Tire and Wheel Upgrade

I'm relatively new to the Tacoma crew.

Looking for some help and/or recommendations. I have a 2022 Tacoma TRD Sport and it's all pretty stock, with the exception of some cosmetic upgrades. I don't want to lift my truck, but I'm thinking of doing a 2" or 2.5" level kit.

I want to upgrade the tires to something more aggressive and slightly larger but I'm unsure what sizes to look for. I know the stock size of the TRD Sport tires are 265/65R17. I have been looking at 32" or 33" tires on my truck but want to avoid any rubbing and don't want to do any trimming. I plan to change the wheels but keep them stock size.

I don't do or plan to do much off-roading or trail riding, but I do have a small camper (roughly 3,000lb weight) that I tow. So this upgrade is more for aesthetics than anything else.

What would be recommended tire size to look for? Are there any good tire and wheel kits/packages available?

Thanks in advance for the help!

 

The wheel/tire forum is a good place to look

A level kit *is* a lift that you say you don't want.

On keeping the same wheel size, backspace, width and offset have much more to do with fit than diameter

 

From what I've seen, you can get a 32 in there fine, but a 33 may rub.

Also agree with above comment, width and offset do play a role in rubbing.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/biggest-tire-w-out-lift.547837/

 

It's Friday gentlemen and ladies

 

Ok, thanks for the input. I'll definitely check out the Wheel/tire forum. Is it possible to increase tire diameter while keeping the width and offset the same? Or do these dimensions also change with diameter?

 

I think you're mixing terms here. While the tire has it's own dimensions, so does the wheel.

Tires can be easily compared in the Tire Calculator

Wheels come in lots of dimensional combinations. How you describe your use case says that what your truck has now is just fine, and a simple plus sizing of the tire is probably your best bet.

Tire Rack has some good reading on the dimensional aspects of wheels and tires.

 

Personally I'd only go up one size to a 265/70R17, same width as your stock 265/65R17 but 1" bigger diameter. If you get more aggressive tires in 265/70R17 it'll improve the appearance a lot without sacrificing too much performance. Going to a 0 offset on new wheels would push your tires outwards about an inch, roughly even with the fenders, which also makes the truck look tougher. If you tow your 3,000 LB camper often you'll appreciate not going any larger on tires, these trucks aren't built to tow much more than that comfortably in stock form, and bigger/heavier tires make it worse.

Also, skip the leveling kit. All you achieve is your truck will squat, which looks ridiculous, and your headlights will point too high and blind everyone when you are towing or hauling anything in the bed. Trucks are built with rake for a reason, so that they sit level with a load on the back, "leveling" for appearance is among the dumbest things you can do to a truck in my opinion. Trucks look good with rake, it means they are ready to work.

Photos for reference:
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/stock-tacoma-with-265-70-17-pictures-please.594730/

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/forums/wheels-tires.15/

 

^^This^^

 

( @23MGM taught me)

 

this is the way

 

Very helpful, thanks! I appreciate your opinion on the leveling kit. The only real reason I considered doing a level is to create more clearance for slightly bigger tires, but if 265/70R17s will fit with no rubbing then I'm not too concerned. I believe the stock wheels are 17x7.5, would a slight change to 17x8 make an impact on performance/rubbing? The kits I'm finding are largely 17x8 with most offsets being around 16mm. I'm sure this would still give a more aggressive look as well.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/tacoma-lift-faq-guide-read-this.11282/

 

One size up Goodyear Ultraterrain. No lift,no rub,no problems.
265/70 -17

 

17x9 +1 265/70r17. Stock suspension just changed out mud flaps to rokblokz no rubbing.

 

17x8 wheels with +16mm offset should be fine. Wider than stock tires are usually the culprit for rubbing combined with negative offset wheels because the radius of the arc they travel in when turning increases.

Here's a good tool to visualize the change: Lifts/levels increasing room for bigger tires is a common misconception, it may help alleviate minor rubbing on the street, but the path and distance the wheel can travel up/down remains unchanged, a lift just changes where you are at resting ride height. This is especially evident if you ever offroad at all, or any situation where you cycle the suspension fully. A good video explaining this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_68Hc8GtLko

 

OP, Appears you (like many or most) want the taller aggressive tires for looks which is fine. Keep the following in mind. The taller heavier tires will negatively affect your mpg’s. It will lower your mpg and even more so when towing, which already grossly lowers your mpg. The engine will have to work harder to move your vehicle and again this is especially so when towing. In addition the more aggressive the tire tread the louder the road noise. So to look good there are some significant cons to taller, heavier aggressive tires, just sayin.

 

Another vote for ^^this^^
32s are no issue on road or for light off road use with stock suspension. I did easy and moderate off road trails on 32s for a year on stock wheels and suspension. You will be fine with 32s. Stay with 265 wide and stock wheels for now. And yeah . . . . forget the leveling kit.

 

Honestly there's little to no difference in the ratio between stock towing and my 295's towing. Bolth saw about 3-4L/100km more when towing. Stock towing was around 14-15L/100 now it's 17-18L/100
A 265/70r17 with a light wheel will see very small loses once your into the 285 E loadand up the losses are really seen. I still average 14L/100km where as I averaged 11.5L/100 stock with my current set up some days better some days worse. For you that measure in bald eagle freedoms it's 16.5mpg and 20.5mpg