Getting New Tires This Year And Could Use Some Help

Like the title says, I'm in the market this year for tires and figured I'd ask the TacomaWorld gurus for help and suggestions

First off I'm still debating on tire size. I'm all stock suspension and currently running 265/65-R17, but been thinking about going with a 265/70-R17 setup this time around. Some reading thus-far seems like rubbing won't be an issue if I do go bigger. My question is what are the gains/losses? Here's a couple charts I pulled...





A bigger tire means less revolutions per mile, would this also mean a longer tire life?

The speedometer being off a bit doesn't bother me much, but does this mess with mileage reading? The mileage reading is important to me.

How is performance affected? The slightly bigger and heavier tire would probably hurt MPG and power right?

Aside from choosing a size, I still haven't picked a tire I really like the look of off-road tires like the BFGoodrich All-Terrain and Rugged-Terrain, but my truck is a pavement princess so I really wouldn't make much use of them other than light off-roading occasionally.

I've been reading through TacomaWorld (when I have time) on what others have done or suggested. I've also been checking out TireRack. Here's some nice surveys if anybody's interested...

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=HAS

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=ORAT

I'll be doing research for a while since I want to be absolutely sure I pick the right tires. Anything you guys/ladies can help me with would be greatly appreciated This is the first time I actually care about tires. All of my previous cars would get whatever is cheap

 

I'm really leaning towards the Michelin LTX M/S2. Online reviews as well as reviews here on TW have been really good.

Still debating on getting the bigger tire though.

 

A larger tire will in knock you mileage of by the same % as the speedo. Lower rotation doesnt always mean less wear on the tire, that is more down to the compound. Also you can go bigger and lighter, mitigating some of the performance concerns. Find the weight of tires you are looking at and compare that with your size and ratio numbers.

 

Can't go wrong with it, probably the best street tire available. I've had mine for about 5 years and will probably need to replace them due to age and cracking before the tread wears.

 

I think my truck stock has 3.73 gearing. For the slightly bigger tire would a 3.91 fix the speedometer and MPG? I pulled the numbers off the following sites...

http://www.vibratesoftware.com/html_help/2011/Toyota/2010/2010_Toyota_Tacoma.htm

http://www.superlift.com/media/charts/gearratio_tiresize.pdf

How many miles did you get on them? I've read guys going over 100k miles.

 

Your proposed bump in tire size is going to be just fine. Because your speedo/odo will be off, it will appear that your tires will wear quicker (but only slightly).

The Cadillac of on-road tires is the Michelin LTX MS2. A variant is the Latitude Tour, which will give you the benefit of a slightly smoother ride and improved fuel economy over its more aggressive cousin. There's also the LTX AT2, which is Michelin's most "aggressive" design, and will be the noisiest of the 3. With that said, all provide a 60k+ guarantee that you should come very close to.

A thousand other options out there. It just depends on what you're looking for.

 

Looks like you'll be jumping up 11lbs per tire. That's 44lbs of extra weight to get rolling. It could make a big difference in your MPG's depending on the driving you do.

 

The Latitude Tours seem like awesome road tires. Michelin's site rates them better than the LTX M/S2 in comfort, braking, and MPG. Thanks for your input.

Ya I didn't think the little up in size would be that much more weight. I'm pretty sure I'm going to stick to my stock tire for now.