255/85 R16 Owners Experience

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Matt

 

But still want dirty 5's

 

I wish they made a 35x10.50

 

Swamper does.

35x10.50R16 SSR's

 

I wish someone other than interco made one. Would love to have a km2 or nitto in a 35x10.50

 

Alright....alright....I'm starting to shake off my 285 lust in favor for a reality check. Let's see if my clarity holds.

255's fit on my truck, no rub no fuss.
Better MPG, plus I tow a Fleetwood Graphite Popup camper for family trips.
Smaller investment, I already own a 255 spare.

ST Maxx is still high on my list. I'm headed out to drive the white rim as a support vehicle for a MTB trip for my co-workers. Gotta pull the trigger ASAP.

Thanks fellas.

Salt

 

Yeah SSRs might be a bit much

 

They are supposed to be a pretty good tire from what I can tell.

I want to get a set of 36x12.50R16's TSL Radials though. Throw them on a stock wheel and they measure about 10" wide. n0rth is running a set of them and has over 30K miles on them and they still have a lot of tread left! My KM2's have about 15K on them and are practically bald

 

My Km2's are at 13K and look like they have maybe 5k more miles. Like wth? I've had them for a year.

 

Been real busy but here's a pic of my DCSB with my toyo's

 

What are the load rating of the tires you have now to the toyos? I'm guessing they are probably both E rated but it wouldn't hurt to check, maybe the toyos were C or D rated?

 

You have a link to those tires?

 

That's a good looking setup.

 

So what do you think so far? How much do you drive that truck? How is it on the street and highway? Have you regeared?

 

I run around 44 on my D load Cooper STs. Try increasing your pressure. I had the same issue at lower pressures. Check out the Toyo Load Index charts here.

http://toyotires.com/tires-101/tire-load-and-inflation-tables

 

+ 1 to what Maxx said. Also you have a lot of new tread. The tread flexes some and will give you that wandering feeling. I have the same experience with my new ST Maxx tires (18/32nds of tread) give it a couple thousand miles and it will get better. I also saw this when I worked at Goodyear. Guys would come back saying it feels like they're in a boat with the back end moving around like that.

Spencer

 

I had a similar issue without the rubbing, though I have trimmed the inside of my mudflaps for a little more clearance. The 255/85/16 (33x10) Cooper S/Ts that I run benefitted immensly from road force balancing. I think the skinny aspect being so close to the rim width transmits the road surface straight along the sidewall to the rims giving much more feedback. Personally I like it for the highway and run pressures in the 50's.

 

You running wheel spacers on that?

 

My truck drives the same way going from 265's to 255's

 

Photos are looking great guys!

These tantalizing shots of the Tacomas on skinnies is making me want to get the truck out for a taste of the desert soon!