The stock tires on the Trd Pro...

Haha, yeah, I love mine, too. And believe it or not, I'm cheap. I will run these tires until they wear out, and I am fine with them. They do what I need them to do just fine -- not doing any rock crawling or mud holes, just tooling through the Ozarks and camping, maybe a CO trip every few years. They are much better than the Rugged Fails that came on my 2nd gen TRD OR. Depending on how they wear and last, may even get another set.

 

Mine were just under 4/32" after 50k miles, just FYI

 

One more thing worth looking at......Tire Rack has a rating system for categories of tires. Here's the AT list.

The Goodyears w/ Kevlar are not inspiring haha

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=ORAT&

 

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I'll be honest, that surprised me a little

 

Keep in mind, that’s for NEW tires. Everything’s up in the air tire-to-tire as they wear......everybody loves KO2s the day they’re put on, but after 30k miles they apparently start to slip and slide in the rain...potentially way more than these numbers would let on.

So take it all with a grain of salt, but it’s a good starting comparison

 

It’s actually such a big gimmick there isn’t any in the sidewall at all, just underneath the tread. In fact most modern tires use a couple layers of aramid fiber.

Pretty sure those are X3s. The ATx just came out last year.

 

Heavier tires means worse mileage and emissions, also more cost.

Everyone sells them. I did.

 

Yeah, but people love them some KO2's! Of the tires on that list, those would be one of my last choices, but I'm just not a fan of BFG's. None of those have a really aggressive tread pattern. I had the Michelins on my last truck (after I got rid of the Rugged Fails), great wearing tire but never really tested them off road. On gravel they were fine, but never did any trails. Also not a very aggressive tread. I had 50K miles on them and you wouldn't even know it, probably could have gone 80K.

I want a tire to balance well, wear evenly, and last a reasonable amount of time (more than 50K miles). Of the tires on that list, I don't think you'd notice much difference in performance.

Bring back the Dunflops!

 

I think ideally I'd have 3 sets of tires.....Blizzaks in the winter, Michelin Defender LTXs in the summer and a set of Cooper ST Maxx for proper off-roading

some day.......

 

Stock TRDPro tires suck in snow after our snowstorm here in the southeast we just endured. My stock nitto grapplers on my traded TRDPro 4Runner were much more capable in snow.

 

I don't understand why they didn't use the nitto tires on all the Pro models

 

I agree. They probably went with them for mpg. But they should have a more aggressive tire imo
I picked these at 18,000 miles. I think they look awesome, but you pay for it in mpg. But it is a truck not a Prius. Lol

 

Should have at least done 32s with a slightly more aggressive tire. The Colorado ZR2 runs Duratracs if I'm not mistaken. If you watch any video review of the TRD it's always the tires holding it back. Sure, they are "capable" and maybe even fine for the OR (not really, but whatever), but for the top of the line model, Toyota should have done better.

 

They arent marketing the vehicle to people who seriously offroad nor do they engineer it for serious offroading. They are marketing it to people who want to look like they offroad and have serious cash.

 

Basically the cheapest name brand tire they could get. They suck.

 

Actually, the very first thing that pops up on the TRD PRO section of the Toyota website is "True Icons of the off road" and a picture of all three pro models in a very muddy trail. It then goes on to brag about it's capability.. Maybe it's just me, but that seems like they market them for a little more than your average daily driving.

 

Your statement further validates my point. I'm not saying they arent offroad capable at all. But anyone who knows anything about Tacomas knows you can make an SR5 just as capable as a PRO for less cash overall.

 

I guess? Maybe I misunderstood the point you were trying to get across. I definitely agree that every Tacoma is pretty capable, that's why I've owned a few of them. But I'm not sure I agree with your thoughts on the marketing and build of the trims. I don't think Toyota was thinking "let's build an awesome mall crawler" then proceeded to allow people to test it and promote it as it's premier off-road vehicle. Then again, I'm no marketing expert and maybe myself and many other people got screwed when buying anything more than the SR5. My point was really just to say if they market it as a slightly more capable off-road truck then they should have put a slightly more capable tire on it. Not that it IS the most capable truck and it's meant for only people that really do off-road.

 

Area dealerships offer the XSP package on SR5s. It's actually a really good looking appearance package and the run 265/70/17 Terra Grapplers on them. Even those are a pretty big step up from stock.

 

What kind of prices are they charging for a set up like that from a dealer?