winters wear out I will move them up to 17" as well. The tire choices are better, in some cases cheaper. The main reason I want 17" is because I plan on converting to 4Runner front brakes at some point, and 16" won't fit.

 

If Volk made a decent looking TE37 in a 17 I would buy 17's. Until then I will continue to run 16s.

 

Damn straight!

 

I ended up just using the Tundra rotors and calipers to upgrade my front brakes (in the pre-runner and 4x4 it is basically bolt in). I run 17" wheels and 35s and the stopping power is decent. I do have rear disk brakes so maybe that helps too.

 

Agree. Second set of the A/T 2's and got 90k on the first set. Great tires!

 

It’s the Toytec Aluma series 2.5 front and rear and Add a leaf. Front is currently standing 1 inch higher than stock, but I will adjust it to ~2 inches more. Rear is 2 inches higher than stock. 3 front 2 rear.

 

There's used tire place near me that pays $10 for any Michelin tire, as long as the sidewall isn't blown out. The guy said buyers will run their high mileage tires up to 100k+ miles.

 

Really? I've never run Michelin. I need to look into this