Falken wildpeak help

I’m about to buy a set of wildpeaks, and I had a couple of questions before buying. Walmart and Amazon have them 265 75 16 priced at $125 a tire. But I was curious if a 116 T rated tire has a thick enough side what and speed rating for my driving. I’m about 99% highway and city driving, however during the summer time I will be doing some off-roading, so will these tires hold up? I have a 1st gen Tacoma 4wd with 3rd gen Tacoma trd off-road wheels. Thanks for the help.

 

If i was a 99% highway driver i would concentrate on a tire that gives me the best performance etc on the highway. I know several guys who have purchased aggressive looking tires (mainly for looks cause they do 99% highway driving) and regretted it

What exactly describes your 1% off roading habits?

 

Based on my experience I'd advise buying a tougher tire than you think you need. Even if you don't do any true off road driving you can do a lot of damage to tires on rough back roads and gravel roads. I don't do any real off road driving. But I do use my truck for getting into hunting/fishing/camping spots and spend a LOT of time on gravel forest service roads and farm roads. I use 4X4 several hundred miles each year on these type of roads and in snow. More than once I've had a P series tire ruined to the point that it couldn't be repaired. It costs more to buy 4 P series tires and then a 5th to replace the damaged one than it costs to just buy 4 LT tires to start with.

Unless you over inflate them LT tires don't ride any worse than P's. And if you avoid the really aggressive mud terrain tires you won't see any difference in fuel mileage. Stick with a mildly aggressive AT tire in an LT tire and you'll be fine.

 

I bought a set of 5 of those exact tires through America's Tire. Got the road hazard warranty. Didn't air down while off roading in Death Valley (some very sharp rocks out there) and put a 1" slice in the tire. America's Tire said it was unrepairable and swapped it out for a new one, no charge.

Lots of people here who wanted an offroad tire but mostly drive highway (I'm probably close to 95%) bought the Wildpeaks. The 116T is closer to an LT than a P rated tire. I think it's a good compromise. I'm pleased with them.

 

Agree with this completely, same experience even with running over crap on the highways here.

 

I'm thinking about the wildpeaks as well, maybe I've just got lucky with SL tires but I put the stock wrangler tires through a lot of shit and never had problems. They only lasted 20k miles (about 3k miles offroad) but did death valley, tons of desert, high sierras and ton of shitty roads in Baja.

So I'm thinking of going with a 4 ply tire again just hate killing my onroad feel where my truck spends most of its life anyways by getting 10 ply and super heavy tires. I'm sure I'll change my tune if I ever shred a tire in the middle of no where though lol