My dealer has agreed to swap out the silly little street tires for a Wildpeak A/T in size 275/70/17 before I drive off the lot. They will give a $500 tire credit and then charge me for tire cost.
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Agreed. Although the more I look at them, the less egregious they look on the 250.
I may swap in the wheel and tire setup from my Tacoma trade in..the 20"s might make the taco a harder sell for them ( ;
GTV
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Are you sure that's the correct size? It's smaller diameter than the stock 265/70/18's
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You’re in Maine, put some dedicated snow tires on your OEM wheels and buy whatever floats your boat for more aggressive summer wheels/tires.
joseywales
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Wild peaks are crap. I’d go Toyo AT3s if you haven’t got a past (misguided) love for the Falkens…
Respectfully disagree. I run currently them on my F-350 Superduty and a compound turbo'd diesel 80 series, both in 35" size. Best overall tire I've run in over 1M miles of driving. 3 Peak Mountain rated so we don't have to carry chains in the winter when running passes. I also volunteer with an off-road recovery group here in Colorado and well more than half of our group run the Wildpeaks. They balance well, are quiet at 80 mph and perform well in most conditions. I avoid mud, but they do perfectly fine in snow, rock, slickrock, dirt, etc.
I feel like I have run every AT known to man at this point in my life. I wheel my rigs and I live where it snows a lot.
I think I am just going to go with what my personal experiences tell me works, instead of an anonymous person spouting off on a public forum. Thanks though.
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joseywales
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I love the “ignore” button. Now I can have a civil conversation with guys like you Adam. I have well over 2 million miles, and have lived my entire life in the snow. I ran plow companies and snowcat companies that required me to be on the mountain highways at all hours of the day and night, on both plowed and unplowed roads. In my snow (snow is different everywhere due to temps and humidity), the Falkens are horrible. Maybe the colder and drier snow of Colorado is more suited to them? I’m in the northern Washington Idaho Montana area where they border with British Columbia. It is definitely warmer and more humid here in winter.
If anyone wants a nearly new set of 275/70-18s in the Wildpeak ATs, I’ll very happily part with mine.
If anyone wants a nearly new set of 275/70-18s in the Wildpeak ATs, I’ll very happily part with mine.
What is even better than the ignore button is maybe just not adding the an opinion in the first place instead having the need to call someone else misguided without knowing a thing about them or their experiences - just a thought.
And while I greatly appreciate the chance to hear everything that you know about tires and how mid- guided you feel everyone else is, I’m going to go with my own personal experiences since I’m a grown man. This might be a good opportunity for you to just cruise right on past this thread without adding an opinion, since your goal is civil conversations.
Or you can spout off and then hit the ignore button like a child. Guess we know what option Josey chose.
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Fort9378
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User in another forum test fit 17s on a 250
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Here’s the full video. Not really any more informative than the photo above.
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I'm assuming they fit in the rear, too.
There are some vehicles (new Defender) where the issue with downsizing rims is the rear brake calipers, not the front.
There are some vehicles (new Defender) where the issue with downsizing rims is the rear brake calipers, not the front.
Fort9378
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I haven't seen fitment on the rear, but I think from the Dan Edumunds video the rear brakes are a good bit smaller than the front.
17s have been confirmed to fit the 300 series, so we shouldn't have a problem with the 250.
ryanjl
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I know the rears are one piston and the fronts are two, but -- again using the new Defender as an example -- the one-piston rear calipers have some "fins" to strengthen them that makes running a smaller wheel impossible without either replacing the caliper or taking a grinder to those fins.
That all said, it looks like Icon is already billing some 17" wheels as usable on the 250 Land Cruiser, so that's probably as good of a confirmation as any.
Some of these photos almost make it look like a correctly-designed 16" wheel could even work. Hard to tell without a photo of the clearance between the caliper and the rim.
even if a 16 did "fit" I for one wouldn't be comfortable with the clearances. Knowing my luck a stone would find its way in there.
xlx
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Wondering if the black 17” TRD PRO wheels from a 4Runner would have the correct offset and bolt on without any mods.
Hiluxforever
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Yas! I can run 17" oem steelies.
