When I bought by Tacoma in 2003, the previous owner had Michellin LTX (or were they MTX) 31×10.50 tires on it.  At that time, the truck had around 30,000 miles on it.  At around 100,000 miles, I really needed new tires. The Michellins were great performers and obviously held up to a lot of miles.  I had at least 3 plugs in them from various nails and screws picked up along the way.  I stayed on top of rotations, but not as much on the balancing.

My factory 15×7 alloy rims were good, but I learned along the way that they develop bead leaks over time due to the inevitable corrosion of the alloy.  Bead leaks suck as you will slowly lose pressure in your tires.  This can be mitigated somewhat with a grinding and applications of a rubber sealant. Discount tire did this for me on a service visit for $10/tire.

I decided to go with steel wheels for my next setup.  Given the bead leak realities of the alloys and due to some reports of their not holding up off-road (you can take a sledge hammer to a steel wheel, but when and alloy cracks, you are SOL).

It seems like every Tacoma I see has a set of BFG All-Terrain T/A tires and I like the look of the tires.

I opted for black steel rims and mounted (black side out) 31×10.50 BFG All-Terrain T/As.

This wasn’t as easy as it sounds.

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Tacoma caliper clearance issue.

Wheel Offsets

Specs for BF Goodrich All-Terrain T/A KO tires