SR5 stock wheels and bigger tires

Hi everybody !

Sorry if this thread already exists somewhere but I've been lurking many websites for days and can't find an answer! So, I finally pulled the trigger and bought my tacoma SR5 2020.

Initially I wanted to buy TRD-style wheels and put bigger tires, but the stock dark grey wheels are growing on me.

I really want to put bigger tires (like KO2 or Duratrac) , the wheels are 16x7 with 25 mm offset, the stock tires are 245/75/16. I would like to go to 265/70/16 tires.

Only problem is, I'm pretty sure the offset is too small. The TRD Off Road is running on 16" wheels with 265/70/16 tires but the offset is 13mm (I think? it depends on which website you're looking).

Anybody changed their tires with the SR5 wheels?

Thanks !

 

Those will work fine . Most do 265 75 16 and I did 235 85 16. Plenty of room. Welcome aboard and I hope you have money to blow bc this place will do it to you lol.

 

There's so much stuff going on this website my wallet is already crying haha

 

I've running a set of goodyear 265/70 16 a/t tires right now on my 2020 sr5 tacoma....its fine.

 

I have two different sizes up from stock:

The first is 285/75/16 - 33" Pathfinder AT tires. This is what I'm running now. They're great and have held up VERY well. Lots of trail miles and tow miles, and wearing as expected.




That said, they rubbed bad on the UCA without spacers. I'm running 1.25" spacers to clear them, took off the mud flaps, and did a CMC. You can kinda see the spacers on the hub in this pic:




Before that, I had 32" 235/85/16 BFG KO2s before I really started building my truck:



I ran the KO2s with no spacer, no rub, and no lift, but they wore terribly - under 15k miles before they were all completely toast. They were smooth, great tires for about 5k... Then started cupping and wearing poorly. I tow and carry a lot of weight. They may have been too narrow for my application or I got a bad batch.


All the above said, this may be helpful: https://www.tacomaworld.com/tirecalc?tires=245-75r16-265-70r16 - I already plugged in your size and the new size. You're going about an inch wider. The 33" Pathfinders I have are about 0.75" thicker than what you're looking at and are still fairly close to the UCA. You may be ok, but it'll be close.

 

Thanks a lot and thanks for the KO2 informations, even if it was a bad batch i wouldnt risk it since there are many others brands. You are .75 inch wider for your tires and still are close to the UCA with your spacers right? Indeed its gonna be a close call, but your tire are higher too . I will keep you updated but thanks a loooot , nice truck btw !

 

I'd have to jack it up to measure clearance from UCA, the tires hit without spacer at full droop. Where it sits now, there's more than an inch of clearance. It's less at droop. You can jack up the truck so the front wheels are off the ground and look under the wheel well at clearance, steering left and right, to get an idea of where or what you'll hit on at droop.

 

You'll love 265/75/16 "C Load" Duratracs. (Not nearly as loud as they look)

Best "rain rating", and 3 peak snow designation make them an ideal winter tire too.

The Goodyear tire, Toyota should have put on an Off Road Taco, not those stupid Kevlar Highway tires...

 

I've got those 265/70/16 stupid A/T goodyear adventure tires with kevlar on my truck now. Their a big improvement over the stock firestones yet just as quiet, and didn't affect fuel economy. A buddy had the duratracs on a 2016 trd. Their very noisy on the highway, plus they killed his fuel mileage and overall performance. Yeah, they work well in snow and mud when going slower speeds, but who spends all their time in that.

 

Well sometimes if you don't have good tires you can spent a LOT of time in mud.

 

So true on the percentage of time spend going slow. I had the duratracs before, and couldn’t wait to replace them. The road hum was too much for my wifey. Although they really did work well in snow.

 

I had duratracs, and general grabber a/t2's on my tundra many years ago. They were unreal in deep snow. Never really used them in any deep mud. Those goodyear duratracs were by far the loudest tires on asphalt which i didn't put up with very long.

 

Funny, I dont find the Duratracs loud at all. And man do they look & are very aggressive thread pattern. You dont hear them coming down the road like a lot of truck tires out there. Mine are wearing quite nicely....

 

Duratrac s for sure 275/75/16. 2020 Sr5.

 

A buddy that owns a repair garage has duratracs on his older 2500 chevy 4wd truck. If I'm outside by the road i can immediately tell when he's driving up the block compared to other vehicles. Don't know about the sound level compared to other tires though that look similar.

 

All this information is good and what I was looking for.

one quick question:
Does the size of the tire matter if it’s the 2020 SR5 4 cylinder?

 

Only if you like power.

 

Yes, it definitely matters on a 4cylinder. I went up from stock on my SR to 265/70/16 and it’s just noticeable. I wouldn’t think about going any larger. A lot of people do and say they’re fine with the power loss and that it’s not that noticeable. I think they’re bullshitting. Here’s my SR with 265/70/16. They look big enough and I could not be happier with the size. 265/75/16 I would not attempt. Just my opinion though and you know what they say about opinions.

 

I went with 265/75/16 on my 19' SR5 stock suspension

 

@radclerk1 thank you for the feedback. Does help to hear from others.

I do want my truck to look nicer than the stock version though. I heard from a friend of mine that you can add more power to the tacoma by adding performance parts.

good idea? Stay away from it?