Another 2nd gen tire story: puny 31's or skinnies ftw?

Thing is I'm not a fan of the poke to begin with, switching to a 265 will only reduce it by 10mm and the thought of skinnier tires with the poke just seems like it would look worse, of course everything is preference when it comes to aesthetics but I would rather be flush or better if I could.

I really like the ray10's aesthetics (could do without the faux beadlock though), they are better looking than any other aftermarket design IMO, but the negative offset and lack of a higher offset in a compatible configuration is a real bummer.

Truthfully there is a chance I may want to give this truck to my dad in the next year, his old GMC is rotted itself off the road and I may be forced to get a newer vehicle for work. My worry is if I do the CMC it won't pass safety when I transfer it, I'm in Ontario Canada and the safeties have gotten a lot more strict and are continuing to get worse (or better, I have mixed feelings on it).

I am tempted to just throw some pizza cutters on it and see how they look, but it's a gamble of several dollars to do so. If SCS had a wheel in this style or the blaze10s with no beadlock, 0+ offset (maybe +12-15 to keep the backspace close to OEM) with the right hub bore I would likely have ordered a set already.

 

Go for the 235/85/16. You know you wanna!! Lol

 

I have returned from the tire shop.

I put about 20 miles on them. They're really quiet on the road. Probably quieter than the Michelins I had on. No rubbing at all. 2.75 in lift up front .

I wish the wheels were closer to a 0 offset. But that can be fixed.

 

I’ve never been to Canada, but if they look for, find, or fail any sort of inspection over a BMC… I’d move the next day. A well done one, someone would have to know what they are looking for, and the regs would have to be completely unreasonable to qualify it as a safety issue.

Also, I had no idea someone could get $300 for doing one…seems like it has potential as a side hustle!

 

heck yea man, Im in Maine also. What tire shop did you go to? The shop that put on my 265/75 was very surprised when I asked him about 235/85 E load.. almost like he had never heard anyone inquire about that size, especially a taco.

 

I have no idea what you’re talking about.

in my experience running 31” or 33” needs little or no mods to the truck itself. Meaning CMR. As in no CMR needed. Unless 35” then CMR needed.
That is probably one of the selling points of that kind of setup.

before I went 35” I had 31” and 33”. The truck sat a bit higher in terms of springs.

yes wheel dimensions matter. Take for example an Audi B6 A4 and 8P A3 with the same style of wheel. They are different. Different vehicles, designs, and dimensions. Make the mistake of putting an A3 wheel on an A4 that looks the same outside you will cause issues due to that.

run the wrong dimension wheel on any vehicle you will have problems.
Dimensions are about half the decision making process on choosing a wheel.

if you run lift then you will probably want a bigger tire to make use of that lift and fill out the appearance and gap so it looks good rather than odd. Lift and tire size go together. The point of both is clearance which they do. And fitting each other.

I tried a tall skinny E. It didn’t look as good as wide tires. It was heavy as shit. And I found out in the real world that the “toughness” of E is bullshit. Stiff heavy lack of flex. Probably harder to patch. Mine punctured from nothing. Probably hard to sell.

E is for a 3500 dually towing 45k lbs to handle that, with the torque of a big diesel engine to push that. Not a Tacoma. Generally.

 

What? 45,000 lbs? E’s are only for dually? You don’t pull a lot huh?