General questions/big tires

Recently bought a 2017 Tacoma TRD Off-road and it already has icon 2.0 aluminum series in front and rear with stock rims and 285/75r16 tires. It’s primarily gonna be used for easy to medium level off-roading/camping trips/overlanding build; other than my 6 mile round trip to work three days a week. I was looking at 17” Method Race Wheels 704 bead grip with 0mm offset along with 295/70r17 Baja boss A/T. I’m not entirely sure how tall the current lift is but the tires haven’t rubbed at all yet so I’m not entirely sure if I’d need a new lift system for the new wheel set up (wouldn’t mind buying another lift setup). Another thing is the gearing with big tires, would upgrading the gearing be a good investment for my situation?

 

Maybe just use what you already have and evaluate from there? No sense in spending more money if you dont need too?

 

The 285s are already "big tires" so I would not go 295. The list won't fix rubbing issues with bigger tires. You will need to do a cab mount chop, if not already done, along with some other inner fender well adjustments. Stick with the 285s IMHO.

 

I would stay with 285/70/17 and look into a tune before spending the money on re-gearing. The front mud flaps will need to be removed and some cutting along with a cmc may be needed.

A good set of adjustable uca's will help a lot with alignments and minimizing cutting. JBA HD high castor uca's are popular.

How many miles on those shocks? Appears to be a bit of surface rust on them.

 

I’m not entirely sure I couldn’t find anything in the service history but yes they do look old and I was looking and total chaos uniball upper control arms. I’m fine with staying on 285s was just wondering if I could pull off 295s

 

The leap in size from a 285 to a 295 is minimal. Not worth it really at the end of the day. I did it and it will not work without a chop.
I want to point out aswell that the wheel and tote combo you looking at is quite possibly the heaviest possible. I can't recall if it's the 703 or the 704 are in the ball park of 30lbs and the 295 baja boss is over 70lbs I would need to double check for the exact spec.
As suggested I would run it as is assess how it performs and determine what direction is best to throw your cash. Big +1 for investing in a tune asap.

 

those are icon 2.5" coilovers up front. actually a pretty nice setup. they can be adjusted to any height of lift with the threaded body. i would guess they are set around 2-2.5" of lift as the are. only reason you aren't rubbing now is because of the positive offset on stock wheels. even keeping same tire size going with 0 offset your gona have to do some trimming. should clear cab mount tho. going to 295s youl probably get into it.

 

Yes you could run 295s, just depends on how much cutting you want to do. I would find a lighter 17" wheel and stick with 285s as mentioned.

Total Chaos uca's are super strong and quality, but won't offer the adjustment capabilities of JBA's, Accutune's, or even Elevate or Icon billet's.
Essentially more cutting and trimming with TC or any other non adjustable uca.

You'll also have to loosen the uca bolt to grease the bushings for maintenance and keep the uniballs lubricated frequently with dry ptfe spray (finishline or triflow).

The TC are known to squeak, but the JBA uca bushings (x pattern on sides of bushings) will fit in the TC uca's and help minimize that.

Up to you if you want to deal with all that.

If you live somewhere where vehicle rust is prevalent I would stick with a sealed uca design.