What Size Tires do you have? 1ST GENS ONLY!

It’s a shitshow here, but in a “chaotic good” sort of way. Everyone is cool, fun, but also are usually interested in helping fellow enthusiasts….

 

It's time for tires again, lots of tread, but quite cracked and 10 years old now. I'm running Bridgestone Duelers 265/70-16, that's what came on it new. I can still get them, but I wonder if I can do better, these perform okay with the light duty I put the truck through, towing and hauling a little.

 

What you gonna do with em after you meet @KNABORES

 

Anyone have any tire recommendations for the stock 17in rims on an '06? Want something that inflates to at least 50 PSI for peace of mind while hauling my camper. Have my eye on Falken Wildpeak AT/4W and the Mickey Thompson Baja Boss. More or less the same price. What do you guys think?

 

After running Wildpeak AT3W and my Mickey Baja Legend EXP, I'll probably never give Wildpeaks another opportunity.

 

I have E rated open country AT3s. STIFF, but really good tires so far for me and not very heavy for what they are. If you want solid under pressure, these’ll do the trick.

 

Might see if I can shove in the daughter's sequoia.

Oh, and I'll have to change my vote to 34s. 255/85r17s.

 

I just changed mine.

You could always hang onto em and swap em in along with your toytecs, when you're ready to upgrade the front again.

 

Everyone just gonna ignore the fact that dudes truck looks like a fuckin' mirror?
Welcome.Truck looks good! These frequent names that pop up will save you time and money( possibly cost you money too lol). Nobody has the answer to every question but collectively the group has you covered either from experience, knowledge or a combination of the 2.

 

I've been driving first gen Tundras for over 500,000 miles and I value ride quality. I ran LT245/75R16 load range C tires for a couple hundred thousand miles and they were an improvement over the stock 70's. Then I switched to LT265/75R16 load range C tires and they ride better, although gas mileage decreased a little. This is my favorite tire for these trucks. I've been running them about 70,000 miles. My trucks are not lifted and they fit the wheel wells just fine (barely). The LT265/75R16 fit in the spare tire receiver just fine. It is disappointing that there are so few choices in load range C tires because they are just right for half ton trucks.
If you have 17" wheels, you still can't use tires taller than LT265/75R16 so I don't see any advantage to using 17's unless your truck is lifted. One of my first gen Tundras had 17" wheels when I bought it and eventually I just put 16's back on.

 

265/70-17 for me on my stock 2wd. I really love the look of these which only have 1/4 tread left and can't wait to get something more aggrezzive looking on there. So far, I prefer the Tundras without the fender flares better. With these tires and rims, they are fully flush with the fender well and I can see why everyone uses greater offsets and spacers on the trucks with the flares to move the tires out further.

On a side note, saw a DC truck same color as mine without flares on my way to work today. Looked good too.

 

285/75-R16 BFG KO2's on Stockers

 

Sharp ride!

 

General Grabber HD comes in a 265/70-17 Load Range E which on a truck like yours would last about 100,000 miles even with towing
https://generaltire.com/tires/light-trucksuv/grabber-hd


General Grabber AT/X also comes in a 245/75/17 in Load Range E
General Grabber AT/X also comes in a 255/70-17 in Load Range SL
General Grabber AT/X also comes in a 265/65-17 in Load Range SL
General Grabber AT/X also comes in a 265/70-17 in Load Range C, SL, and E rating
https://generaltire.com/tires/light-trucksuv/grabber-atx

 

Bumper clearance is obviously not an issue, but how much body mount and wheel well clearance did you do? Truck looks great, I love that tire.

 

A fair bit of cutting and hammering the fronts sheet metal and rears of the front wheel wheels. The Solo LCAs push the front tires forward about an inch, so that really helps the back of the front wheel wells, but puts more stress on the front of em. Even with my 295/75R16's when I would stuff the tires off-road I actually was contacting the front sheet metal and the flares fender flares started to pop off today the front.
I still need to relocate my washer fluid reservoir and install a 1" body lift. If my calculations are correct, I'll be golden without chopping the body mount or tubbing the wheel wells.

The rear wheel wells didn't need any spec attention and they actually have 1.25" wheel spacers.

 

Nice, I have solo's lca's as well. I imagine the BL makes things a lot easier as well