I need help picking the right tires!

After having a Tacoma for 7 years I upgraded to the 2019 tundra TRD pro and scratched my rims today a figured it’s time for new wheels and tires (with a large side wall) ! My experience with my Tacoma was a nightmare EVERYTHING I upgraded needed another upgraded to make it right! I hated the ride on highway with my kings suspension cranked up to 3 inches, I hated the fact every time I went up a steep hill my RPMs would spike and not change gears. I disliked the fact I had to do a cabchop and clear out the wheel well. I absolutely hated the fact I couldn’t fit my spare under the bed and had to put it in the bed. It looked sick and it was a champion off road but I’m not going to do all that fine tuning again. I don’t want to lift my truck at all. I don’t want to clear out anything. I don’t want my RPMs to spike and I want to still fit my spare under the bed. How big can I go ?

 

Welcome. With that history you should have learned to leave it stock.
Michelins will give you the absolute best ride and life on road. Off road? Pick any one out of hundreds.
My advice is leave it stock. You will have the least amount of problems.

 

I was thinking doing Method Nv 18 inch wheels with Goodrich KO2 In the exact same size but that’s kinda a waist not to go a little bigger.

 

Wheels are fine. Leave stock size. You get KO2's you get noise and reduced performance on road. Your call but you already learned about going down the rabbit hole of mods on your last truck. Why repeat it? Hell I learned that 20 year ago. I put methods on my truck. I stopped there because... well, let's just say the Toyota engineers are smarter than me when it comes to trucks. An you too.

 

How about some chrome like a boss?

 

The picture shows Tundra in mountain conditions. Find a PRO mountain road tire, and the setting of 4WD and suspension need tailored.

 

Consider going to a 17” s, +25 look at icons. Should be able to run close to a 35” tire with slight mods, also better selection of non e rated tires.

 

Take a hard look at Toyo Open Country AT3. I cant recommend the KO2.

As for tire size, there are plenty of good threads on here about max size without chopping. I am running a wheel at +20 with 275/70/18 but I am leveled.

 

If you don’t buy Toyo Tires, you’re wrong.

 

I just put 275/70/18 Open Country AT 3's on my truck on Friday. Drives soooooo much better than the crappy P rated highway tires that were on there before
Granted,, I also installed 6112's at 1.9" about 2 months ago. But, no rubbing anywhere.

 

I can recommend the KO2's they are quite and perform well in most situations. Some have had balancing issues, the only negative I have heard of. They are light weight, tough sidewalls (for an all terrain tire), and look great.

 

Nitto Ridge Grappler's. Great tire for the road and good tire off road. I can't speak for Rock Crawling or Mud Boggin. But for trails and beach. They are great.

 

I may look at these:

https://www.tundras.com/threads/295-70r18-on-stock-sr5-w-trd-pro-rims.71260/#post-1838141

Thanks to @RussellVaughan

 

Had KO2 now for about 5k miles and they are great. I hear no road noise and they have a mean sidewall. I've accidentally ran into the rocks on my driveway and no damage what's so ever.

 

You need to change your screen name to 1magnificentsumbitch! Damn good advice right there.

 

I had 285/55/20 KOs on my truck when I bought it new.
Pretty stiff and got louder as they wore.

At 40K miles I bought 275/60/20 KO2s.
They ride better than the KOs did.
I like the thinner taller tire size.
They are wearing nicely, I'm at 72k now..
Hope to get another 8K miles or more out of them.

I will give the KO and KO2 one thing, I've never had a flat tire with either (knock on wood).

But I'm thinking my next tire will be Cooper Discoverer AT3 XLT in 275/60/20..

https://www.tundras.com/threads/cooper-at3-xlt.29056/

 

295/70/18 with a small lift and a good alignment. spare will still fit under the bed.
proper offset is the key too. ICON claims you can run 315/70/17 on their rims with no cab chop.

 

Cooper AT3 XLT or Toyo Open Country AT III. Both have very quiet road noise and 55,000 or 60,000 tread warranties. The Coopers are slightly lighter than the Toyo’s but both are winners for your situation.

 

All great feedback but what I really want to know is how are the RPMs going to react to the tire size your suggesting ? Putting 33s nitto trail grapplers on my Tacoma the gears wouldn’t Change until a very high RPM. I’m wondering with the v8 would it even be noticeably?

 

You will not notice anything except a little more noise for the first few minutes. After you drive a few times, you won’t hear it anymore because it will be the new normal. I’m sure you can look up the weight of whatever aftermarket tire and compare it to your current tire. If you stay with an all terrain versus a mud terrain, the weight gain will be minimal and shifting points and rpms won’t be noticeable if you are staying close to stock size.

 

You have the same bitch i had with my Tacoma and I did the same exact thing. Just sold my 13 Tacoma (built to the 9n's) and purchased a 2020 Tundra TRD Sport and I am keeping it stock. Just getting older and just want to drive it and enjoy it and not work on it. Wash - Wax - done - repeat next week. I highly suggest you keep it stock. These trucks are a snowball effect. You will start with tires and thats where it will begin.

 

I have the K02's and 1e is right. Noisy and rough.

And sold my 2016 Tacoma and bought this Tundra.

 

You CAN fit 285/75 r18 tires on the stock wheels with zero clearance issues. You CAN also fit the same size spare underneath with about 3 beers worth of mild fab/cutting work if you're interested.

 

I put Wildpeaks on mine Today and yanked the KO2s that were pretty unevenly worn from previous owner.
Stayed with stock smaller size and everything and they are plenty nice so far to say the least.
I did not want to start down that Modding Rabbit Hole really so I didn't.
Quieter and more solid all around feel than the KO2 had and I was amazed with the KO2 too!

For the money if the reviews are real I am impressed.

 

I’ve got the Wildpeaks on my truck in the stock size and they aren’t terrible. But my Tacoma had Toyos on it and they kinda spoiled me in that department.

 

Maybe you could give a single specific example of what you mean?

 

To which part?

 

For what it's worth, I went with what the TRD PRO comes with- Michelin 275/65R18 LTX A/T2. A great tire and 0 complaints. Unlike the KO2, it comes with a 60,000 mile warranty and for my needs, it fits the bill.

 

They were decent tires but they do NOT like to clean themselves of mud. Not even a little bit. I was slipping and sliding all over the fairgrounds in Raleigh after it rained the night before. But as far as on road and gravel roads, it’s hard to beat the Michelins.

 

If you like the stock Michelins at2, which are nice tires, take a look at the Michelin Defenders. Those are even better.