275/70/R17 stock suspension

275/70/R17
BFGOODRICH
ALL TERRAIN T/A KO2

Has anyone had experience using these tires (specific size) with stock suspension?

 

many youtube videos showed that this size will not rub on stock suspension , and many people use C rated , which has 8 ply , i have stock size 265/17/17 with E rated and to be honest these are very heavy .
next time i will put C rated .

 

Do they have a 275 size tire in a load range C?

 

C rated is easy to fine but difficult thing is to find 275 , check costco , but costco will not go out of factory size .
also BFGOODRICH
ALL TERRAIN T/A KO2
have no warranty due to these are off road tires .
last , u must have to do Road Force Balancing not regular tire balance

 

Buddy of mine has them, looks and functions just fine. You won’t notice much of a difference if you get e load.

 

It doesn't rub stock or so little you will be able to trim it yourself.

 

Yeah. I think those are smaller than my 275 Wildpeaks, and the rubbing I have is easily fixable.. so don't fear.

That said, I'd fear the E rating. That's why I went with my Wildpeaks. However, the Wildpeaks weigh more, so there are trade-offs everywhere. Honestly, if I could do it all again, I'd get 285 C Load K02's which are a little larger AND a little lighter than my 275 C Wildpeaks, but when I chose my tires, I too wasn't planning on lifting. Best laid plans bro...

But I would say this.

If you get ANY larger than stock tire on a 4Runner, be ready for some rubbing. That said, the rubbing is easily fixed with basic home tools, and until you get to about 33", the chances you'll need to cut the frame are very very small (especially if you have aftermarket UCAs which allow you to increase caster, which moves the wheel forward, away from the frame, and at the same time also improves road manners).

The biggest things I learned from my 275's were 1) pay close attention to tire weight (I already knew about wheel weight, coming from sports cars, but I've never in my life seen such large differences in tire weight)

and 2)

With 275's, you take up so much of the front wheel gap, you're absolutely gonna wanna lift it after the new tires. ;-) My advice is, if you want to get larger tires, just go ahead and lift the truck. Go for a small lift (somewhere around 1-2") for the 275's or a 2.5-3" lift for the 285's. A small lift for the 275's can be done as easily as 2 front adjustable struts + 2 rear shocks for a total of $400. This can give you an inch lift in the front, leveling out the truck a bit, and looks pretty awesome with 275's. Without aftermarket UCA's, this slight lift should drive pretty close to stock.

GL with whatever you decide to do!
Cheers.

 

To be clear, I was not saying anything "bad" about the E rated tires, just pointing them out. Supposedly, they are stiffer than a C load. Whether or not you notice that comes down to many things. Sure, lots of guys run E rated tires and don't mind. Plenty of guys have also talked about how awful they were...

To each his own. The 4Runner comes with a car tire (Passenger rated), so I met them in the middle with my C's.

If I towed a lot of weight, or was a serious off-roader out west in the harsh thorny desert, maybe I would have gone with E's.

 

For anyone curious, the 275 C Wildpeak specs versus 275 E K02:

Wildpeak - 32.4" 57 lbs.
BFG K02 - 32.2" 55 lbs.

It's a larger tire, and weighs a little more (I wouldn't say that 2 lbs or 3.5% is "significant").

For kicks:

BFG K02 *285 C Load* - 32.8" 51 lbs

So, why put the E load K02 on a 4Runner, where it's basically unnecessary? I do not mean to diminish your choice, but rather educate the community.

Cheers