Ready fo new shoes! 285/75/18

Need new tires and ready to pull the trigger.i am installing Wescott design front 1.5 lift and coach builder +3 shackles in rear!I also have a set of scs ray 10’s in black!!!I am leaning towards the Toyo at 3 285/75/18! Any issues that I should be concerned about?thank you!!

 

Falken Wild Peak.............

 

I like my wildpeaks, they are quite a bit better than the K02’s I had in the wet. I have no experience with the Toyo’s however.

 

Kenda Klever RT in 285/75/18 here. Love the tires so far. I had Toyo AT 2 in 295/70/18 previously and they were ok. The Toyo AT 3 has a much better design and tread pattern than the AT 2. I think you will be very happy with them.

 

I run 285/75s on the stock +60 offset wheels. They fit with that offset with no other mods except removal of the front air spats. If tires were any bigger in height or width or if I has wheels with less positive offset I would have rubbing that would need to be addressed.

Your wheels will have less positive offset, so you will probably need to lose the mudflaps. Will need to remove the front air spats at front bumper/wheel well. May need to mess with inner fender plastics and or space the front bumper, depending on how aggressive the wheel offset is. If you have the stock skid plate, may need to trim the ears off that as well to avoid rubs.

 

I am at a +25 offset and did rub the factory skid before I trimmed off the ears. I did have to remove the little mud flap and also had the take a heat gun to the front finder liner. Other than that not too bad at all.

 

I have 285/75/18 Toyo AT3 on BBS Pro (+60)

~2.5" lift

JBA UCAs. ~4° caster

Fitment mods removed front flap, added ½" bumper spacers. Re-molded rear portion of fender liner. Folded in skid plate. I rub on front sway, both sides before full lock. Considering spacers.

Every fitment will be a bit different and rather dependent on alignment.

 

I really like the look of these and have heard great things. Do you know if they’re available at discount tire?

 

Check out the Wildpeak rt01’s. I’ve got about 4K on them and zero complaints.

 

Im not sure if Discount Tires carries Kenda. I bought mine on EBay. So far (7k miles) these tires have been great. They have performed great in the rain, mud and snow.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3055300212...PNmnoARRSW&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

The Toyos and Falkens in this size are fairly heavy at upper 60 pounds (68lbs+). The Ray10s are pretty light at 27lbs to offset that a bit. The Duratracs in this size are 62lbs to save some weight/mpg/handling.

 

Not sure of your use case, but I went to the Geolandar X-AT in 285/75 on stock +60 wheels on the last go-round. Love them.

First time on a yokohama tire, but they are night and day for a smooth ride after getting nearly beat to death on late-in-life Duratracs.

 

I have about 10k on a set of Toyo AT3 and am very happy with them. They are surprisingly loud, but not obnoxious. The winter traction is excellent. They are wearing very evenly and holding up very well. I would buy them again.

 

On my 2nd set of LT285/75R18 Duratracs. I think these trucks should come with this tire. I have no noise or ride quality issues; I run them at 38 psi and rotate religiously. I got 47k miles out of the first set. With the way I use my truck (lots of off-roading and unmaintained service road driving), I didn’t expect to get nearly that many miles out of them.

I will probably run the Duratrac RT next. Same thing but with Kevlar and more siping. I have those on our LX in standard load 275/60R20 size.

Duratrac:


vs Duratrac RT:

 

I've run Falken AT3s on numerous rigs and just put AT4s on my 16 Land Cruiser. Love them. Before that, the Cruiser had the Toyo OC AT3s, they wore much faster, were worse on ice and were a bit louder than the Falkens. Still overall a decent tire. I also got about 1 mpg better with the Toyos. The Falkens, in all sizes, tend to be heavy.

 

All you guys are great!!!thanks for all the feedback ,it helps!!!!!

 

Shackles have arrived

 

I've been going around on tires too. Just got my new wheels so waiting for Monday morning for tire shop to open.
My decision is either the BFG HD AT or the Toyo Trail RT. I've had Toyo's for years and really prefer them.
Usually I run the Toyo Mt on my Land Cruiser but it sees the worst that back country can offer but I never worry
about my tires failing. So probably will fall on the Trail RT just as less aggressive but should work well. The new BFG KO3 tires aren't available in Canada yet, at least not here anyhow. I have a friend up north running Duratracs but they don't seem to get the miles, as far as I can tell. There is a guy running the Trail RT's on his 2010 RCSB, which is what I've got and that's probably the way I'll go

 

Nothing wrong with the Toyos they are just expensive.
They were my top choice but ended up going with my 2nd choice of the Mickey Thompson Baja Boss AT.
With the $100 mail in rebate at the time I saved about $500 on the set over the Toyos.
I don’t regret the Mickeys at all they are an outstanding tire!

 

Still loving my 285/75-18 Wildpeaks. The only thing I’d like to try different would be the new 35x11.5-18 LRC Wildpeaks. Nearly identical dimensionally, but a lighter tire.

 

Up here they are all expensive! BFG cost most. Toyo's aren't as expensive as Mickey T's by a long shot.

 

I've had the RT Trail since September, they replaced two back to back sets of Trail Grapplers, and I am not liking their wet road performance.

 

I’d love to find some lighter weight skinny 35s. That’s what I think of 285/75s and 35x11.5; they’re about the same size. But everywhere I look, load range C ends up weighing about the exact same as load range E tires.

285/75R18 Duratrac RT: 62.46 lb
35x11.5R18 Wildpeak A/T4W: 62.6 lb

 

Going up from C to E is the price of security to me. I can live with a rougher ride.

 

Those are different tires from different manufacturers. Falken Wildpeaks are heavy, regardless of size. They’re just heavier than a lot of others.

If you look at the 35x11.5-18 LRE and the 285/75-18 LRE Wildpeaks, you should see that the LRC is a few pounds lighter per tire.

Absolutely nothing wrong with LRE! But, both options can carry well over what our trucks are rated for.

 

Yes, Falkens are notoriously heavy.

My point is, I can’t find anything lighter than my Duratracs in a comparable size even in load range C. I have no ride comfort issues with my current tires, and I appreciate the E load sidewalls when I’m aired down to 18psi. I would give some C load tires a chance if I could save weight by doing so.

 

According to the DT website, the 285/75/18 Falken AT4s weigh 78lbs for E load. That’s a big difference from the 35x11.5 C load.
Both loads are 60k, AT and 3PMS rated.

 

The Wildpeaks are also rock chuckers!!! I am on gravel constantly and they picked up gravel like crazy and I was launching gravel for a 1/4 every time I hit the pavement. When I had them.

The Mickey Thompsons rarely pick up any gravel.
I went with the C instead of the E. The tires are light and with MT’s sidewall construction/technology I am not worried about them.

 

been watching this thread for a while. I am also considering 285/75/r18's Thank you for all the info! Seems like a +25 offset would rub the rear of the wheel well and the bumper. Would an alignment after getting the tires help at all?

 

An alignment just makes it steer correctly, has nothing to do with clearances.