265x70x17 vs 285x75x16

From my understanding, but i'm not a tire expert as we have seen, if your rim is a 17 and the tire can fit on a 17 then it's good to go. Now, once the side wall gets larger and larger, you're going to get a balloon looking affect. As far as performance goes, I have no idea what can result.

 

Terrible idea. There is not enough back spacing and you will for sure rub the UCA. You will also rub the cab mount, pinch weld, and plastic. Go ahead and try it, but don't say I didn't warn you.

Now that I'm unsure of.

 

i know my cousin has KO2s on his FJ stock height in that size no rub, but he doesn't really wheel with it. Not sure that helps.

I've heard in numerous threads on here it doesn't rub under normal driving but under flex it does.
You might be able to get away with it. Not sure what the offset is for the OEM wheels so dunno.

 

Remember...99% of 285/75/16 tires are load E rated....which translates to much heavier tires, more rolling mass to start and stop which affects acceleration, braking, mpg etc.

The advantage of 17" wheel is you can find similar sized (diameter) tires that are C rated (*I think), which IMO, is much better suited to a Tacoma - and even moreso the 3rd gen 3.5L motor.


That said - I love the proportion, looks and rubber to wheel ratio of a 285/75/16, which is what I'm going with soon.

 

You are right! The nitto ridge grappler is one example of a C load 285