Tire Selection

I have been wanting to upgrade or upsize my rims and tires until i seen Hydro-Dipping, which has got me thinking in another direction and cheaper on my pocket. I will be putting a 2.5 inch leveling up front, and if i keep my 18 rims, and move up to a 285/65/18, would that fill the wheel well like a 20" 305/55/20. I would like more tire less rim, so will this set up work. I am doing these mods to my truck as i will have it for a while, but i will eventually be buying a new Tundra hopefully when they change engine plants and offer more options all around. All opinions and suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

285/65/18 is about 1/2 inch taller than the stock tires. This will fit your Tundra even without any leveling kit. Have you considered 275/70/18? They are 1/2 inch taller than 285/65/18, has more selections of tires, and relatively cheaper. They will look good with or without a leveling kit.

 

I'd also look at 295/70/18.... Approximately 34.25 tall or 2" larger than stock and about an inch wider than stock

 

As to chpilo's suggestion, here's what 275/70/18's look like compared to the stock baloney skins. Toyo Open Country M/Ts on stock wheels/suspension-



Stock Rugged Fails-

 

What a difference. Looks great.

 

^ This

 

Amazing transformation with just tires. From that camera angle it almost looks like you have a leveling kit as well. Nice truck!

 

The truck in my avatar arrives this week. I'm going to put tires on it as well. Need better winter traction than what appears to be on it. 275/70/18 Cooper Discoverer ST MAXX is what I'm considering. I'd like to do a leveling kit some time soon. 4" lift planned for later this summer.

 

Thanks guys! Ya, these tires really changed the look without doing anything else to the truck. A plus is that I've taken up a bunch of the excess space without sacrificing performance. I've only rubbed twice and both times were fast deceleration coming into a downhill, left-hand curve while driving pretty hard through winding mountain roads at highway speed. Neither was a hard rub either, just enough to make me go "the fu..?" and keep driving.

 

Thanks for everyone's opinions, i've got some options. That Tundra looks awesome, but as 266 says, de-chrome.

 

Something to help give you perspective on the differences in tire sizes. Best calculator I've seen yet...even shows you what the tires look like in comparison with one another:

http://tire-size-conversion.com/tire-size-calculator/

Enjoy!