My Wheel & Tire journey 31's to 43's, and everything in between.

When I bought the truck used, it came on 17's with 35's that were in bad shape, and probably not road worthy. Wheels were Pro Comp Alloy 01 I think, or something similar, and the tires came off pretty quickly, so I didn't pay attention to them.



I got a used set of used 33" Dick Cepek Extreme Country 285/75R16's to put on the truck while I got a new set of 35" tires mounted and balanced. Added some Plastidip as the Pro Comp Rock Crawler Series 51 steel wheels were just black.





Plastidipped the Pro Comp Alloy 01 wheels. New 35" tires Roadone Calvary 315/75/16.



For whatever reason, I dropped down to 31" winter compound tires - 31" Mastercraft Courser MSR 235/85R16 tires. Not sure on the wheels.







Finally some NEW wheels!!!! 17" TE styled wheels in bronze. Just swapped over the RoadOne's.







Started to get tire size envy, so I jumped up to 37's. Maxxis Trepador 37X12.50-16LT's, on the TE style wheels.









This was my wood wheel and tire combo:



Moved on from the 31" winter tires, and 16" wheel setup. To Vision Off-Road 351 Flow Series Satin Grey Wheels, and Kanati 37x12.50R17 Trail Hogs. 3-Peak rated tires.







Compared to the Treps.









Also upgraded the lug nuts.



Can't remember the info for this spare setup.



RockTrix RT112 Spare 37"



Why did I step up to 38's?!? No good reason..... Mickey Thompson Baja pro XS's 38x13.50R17's on CXA, TR Vortex 17x9's







For another no "good" reason I moved up to 40's. Stayed with the Pro XS model, but 40X13.50-17LT on TIS 563BZ's.





New spare after stepping up to 40's. RockTrix RT113 with Accelera Badak X-Treme 40x13.50 17's.

 

Currently the truck is getting SAS'd so I decided to step up to 43's still Baja Pro XS's, guess I'm hooked..... 15/43-17LT's on Dirtylife Enigma 8x170 17" beadlocks.

 

Fuk yeah! love your tire size-up jourrney!

 

Awesome thread. Thanks for putting all that info into one place!

 

That is some meaty rubber. How does the truck handle those massive tires? (Power and brake wise)

I'm assuming you've geared down significantly in the diffs, right?

 

My wallet isn't too fond o the journey!

 

How long have you had the truck?

 

This journey, is part of the reason I've made friends at my local tire shop (seriously though!!)

 

Power is obviously lacking, but I'd say that about a stock truck. But to be fair, I didn't get the truck for speed. Braking, has improved, I think you can see on a couple pics the Stoptech BBK on the front. And last year I upgraded the rear. And I was on 5.29's.

 

Only since 2021.

 

That’s very funny because I’m currently sitting at the off road shop that does alot of the work on my truck and I’ve become friends with them as well because I spend so much time here haha, 100% can relate.

 

Dang, so is that 9 sets of tires in 4 years? Some serious dedication there! Good luck with the SAS.

 

HA! Kinda wish you hadn't counted never actually put a number to it

 

The amount of money spent on just tires and wheels is probably close to the entire value of my truck haha. I hope you were able to sell everything when you moved on to something else to get some funds back. And also just realized were were chatting in your sas post a few weeks ago on reddit haha. Nice rig.

 

Yup, I always sell my old setups to help offset the costs of the current one. And I'm normally able to get wheels and tires, at a discounted rate, so I'm not paying the normal price, so flipping them later on I don't take as big a hit.

 

I only assumed that's what was going on. If not then my other assumption was you were a millionaire with FU tire money lol.

 

HA!, definitely not the case! Would have probably gone 42" Treps if money was no object. They are a little quieter. But don't get me wrong, I love the Baja Pro XS's.

 

When large MT's enter the conversation the word quiet leaves the conversation. lol

 

When you're in the 1inch tread depth and you can fit your fist between the lugs then the decibel meter exits the chat haha

edit: typed before i read the post above. Same thing haha

 

Honestly my 37" Treps were pretty tame, noise wise for how aggressive they are. But the truck is built for the trails, so I'm not overly concerned with noise.