Separate Tires for ON road OFF road

The stock tires on my 2020 off road are fine for daily driving but I wanted to see if anyone swaps out their tires and rims when going off road? I lifted it a couple inches and wanted to get some 265/75r16 or something a little taller but the stock tires are still in good shape.

I figured I could do this for a little while until the stock tires wear out, the best of both worlds, maybe? Suggestions?

 

As much as I love having multiple sets of wheels, these truck wheels/tires are massive and heavy so personally it's way too much work to swap just for some weekend offroading. I'd pick a tire that is a good compromise for what you need. There are so many good AT tires out there that you should easily be able to find something that's quiet and comfortable for daily driving but also capable offroad (don't forget how much just airing down can help in many situations).

I'd recommend buying new tires or a whole new set of wheels/tires which is suited for what you want. But, I'd keep the old tires and/or wheels around for when/if you sell the truck or just need extras.

 

i'm just trying to picture the on-road driving that's so extreme you can't do it with offroad tires in a Tacoma. i drive 90 in mine on AT3 E's and it handles better for me than running the crap on-road Wranglers it came with.

 

Back in the day people would have summer tires and snow tires. The local garage would store them and swap them seasonally. The modern majority case is to get all weather tires. The same logic applies to off-roading, All Terrain (AT) tires.

Me? I’m changing the truck from a daily driver into a play toy. So the tires and suspension are getting more aggressive offroad and I got a VW for daily.

 

Thanks for now I was going to do it just so I get the full life from the stock tires. I bought it just before COVID and it's not got 15K so I can wait another couple of years but want to have something a little larger and rugged now if reasonable. I live near Uwharrie and was going to try the trails down there, so nothing too extreme.

 

even the stock tires can handle a surprising bunch of stuff. you can go nuts on tires, so many options. for your use case you will certainly not need any second set, unless you need something special for snow, ice, or mud.

 

If you have a place to store the extra set have at it. I was dealing with covid delays on getting a replacement for a broken wheel so in the mean time I picked up a cheap set of wheels and a new set of MT tires. Now I have a full set of Mt's on steel wheels and AT's on aluminum. I do not need them both and both work well enough in any condition, but I broke the aluminum rim off-roading so I figure if I know I'm going out for that I will throw on the steel wheels and MTs and mostly stick with the ATs for daily. May decide to ditch one or switch things around in the future.

 

Im in a bit of a different situation. I have two sets of wheels, the ones currently on my truck which are the 17” sport alloys and a set of 16” stock wheels. I was going to switch to the 16” wheels for more sidewall but i ended up seeing a set of 245/75r17 Michelin LTXs on FB marketplace and snatched them up. Now those are going to be mounted on the 17” wheels so I have a set of 16” wheels just sitting in the garage. Yes I could sell them to try to recoup some costs… or I could go all in and buy a set of 265/75r16 Mickey Thompson Baja MTZs (also off FB marketplace) and have those mounted on the 16” wheels as off-road wheels. So for dailying and light off-roading I use the Michelins, and for anything muddy or sandy I use the Mickey Thompsons. I already have the Michelins and I care about my fuel economy despite throwing money at the truck for parts, so buying the Mickey Thompsons for daily use just wouldn’t make sense to me. If anyone has any advice I’d love to hear it as I’m pretty new to wheels and tires.


Here are the Michelins not mounted:

Here’s the current setup without Michelins mounted:

And here are the 16” wheels: