265/75 r16s and 265/70 r17s Off Road Experience -- on 2017 Stock Off Road

Im new to Taco-World and am looking forward to picking your brains about simple mods (I'm a purist... want to keep it stock where I can.) Bought a 2017 off-road, White and I love it!

Have a question to start off... Its super redundant and asked a million times on this site, BUT I'm having trouble finding more detailed info.... So I apologize in advance...

Like a ton of you on the forum I want to slap on some TRD PRO wheels on my truck with no lift ,but can not decide because of inconsistencies in people's experiences with tire rubbing. I'm looking at 265/75 r16s and 265/70 r17s with no additional lift to my stock Off-Road suspension.

And here is the detail I can't find... Many say that both choices don't rub ON road, but what I can't seem to find are people's experiences with these larger tire setups Off road (without lifts or air dam mods)! Outside of commuting to work in it daily, I camp and backpack a lot and intend to take this truck off road to some of my favorite spots often (not technical rock crawling or anything).

Does anyone have issues with rubbing off road with these larger tires with stock OR setups? Again, I'm not looking to cut or mod any components in my wheel wells (I like my stupid OEM mud flaps lol).

Lastly, do y'all know if there are better gas mileage savings in the 16" setups vs the 17"s?

If rubbing on the trail is an issue, I'll just wrap the wheels in the stock 265/70 r16 tire size.

Sorry for the dissertation! Looking forward to your replies!

 

Free bump - want to know as well

 

265/70/17 is the stock size, right? I would expect zero rubbing with that setup.

But I've been wrong before...

EDIT. 265/70/16 is the standard size. Told you I was wrong

 

265/65r17 is stock too.

 

LT265/70R17 Nitto Trail Grapplers on 17" 4Runner TRD Pro Wheels. Stock height. No lift...Yet

 

scottsglock29 your truck looks great! I just scored some Tacoma Pro wheels yesterday but after seeing your 4Runner Pro wheel set up I'm kinda jealous haha.

 

LOL. Thank you . I really like the look of the Pro Wheels in both the 16" Tacoma Wheels and the 17" 4Runner wheels. IMO, I could have went with either one of them and been perfectly happy.

 

To answer a couple of your original questions.

I went with the 17" wheels and 265/70R17; so from the TRD Offroad 16" wheel to the TRD Pro 4Runner 17" wheel.

I have no rubbing issues at all. I did remove the mud flaps though.

There should be no difference in gas mileage from a 16" to a 17" wheel (stock wheels and tires). The difference will come from the heavier tires (if you decide to go that route). My gas mileage I assume went down slightly due to the heavier more aggressive tires. I never really check the gas mileage. My speedo is probably more accurate now than it was before, can't really explain it other than from what I have read here on TW; that the speedo was not completely accurate with stock tire/wheel combo.

 

I have 265/75R16 on a 2017 AC 4x4. If you have mud flaps, it might rub there off-road, other than that I did not notice any rubbing on or off road.

 

I started with 265/75/16s and no “rubbing” off-road, until I hammered them. I did a performance lift and bumped up to 285s which I hammer even harder occasionally rubbing on crank turns. So I’d say they don’t rub if your mall crawling but if you mall crawl off-road what’s the point, the more you work to make it impervious to bottoming out, the more you will push it so it does! I now just hammer the crap out of it and let the wheels bang when they need to. That’s what the radio cranking AC/DC is for.

265/75/16 no lift

285/70/17 ICON 8 set for performance

 

Great rigs you guys! Thanks for the information! I have chosen to go with the 265/75r16 in either the Toyo Open Country C load, or Duratracs in C too. Trying to save on weight for my work commute. Wish BFG made that size in C because they look so tough!

Here is my truck as it site right now (Scored some mint Tacoma Pro wheels the other day, wrapped them in the stock Goodyears)...

 

I have some very loud 265/75/16 Pro Comp Xtreme MT2s on my stock height 2018 O/R. So I removed the mudguards and noise/hum has dropped significantly. No rubs

 

Thanks for the reply! Your truck looks great! Do you have any side shots of the truck so I can see the stance with that size tire?

 

Haha AC/DC solves many problems. Your truck looks rad and has come a long way from the shot with 265! Looking at 275s and 285s now too. In your opinion, how much more noticable is the trucks on-road performance after bumping up to 33s? I know gas mileage will take a hit, but my main concern is the sluggish nature of the truck already. Are 285s enough to be annoying? Also is a 2-2.5" lift enough to reduce rubbing?

 

Thanks! Hard to answer all on a cell phone. I plan to install a supercharger and regear so the sluggish is less an immediate concern but yes it has more off the line hesitation than stock but we get used to what we have. I sometimes use the ECT power but only when I’m sick of the fucking Prius in front of me.
As far as lift height to rub likelihood that is much more complex. I went with adjustable front and rear suspension upgrades and top of the line UCAs so I could maximize my adjustment and castor. I also went with decent backspacing and finally a moderate offset on the wheels. It takes a while to tune it all so work with an alignment shop that regularly works on lifted trucks and decide if you’re a mall crawler, rock crawler or off-roader then design to that.