crushers
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look perfect
Tires: Tall and Skinnys? (2 Viewers)
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Probably the right place for this. I was moving around some used tires to get mounted. Left to right they are: a 33x10.5r15, a 285/75/16, and a 255/85/16. Each of these tires are BFG m/t km. Tread patch width unmounted is: 8.25", 8.75", and 8". The 255 is tallest, but it has the deepest tread remaining. So not as big of a difference as one might expect from the nominal dimensions.
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Thank you! I think so too. They've performed great so far!
Heres my 02 taco on 255/86R16
BEFORE (265/75R16 ~1" worth of lift)
After (255/85R16 ~2.5" worth of lift)
First impressions -
The bighorns aren't as noisy as one would think.
They measure to 32.75 when the maxxis.com chart says 33.3
After the lift you can feel the wind pressure more on the interstate.
The power loss is very minimum in my opinion, and so far I've lost about 20 miles per tank. (250 to 230 @ 16 gallons) but I havent adjusted my driving habits and thats tons of 3mile errands.
This is my second set of bighorns, and I only had 6 months of the others (235/85R16) on my mini before i slapped on my 37's. so far they are performing like i expected.
BEFORE (265/75R16 ~1" worth of lift)
After (255/85R16 ~2.5" worth of lift)
First impressions -
The bighorns aren't as noisy as one would think.
They measure to 32.75 when the maxxis.com chart says 33.3
After the lift you can feel the wind pressure more on the interstate.
The power loss is very minimum in my opinion, and so far I've lost about 20 miles per tank. (250 to 230 @ 16 gallons) but I havent adjusted my driving habits and thats tons of 3mile errands.
This is my second set of bighorns, and I only had 6 months of the others (235/85R16) on my mini before i slapped on my 37's. so far they are performing like i expected.
How about this? Do these look perfect? They are 7.50 R16s. 8 ply rear and 10 ply fronts. I like em, but the rears need to have diagonal lugs cut into the rubber.
crushers
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they look good ...
crushers
post ho
not sure if i ever posted these pics in this thread.
36 X 10 X 16 mounted on stock splits
from here:
Bias Ply Tires for light trucks - STA Superlug Bias Ply
36 X 10 X 16 mounted on stock splits
from here:
Bias Ply Tires for light trucks - STA Superlug Bias Ply
I haven't see those pics before! Those are nice with a great tread pattern. Just a little bit tall for my liking on my 60 until I get a lift on the old girl. How are they on the road? Whats the use life of them?
crushers
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life is unknown.
handling is great
surprisingly quiet
they do throw rocks though so i try to stay off loose gravel roads.
they fit with 3" of lift nicely ...
handling is great
surprisingly quiet
they do throw rocks though so i try to stay off loose gravel roads.
they fit with 3" of lift nicely ...
Michelin 255/100r16 XZL that is the 900r16XZL replacement. They look like a great tyre. Size wise I think that they are the same as the 9.00's being a shade over 36" tall and just over 10" wide. The max single load rating at 65psi is the same 3750 lbs and construction is the same, tread 4 steel plies and sidewalls 1 steel ply. The main difference is that the tread pattern is slightly different being a 4 block pattern rather than 3, this though gives them a higher speed rating.
No sipes thus useless in snow. Of course you could get 'em siped.
Those look a helluva lot like the 7.00/15s that came stock my '74 FJ55 when I bought it new.
In my experience fairly wide, say 10" and over is better for all-round wheelin'. Here in Colorado if you go most anywhere you can expect rocks and mud. You might also find sand. If you air down to say 15psi you can do all this stuff, less for sand. If you don't have bead locks and you get down into the 5-6psi range you can spin a tire on the rim, but when you get home just pull the wheel weights and rebalance.
Oh, back in the day, and I still have it, we used a 'chuffer pump,' that screwed into a spark plug hole and pumped up your tires. It pumps clean air but takes about 20min to pump up 11.50/15 Armstrong Tru-Traks up to 32psi from 12.
For snow, tall and skinny is good. I run my snow tires at about 32psi.
Right now I'm running Cooper STT 31/10.50-15s spring-summer-fall and some 235/70-15s in the winter, not sure of the brand, they came with the rig and are well siped. When those are shot I'll use the Cooper S/T2 Wintermaster 235/75r-15s.
I run the 255's in the KM2's and love them. I know its a poser shot so flame away 
REDrum
What Would Steve Zissou Do?
I'm very close to throwing down on a set of KM2 255/85/16s and new set of Pro-Comp steelies.
Any feed issues/ feed-back on running them on 8" rims? From the specs, the 255 width seems pretty narrow, and I don't want my set-up to look old skool veedub...
Any feed issues/ feed-back on running them on 8" rims? From the specs, the 255 width seems pretty narrow, and I don't want my set-up to look old skool veedub...
Bomar
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I would stick with a 7 inch to 7.5 inch wide rim for a 255/85....
Find an OEM wheel that will fit what application you are looking for. A toyota steel wheel is about 1/2 the weight as an aftermarket.
REDrum
What Would Steve Zissou Do?
Thanks!
Odd though...all OEM I can find are 16X8. Anyone know of a steel OEM 16x7? Otherwise its Procomp 16x7 #52
Stock steel spare style rims for a tacoma are 16x7
Here is a current picture of my 80, have been running these wheels and tires for about 2 years now.
ElHefe
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SGT0311 said:
What brand/size for both wheels and tires?
Wheels are Tacoma 16 x 7 and the tires are Swamper SSR 35 x 10.50 x 16. I really like the size, although they do not feel stable wheeling in places like Moab. The tread pattern I'm not crazy about, but always wanted a set up like this, and unfortunately Swamper is not currently making this size. So not sure what will be next?
