What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

Keep an eye on them. The rubber popped right off the metal washer they're glued to on both LCA's

 

Transmission cooler

 

Will do.

 

That can go for any tire, but yeah, I won't touch a cooper for my own reasons. For something that will mostly pound pavement they should work... Fingers crossed.

 

It's too bad they only make E load range for 16s. They do seen lighter for their size though.

 

Seems to be pretty common in that size of I remember right. 63#s a tire is certainly on the lighter side too. Tried looking on tire rack to see the weight of my last 35s and it doesn't look like the G003 are even available anymore.

 

69#



Same as the Cooper STT Pros

 

Oh yeah that's why I picked them originally

 

FWIW I have slices all over my st Maxx's and they are still performing fine with no intention to change them till they wear out. They are a great and durable tire and slices don't mean shit IMO.

Tread pattern reminds me of ST MAXX

 

The MT site says 64# which is still on the lighter side compared to other brands in that size and rating.

Too bad about only Es in the 315/75r16 size. Enough reason for me to avoid them. Especially when adding them to a 25#+ wheels. Loss of MPGs is already bad enough with these trucks, why make it worse with an overly heavy wheel/tire combo.

 

I found some Ds recently, eyeing them for my next set

 

Funny you say that, truck got 19mpgs the whole trip. It does make me want to have my cake and eat it too, but I just don't the 31s look right

 

If they are lighter then might be worth it. Cs and Ds air down so much nicer than the Es.

 

You don't have to toss MPG in the trash entirely, I still get 17 regularly with 35s loaded for a trip and I can get more when the thing is empty (though it rarely is)

 

What tires are those??

 

Love the AT/R tires from this brand on my LC so I'm gonna try these puppies on the Taco...



Thunderer Trac Grip M/T Tires | Find & Buy Tires - Online (prioritytire.com)

 

Interesting. Never heard of that brand before. The price is good though and I'm very intrigued by the D rating.

 

I've been running the Ranger AT/R tires from them and they've been good and get excellent traction with minimal noise. @eon_blue has the Rangers too on his 4Runner. None of us has tried the MTs yet but they've certainly caught my eye.

 

I just swapped them out for some Coopers last month actually, I waited too long on getting the 4runner aligned and unfortunately it wore 'em down on the outer half real quick. But that was no fault of the tire, they were great traction-wise and road noise-wise like you said. I would have gotten them again but needed something that the shop had on hand before our last road trip.

I did save one of the rears to use as a full size spare though.

 

For all my complaining of stiffness of the E-load S/T Maxx, I've been extremely impressed with their performance over 5 sets of 5 tires. Traction has seemed great and durability has been amazing. Like you said, gashes, etc. seem to be a non issue. Haven't gotten a trail flat before this one.

Hopefully the Kendas are just as good. They are definitely softer, so far, which I like.