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What Is The Best Tire Size For New 2024 Tacoma?

In this episode of 'Will It Fit?' with Falken Tires, we head over to DV8 Offroad where they test fitted a brand new 2024 Toyota Tacoma SR5 4WD with Falken's brand new Wildpeak A/T4W all-terrain tire. The goal was to answer the common question of what's the largest tire you can run on a 4th Gen Tacoma with no lift? We beleive we have the answer!

Jeremy, Falken Tires: My name is Jeremy. I'm the Marketing Communications Supervisor with Falken Tires. And this morning, I have with us Brandon from DV8 Offroad. DV8 Offroad is a manufacturer of aftermarket parts and accessories like bumpers, winches, bed racks, skid plates, that kind of stuff. All the goodies you would want for your 2024 Tacoma, Bronco, Jeep, whatever it happens to be. Great brand partner of ours. And they were kind enough to let us come out and take a look at their new fourth gen Tacoma with a massive 45 miles on it. And let us know what it takes to make a 33-inch tire fit on an SR5 Tacoma.

LT285/70R17 Wildpeak A/T4W Tire. Will It Fit?

Jeremy: Welcome back to episode two of Will It Fit. We rolled in here blown away. I've only seen one of these in person. And that was that King of Hammers recently. It was so cool to come to the DV8 shop and not only see the new truck but see it on the brand new Falken Wildpeak A/T4W.

Tire Size
Jeremy: We’ve got an LT285/70R17 Load Range E tire. This features the HD spec as well as our DURASPEC Technology which is a three-ply tire. So that's taking it up another ply from the Wildpeak A/T3W. So that's one of the big advantages to the A/T4W. So tell me what size did this truck roll in here on?

Brandon, DV8 Offroad: This came in with a 245/70R17. That works out to be about 30.6 inches.

Jeremy: And now we're looking at a 33-inch tire, and we're going to answer the eternal question. It's going to be on every Tacoma forum for the next ten years until they come out with the fifth generation. What is the biggest tire I can run on my Tacoma without a lift?

Brandon: Yes, it's going to be variable depending on the trim level. But we were able to stuff the 285/75R17 here and it looks pretty good.

SR5 Trim Level
Jeremy: Speaking of trim level, this is an SR5 model. The guys here at DV8 attempted to get a TRD, but it was held up in some kind of quality hold. They wanted to jump on developing their new products, so we're looking at an SR5, four-wheel drive with very little modifications. We got that 33-inch tire on there. And what size are these wheels?

Brandon: 17x9 with a zero offset. And it's the same lug pattern as the outgoing generation. But the actual lug itself is now an M14 versus an M12 like it was before.

Jeremy: It's a little heavier duty, right. And M14 is bigger than M12. So they did change a few things with suspension, which is why we're doing this right now with no lift. But it's great because everybody wants to know what it's going to take to make a 33-inch tire fit on their fourth gen Tacoma. Because we know from the past, the third gen needed a lift, maybe a little bit of a body mount chop to prevent rubbing. But Toyota is kind of stepping up their game. So run me through what you guys did here. We know we got the zero offset. So, this looks like it sticks out quite a bit. Maybe not perfectly ideal, but maybe it helps with clearance.

Brandon: Yes. With the zero offset, it does help the wheels stick out a little bit to prevent any kind of rubbing that may have occurred on the backside. We probably didn't have to go quite this aggressive, but with the unknowns of the new Tacoma we wanted to be more safe than sorry.Looking back here on the suspension side, you do have some room to be able to run a tighter offset wheel if you wanted to.

Jeremy: And you did mention you had a little bit of rubbing. Can you kind of run us through where it rubbed and what you had to do to clear that?

Three Steps To Make The Tires Fit
Brandon: There are three things that we did. The first was to get rid of the factory valance. We got rid of the factory valance by just removing some M10 bolts. That was pretty easy, but that hung down. So that was going to be the first point of contact.

Jeremy: I think every Tacoma owner is going to do that as soon as they get their truck.

Brandon: Most people will do it when they pull it off the dealership lot. And then the second thing that Toyota actually kind of helped out all the owners with, is there's a little cover plate, and then there is actually a factory crossbar mount back here. It’s removed with, I believe, two or three 17-millimeter bolts. And it comes off where before you actually had to chop that body mount. Toyota took that into consideration.

Jeremy: They must have been reading the forums.

Brandon: And the third point of contact was in the bottom of this fender. We decided to trim a little bit because we're going to an event, and we wanted to be able to participate without a lift. We wanted to be able to go on some trails and be able to flex without having to worry about potential rubbing. So we decided to trim a little bit. Completely optional. Doesn't have to be done.

Jeremy: So under normal driving circumstances, it didn't even rub on that?

Brandon: It didn't. Like I said, we're going to have this flex out pretty hard, so we wanted to be more safe than sorry. It will vary with wheel offset. And it’s going to vary with trim level because the SR5 is going to have no lift to them whatsoever. The TRD models will have a little bit more level.

Jeremy: This is a very well-optioned SR5. If you can't afford the price of that TRD, TRD Off-Road Pro, I think this is a very viable option, right?

Brandon: This level of SR5 would probably be pretty comparable to some of the higher end trim levels of the previous generation. I feel like a lot of people are going to go with the SR5.

Any Clearance Issues in the Back?

Jeremy: That's great. Any clearance issues in the back? I know the whole rear suspension is completely brand new.

Brandon: No clearance issues whatsoever. We removed the mud flaps even though they didn't have to be removed. We removed them just simply because it looks better.

Jeremy: That's the second thing that most Tacoma owners are going to do is remove those mud flaps. Because those things practically drag on the ground.

Brandon: Exactly. But no clearance issues whatsoever. We had this flexed out and we didn’t touch anywhere. We put it on the forklift. And that's where we made the decision to trim the front, only when we got it fully flexed out. But no issues in the rear.

Jeremy: And that was steel you cut, so it's going to take probably a power tool to get through it, right?

Brandon: Correct. And we took off maybe less than an inch.

Jeremy: I know I can see it’s very minimal. But to your point, the average person might not have to do it. So that's a huge gamechanger from Toyota this time around. Basically factory four wheel drive SR5 and you can put a 33-inch tire on it. Which was considered the perfect tire for the second and third gen Tacoma for the longest time. And this is probably the biggest change in a Tacoma since the first gen and second gen transition. This is really an all-new truck. I'm excited to see what you guys can do with it out at the event you're going to in Moab.

Conclusion
Jeremy: Okay, well you asked will it fit? And we got your answer. Thanks to Brandon and the guys at DV8. A 33-inch tire will fit on a stock 2024 Tacoma SR5 with no lift and very minimal trimming. Let us know what you want to see next. What's the next up and coming hot model you want us to do a test fitment on?