Opinion Of Toyo M/T
 

I'm looking at LT315/75/R16 Toyo Open Country M/T's - thoughts and comments would be appreciated.:c:

Im running my second set of 35's and I swear by them...I have tried many other tires and for me, these are the greatest!

They have come down in price in Canada. This set I put on this week, was almost $50 less than the last set. I am about 80% dirt, gravel, mud and snow. I did drive to Vegas and back with them as well and I dont mind them on the hiway a bit. A little loud, but ok.

I can't hear anything outside the truck running anyway so what's a little road tire noise?

I can't decide between 285's or 315's they will both fit the OEM rim and with the leveling kit they (315) shouldn't be an issue.

I have 285 Yoyo geolanders now and they were purchased in 2004 and now have 70,000 km on them and are really starting to show their age. I made it through this winter and that is about it. Time for something new. I saw the same tire on a lifted dodge today, mind you they were 37's and shit those were huge.

I have them on my truck and I love them. They seem to wear better then BFG MT's and they also seem to keep balance easier. They are also MUCH quieter while on the highway. I cannot tell you how they do in mud, or sand because my truck never leaves the pavement.

I have about 20k on mine and I am pretty sure I will get atleast another 25k.

what do your rims look like?

I ran 285's for one set, and for me, at least on the new body, they seemed too small. I love how the 35 looks, and I get excellent clearance for the field. I am running the 35's with only a levelling kit now and on the last truck too...

If you are asking me....

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/b...k/truck006.jpg

with 285's

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With 35's, blue truck has 265's

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very nice.

I have my eye on American Eagle Series 1378 (16x8) but they are a little $$ for me right now.
Eagle Alloy Wheels Series 1378

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Those 35's look big on that truck. What are they like with the OEM rims and such as far as rubbing?

Here is the 08...35's on it again, no rubbing at all, and no issues with the stock rims.

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Love that truck!:woot: What leveling kit are you running? Is that a tru 35" tire or is it a 315? What is the width of the tire as well?

Thanks...

I am running a cheap levelling kit until I can get my KORE stuff installed. Its a 'Ready-lift'. I only did it to get the tires under it. I have a deal with my tire shop, he will buy my stockers but I have to have less than 1000kms on them and I couldnt get the suspension done that quick, soooo, Ready lift for now then KORE Chase...

And yes, they are 35x12.5x17's:U:

Dodge Dodge Suspension Leveling and Lift kits by ReadyLift

315's on the 05 and they rub at full lock on the lower control arms
currently Courser A/T's but will be Toyo A/T's soon

Ian

had a set on my Tahoe gasser a while back, loved em!

Great looking truck Longhorn! What is the diff between the Readylift and the Kore..Did you change out the shocks also? I was told to replace the stock shocks for bigger ones. Thanks

i have a set of 37 toyos and love them but hate the looks of the sidewall

Ive had a set of 295's on my 06 for a while now and other that the pull to the right i love these tires. By far the best weight rating I could find. Good, even wear and not loud at all to me. The tow great and work well in the soft stuff.

Ive been round and round with the pull issue with no answers yet. I will have to do an off set BJ i think to fix it.
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Wow Jason, your truck is one of the nicest megas I believe I've ever seen...wow

Yes it is....but I have a couple questions for ya!

How did you paint your wheels?? Did you take the chrome skin off??

How did your side molding end up black? Did you paint it?

Headlights...I cant seem to find them up here, where did you get them?

Thanks:U:

The headlights are from the dealership, ask em for the nightrunner headlights.

yeah tried that...they had no clue....

Well thanks for the nice comments. Yes ive painted the wheels, grill shell, rear bumper, door moldings and front lower bumper cover.

The wheels were the cheesy chrome skinned ones that i spent hours peeling and painting. I used Krylon hammered with clear over the top and several coats of primmer.

Headlights are dodge night runner which was a special edition on the 06 1500's.

I ve been happy with the way it turned out, just wish i would have went a little bigger on the tires to balance the oversized cab.

I hate the way stock height Megas look, they are out of balance with the cab being bigger than the bed and all. a little lift and bigger tires makes it look a little better

Toyos have always treated me right

very nice mega cab. ive always had good luck with toyos. i was in the wheel/tire and truck acc. business for a few years before i went into the pipeline.

just what ever you do, stay away from nitto mud grapplers.

It is very likely the fact you need a steering stabilizer and an adjustable track bar.

I think you may be on to something here..


I just installed CArli adj trac bar and it is better. The pull is not allways there, now it seems to be a crown of the road type pull where if it catches a rut or crack it will follow it. So ill be going for a stabalizer now.

Thanks again for the nice comments on my truck . If someone needs the part number on the nightrunner lights i can dig through the shed for the box, just let me know.

You Can Also Paint Your Headlamps... The 06+ Headlamps Are Pretty Hard - But Here Is A Guy On Another Forum Who Has Painted Them.

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If You'd Rather Spend Time, Not Money - Paint Them
If You'd Rather Spend Money, Not Time - But Night Runners

I Painted My Own On My Early 3rd Gen But Apparently It's A Walk In The Park Compared To 06+'s

when I did the leveling kit on my 01 with the aftermarket rims that were off my dads 99 I could not clear the 35's they rubbed on the fender pretty bad. But I have talked to a lot of different people running the toyo's and they swear by them even for off road use. I recently picked up a weber carb off a guy and he has a tacoma running 39" toyo's and says he will never use anything else and he wheels the crap outta his truck. also stated they wear well and get a lot of miles out of them.

i just bought a set of 35/12.50-20 toyo open country m/t's today. i love them!!! way better than my old 37/12.50-20 mud crapplers, i will never buy those tires again.

Ok, so what about running these on the HWY? How loud are they and does it really matter? I mean, my truck is loud so who cares right?

The tires I buy have to be good in the wet (heavy rain and wet snow) and they have to net equal or better economy.

Using this formula:
RPM = MPH*Final Gear Ratio*366/Tire Dia.
With 285's (33") I get an RPM with my 3.54 NV5600 of 1862. If I go up to 35" the same resultant changes to 1756 which would beg the question would this save fuel?:humm:

I normally run Toyos, but this last time I bought Mickey Thompsons because the price was right. Never again. MT's are complete garbage. The Toyos are great off road and not bad on the highway either. A little noisy, but nothing compared to the MT's.

thats odd ive always had good luck with mt's.

Well this Friday I'm setting the truck down on 315/75/R16 Toyo MT's. Hopefully they fit ok on the OEM rim because right now I don't have the money for aftermarket ones.:w2:

Well, after fitting both on the OEM rims and doing no go full cranks I was not comfortable having to loose my mud flaps and being 3/16" to the lower control arm. So, I dropped back down to the 285/75/R16 and they too look sharp all be it a little smaller in height.

They look great and run good so far! Pictures tomorrow.

alot of people up here are switching to the m/t's from the m55's to run on the woods roads. theyre holding up just as well plus getting better traction. we run alot of black rock up here and it just kills the tires but the m/t's are one of the few mud style tires that dont chunk off right away. i have m55's on my truck but plan on switching to the m/t's when they wear out.

Any lift on that black megacab with 35s and stock rims?

MDL

http://s325.photobucket.com/albums/k...020450-1-1.jpg

This is the truck with the 285's installed.:choochoo:

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ok, someone needs to school me on how to get photo bucket to show here. I pasted the link and it isn't working.:pca1: Nevermind, I fixed it myself.

Lets see the passenger side...:w2:


Dont take pics at noon....cant even see the tires.

I'll get you those pictures Evil. Dents and all... This is a highly modified non-grocery getter you know...

Never got that fixed eh?