4 Tires & rims or 5 tires & rims

When Buying your tires & rims how many of you guys just buy 4 tires & rims?
And how many of you guys buy 5 tires & rims when you guys put on new set of shoes for your Tacoma?

 

I'll take option #3 ... 4 wheels and 5 tires. This is assuming you're going to a larger diameter tire. Mount the 5th tire to your existing spare. Even if you're going up to 17" wheels from 16's there is a 16" equivalent tire, so your tires are all the same diameter.

 

Years ago, and the one time I bought aftermarket wheels, I was in need of a replacement, only to find they were discontinued. I had to pay through the nose to source one from ebay.
Lesson learned.

 

I like that, never thought of it this way. I'm staying with 16inch rims I think I might go with the KMC Impact 16
265/75/16

 

Other mods might force you to get a matching 5th wheels or at least something with the same backspacing as the new wheels. I went with the archive garage shock relocation and the oem spare would need a spacer to clear the shocks. I went with 5 matching wheels. I got a blem for the 5th wheel since it's going to mount under the bed anyway.

Also, nowadays, a 17" tire is more common so they are easier to find if you blow a tire out of town.

 

I did 5 , incase I have a flat and wanted to be able to use the same lugs instead of having to keep 2 different kind handy using the stock spare. And these are 16 Impact

 

Not sure if I'm responding correctly. When I was able physically to do winter and summer change overs myself. I bought nice aftermarket wheels and mounted nice tires for summer. I took off oem tires from stock wheels and mounted good winter tires for winter. Sold stock tires on line if they were still good.

 

16 inch KMC rims x5 nice what size tires you running?

 

On a Tacoma I'd buy 4 tires and 4 wheels, you can't see the spare and you can't keep it clean. On a Jeep Wrangler where the spare is visible and easy to get to, I'd buy 5 and 5 and do a 5 way rotation.

On a truck I always keep one of my old tires when buying new and have the tire shop mount it to the spare tire spot. This rotation keeps a fairly new tire for the spare and it's the same size.

Unless I were going up significantly larger than stock I'd not worry about having a spare the same size. If it's within 1-2" of the same diameter as the 4 on the ground that's close enough.

 

i should really source a 5th wheel for my Tacoma. then I could do 5 wheel rotations. but i also recently dropped my stock spare and a 245 to my 285 could be an issue if I ever needed to try and wheel out of a bad spot

 

I'll be sticking with 16inch rims, so 4 rims and 5 new tires, I think the spare tire will be upgraded

 

16 70 265, I had to dig to find out . @Discount Tire spoke with Jordan and he helped out a lot with my decision.

 

When I changed my size I did all 5.

 

I do all 5 tires and rims. Do a 5-tire rotation. Don't see a whole lot of difference in looks on the spare when mounted on the truck.

 

5 matching tires and wheels for a 5 tire rotation. Any size tire will get you home if you have a flat on the side of a road. But, you will want a matching (rotated) spare tire if you have a tire blow out on the trail. Different size tires are a bad idea when 4WD is engaged. Plus, the 5 tire rotation will end up getting more miles overall than a simple 4 tire rotation.

 

I'm 99.9% on the road

 

In that case, 4 tires and AAA

 

4 tires and wheels. If you know how to plug a tire and carry a pump. In the last 25 years across all my vehicles, I have used a spare wheel/donut 1 time, and have had more sets of tires than i can count. Its worth the gamble. Im pretty sure I have put a plug in almost every set of tires I have owned.

 

In that case, it's up to you. Buying a matching spare tire/wheel/TPMS sensor is an added expense. But, you should have a spare, it's just do you want to spend the extra money or not. But you can have a total road blowout that shreds your tire. If you had a matching spare, then you might not have to purchase more than one surprise tire.

 

I have Morrflate air compressor behind my seat.