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This is a discussion thread titled "Replacing 04 4Runner Tires", within the 4Runner forum, part of the SUV Forums category.
Factory tires are 265-65-17's. Whenever I go to a website to look for tires & search by my vehicle, it also shows 265-70-16 & a tire size for my vehicle. According to Tire size calculator these two seem very similar. Anybody ever switch between the two sizes one way or the other? The 265-70-16's are much cheaper, too. Thoughts? Thanks!
I had an 03 4Runner Sport which had the 265/65/17's on it. I immediately dumped them for 265/70/17 Bridgestone Dueler Revo A/T's...no issues what-so-ever and a helleva lot better tire.
To run the 265 70 16s you would have to buy new wheels. I just replaced my 265 65 17s with the Michelin tires and they ride a lot better than the bridgesones that were on it from the factory. If you look at the life of the tire, the extra cost isn't that big of a deal.
To run the 265 70 16s you would have to buy new wheels. I just replaced my 265 65 17s with the Michelin tires and they ride a lot better than the bridgesones that were on it from the factory. If you look at the life of the tire, the extra cost isn't that big of a deal.
I want to put Michelin's on it. The tire guy told me I could put 265-70-17's on it with no problem, but the miata.net site shows a pretty big difference there. And the 265-70-16's would be over $100 cheaper total.
I want to put Michelin's on it. The tire guy told me I could put 265-70-17's on it with no problem, but the miata.net site shows a pretty big difference there. And the 265-70-16's would be over $100 cheaper total.
There shouldn't be much of a difference in your actual speed vs what your speedometer shows. If the tires were true to their size then you would be traveling 2mph faster than what you speedometer shows at 65mph. Tires sizes are nominal so I would say that at worse 3mph or at best a 1mph difference.
How much are the tires? The 265 70s should be more than the 265 65s. At tire rack they are 183 for the 65s and 188 for the 70s. Costco and Sams sell them for about the same price and you get free mounting and balancing.
I want to put Michelin's on it. The tire guy told me I could put 265-70-17's on it with no problem, but the miata.net site shows a pretty big difference there. And the 265-70-16's would be over $100 cheaper total.
What RobXS was saying is that you would need to replace your tires AND WHEELS if you changed to 265/70-16's. The "16" in the tire size means it fits a 16-inch wheel. You have 17-inch wheels on it right now and 16-inch tires will not fit on those wheels. When you add the cost of new wheels in, the 265/70-16's will definitely not be cheaper than replacing them with the same size that is on there now.
When people are saying they changed sizes to a 265/70 they mean a 265/70-17, not a 265/70-16.
What RobXS was saying is that you would need to replace your tires AND WHEELS if you changed to 265/70-16's. The "16" in the tire size means it fits a 16-inch wheel. You have 17-inch wheels on it right now and 16-inch tires will not fit on those wheels. When you add the cost of new wheels in, the 265/70-16's will definitely not be cheaper than replacing them with the same size that is on there now.
When people are saying they changed sizes to a 265/70 they mean a 265/70-17, not a 265/70-16.
Good catch Joe. I didn't notice on the second post that he was still looking at that 16s. He could probably find someone that has the 16s that would want to switch with him.
I just replaced my 265/65/17 dunlop's with the BFG k/o 265/70/17. They are a 6 ply tire vs. a 4-ply. Much better tire & safer as well.
They are 1.1" taller than stock & fill the wheel wells quite nicely. I figured with the mile markers that for every mile it equates to 9/10's of a mile on the speedo.
Thus, i beleive i will have to add 10% to the mileage shown on the odo?
Plus it will mean when you have 100,000 miles on the odo, you actually drove 110,000.
WARNING....IF YOU HAVE A SPORT MODEL YOU CANNOT GO TO 16 INCH RIMS DUE TO THE OVERSIZED DISK BRAKES ON THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE.
I found this out the hard way after buying a set of takeoffs and winter tires from a shop 5 hours away without trying them first. Come winter they would not fit, so I had to do a 14 hour round trip day to swap them out. At least the tire shop took some of the blame and gave me brand new 17" chrome rims (I now look like some 20 year old pimp during winter...) for the same price as I paid for the used 16" Toyota rims.
Replacing 04 4Runner Tires
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