255/85r16 wheel options

I'm looking at wheel options for LT255/85r16 tires (tall skinny). As far as I have been able to determine, the OEM wheels are 16x7", +25mm offset, 5" backspacing, 6x5.5" bolt pattern, 106mm bore. I figure I will stay as close to that as possible since by tire width is right in the middle of the 265mm and 245mm OEM tires. It appears that 16x7" wheels are relatively rare. I'm not sure why. The number of options increases tremendously when I look at 16x8", but 8" is on the upper end of the recommended range for the tire size. What are people's thoughts about putting a 255/85r16 on a 16x8" wheel? These will be primarily my off-road tires and wheels. I plan to use the OEM tires and wheels for daily driving.

https://www.4wheelparts.com/p/dick-...ountry-72630-90000024326/_/R-BGXJ-90000024326

 

What about finding a set of used OR wheels? You can pick them up fairly cheap and they will work for sure.

 

I am definitely exploring that option and have a WTB post in the midwest forum. I haven't found much on craigslist. I see a lot of Tacoma's with aftermarket wheels, so I assume there are a lot of OEM wheels getting dusty in garages.

 

Good luck with your search. I sold my old wheels and tires for $250. I wouldn’t expect people to pay much more than that.

 

Have you seen this thread? https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/put-255-85-16s-on-stock-or-wheels-and-suspension.491079/ I'm running the OPs wheel/tires as I type this, have been for a while.

8" wide is fine, you'll just increase the chance of rock rash on the wheel since there's less tire bulge at the sidewall.

Almost every stock wheel is spec'd here https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/wheel-specs.30754/

 

Yes, I've seen those threads over the multi-month process of planning out my build. Thanks for reminding me of them though. I've now bookmarked them. I wish I had seen the wheel specs sticky thread before I purchased some wheels that didn't fit based off some misinformation on the stock wheel specs.

I don't think I want to decrease the amount of tire sidewall bulge. It's a nice comfy feeling even when doing simple things like parking on the street up against a curb.

It's not totally clear, but the only easily discernible advantage of aftermarket wheels is aesthetics. It's possible they have better construction, but I don't see any way to determine that.

 

Some of the aftermarket wheels may come in lighter than stock. Reducing rotational mass helps with performance and efficiency. That’s one small possible benefit.

 

As mentioned, aftermarket might be lighter.
They may also have "better" offset and backspacing to reduce tire rub without need for a wheel spacer.