reddog90
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And now they're $289 in 255/85/16s. They were $231 when I put them on my to-do list a year or so ago.
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FJBen
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I paid $200 a tire on sale 2 years ago or so. Not looking forward to buying them again soon at that price
FJBen
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WWWD.... what would @wngrog do?
send it, I know that but sizing up new tires for the summer and wheeling season. I've got a few years and miles on these G003's but looking to get a fresh set on. I would really like a little taller set, but they don't exist in 16's.
Opt 1: same: 255/85r16 Yokohama G003's. I've been very happy with this tire. Sometimes it looks a little small on my cruiser.
Opt 2: 285/75r17 Yokohama G003's Same great tire, just taller and a little wider. I'm ok with both. My rig has flares which sometimes gives my rig that undersized tire look. Skinny track width as well. This option requires new rims which I haven't found any I quite like yet, but slightly wider and more tire options is a plus.
according to Yokohama, it's 285/75r17 is 34.1 tall and 11.1"wide.
255 is 33.2 so thats almost an 1" shorter and 1" narrower.
Discount tire has the 285/75r17 for $315 each
Discount tire has the 255/85r16 for $291 each
@wngrog how much actual difference is there between the 255's vs the 285/75r17 in size and road feel? Worth it to buy new rims, or not really, just run the 255's
send it, I know that but sizing up new tires for the summer and wheeling season. I've got a few years and miles on these G003's but looking to get a fresh set on. I would really like a little taller set, but they don't exist in 16's.
Opt 1: same: 255/85r16 Yokohama G003's. I've been very happy with this tire. Sometimes it looks a little small on my cruiser.
Opt 2: 285/75r17 Yokohama G003's Same great tire, just taller and a little wider. I'm ok with both. My rig has flares which sometimes gives my rig that undersized tire look. Skinny track width as well. This option requires new rims which I haven't found any I quite like yet, but slightly wider and more tire options is a plus.
according to Yokohama, it's 285/75r17 is 34.1 tall and 11.1"wide.
255 is 33.2 so thats almost an 1" shorter and 1" narrower.
Discount tire has the 285/75r17 for $315 each
Discount tire has the 255/85r16 for $291 each
@wngrog how much actual difference is there between the 255's vs the 285/75r17 in size and road feel? Worth it to buy new rims, or not really, just run the 255's
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I like them both. The 80 handles a wider tire better. About a full inch taller and wider. Nice and square looking still.
reddog90
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Just bought five 255/85/16s at $284/ea from Discount. They could only find three in their entire system. Somehow found two more at a supplier in kalifornia. Went ahead and bought them before supply chain gets worse. Simple Tire and 4WP are around $330/ea now.
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Yep I paid $330 on eBay for one. Crazy.
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new 255/85/16 G003 vs 33/10.5/15 KM3 w/ 92% tread left
Love these tires.
Gotta be honest, I was a little hesitant taking them out in this past "snowstorm" but they performed very well, even going up our dog trainer's driveway.
I will probably always have these. Excellent all around and wearing nicely with proper rotations.
I will probably always have these. Excellent all around and wearing nicely with proper rotations.
I have had similar experience in a couple snowy situations. Good grip for a MT. Although, last weekend in WV I did lock up and slide completely off of the road. It was mostly my fault, as it was very cold and the roads were unscraped. I carried too much speed through a flat turn and I think the top layer of snow started shifting on a layer of ice. In those conditions it's probably not super fair to blame the tire. However, I do wonder if a heavily siped tire would have stopped a bit sooner. Lucky for me, the ditch on the side of the road was not very deep and I sort of just cruised into a shallow snowdrift, stopped, then backed her up and off I went. I was lucky though, could've gone much worse. I say all of that to say this - I'm very impressed with these tires but their traction in deep-ish snow and other normal conditions can lead to overconfidence in truly hazardous weather. Drive accordingly and I think these things will probably take you anywhere you want to go.
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Remind me how wide those rims are? They really look great with the skinnies. I think I’ve only run them on 6” wide wheels and was worried they would be too narrow for the Smooth vintiques
new 255/85/16 G003 vs 33/10.5/15 KM3 w/ 92% tread left
Love these tires.
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16x7 Wheel Vintiques 12-670604 Wheel Vintiques 12 Series Smoothie Wheels | Summit Racing - https://www.summitracing.com/parts/wvi-12-670604
The truck drives noticeably better than the previous setup. @dogfishlake runs these on chunk.
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They eat up the thick clay mud we have down here in AR very well (as I would expect from a MT). I spend a lot of time on construction sites and have to make my way through mud pits left behind by excavators all the time, and I don't even think I've spun a tire yet; just easy throttle. We’ve had a few icy & sleet storms here too and it’s done very well in those. Very impressed
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Love these tires still. Trying to decide to stay with 255's or bump up to 285/75r17's.
I've got 25,700 miles on them and I'm down to 8~10/32nds left which is 40~50% life span left. I usually sell tires around the 40% range so I've been looking for a size up, which comes with other problems, namely the rims/spacers.
My 255's measured out to 32.6" new, I don't have the actuals on the 285's...maybe grog has them.
Stock rims and 255/85r16's
My bad photoshop with @wngrog 's
80's 285/75r17.
I've got 25,700 miles on them and I'm down to 8~10/32nds left which is 40~50% life span left. I usually sell tires around the 40% range so I've been looking for a size up, which comes with other problems, namely the rims/spacers.
My 255's measured out to 32.6" new, I don't have the actuals on the 285's...maybe grog has them.
| 285/75-17 | 255/85-16 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Diameter inches (mm) | 33.83 (859.3) | 33.07 (839.9) | -0.76 (-19.4) -2.3% |
| Width inches (mm) | 11.22 (285) | 10.04 (255) | -1.18 (-30) -10.5% |
| Circum. inches (mm) | 106.28 (2699.57) | 103.88 (2638.62) | -2.4 (-60.95) -2.3% |
| Sidewall Height inches (mm) | 8.42 (213.75) | 8.53 (216.75) | 0.12 (3) 1.4% |
| Revolutions per mile (km) | 596.15 (370.43) | 609.92 (378.98) | 13.77 (8.56) 2.3% |
Stock rims and 255/85r16's
My bad photoshop with @wngrog 's
80's 285/75r17.
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Yep Bump up to the 285s…..
Look at the 70 I did for Kaderabek with that size and FJ wheels
Look at the 70 I did for Kaderabek with that size and FJ wheels
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285/75-16 left on City Racer 16s versus 255/85-16 right on City Racer 16s
Bitchin. Great comparison.
About 10k miles in now. Gas mileage penalty is around 1 mpg from the 265 duratracs e-load before, after mileage correction. I rotate every 5k, including my spare in that mix. Wear seems pretty minimal, although that's just from my eye. I'll be surprised if I don't get 50-60k.
Just spent ~10 days in the Mojave. They seem to handle everything well, solid traction everywhere. Sand wasn't their strong point, but these 255s are narrow, and I wasn't airing down to sand pressures, and they performed fine.
They're certainly tough tires. My coworker had 3 punctures on his 10-ply Big O X/Ts (50% worn) while I had 0.
Overall they are performing well, more traction everywhere off-pavement, and reliable winter grip as well. I will likely buy them again.
Just spent ~10 days in the Mojave. They seem to handle everything well, solid traction everywhere. Sand wasn't their strong point, but these 255s are narrow, and I wasn't airing down to sand pressures, and they performed fine.
They're certainly tough tires. My coworker had 3 punctures on his 10-ply Big O X/Ts (50% worn) while I had 0.
Overall they are performing well, more traction everywhere off-pavement, and reliable winter grip as well. I will likely buy them again.
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I have 285/75R17 for my Tacoma… I can measure if still required?
Do regular hills under torrential rain apart from the mud in the farm and it never has let me down so far, for sand I deflate down to 22psi and it works out real good.
