What is the best 2-3" Lift Kit and Biggest Tires I Can Fit on my 18 Tacoma?

whippersnapper02 said:
Overkill for Tacomas in general.
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Standard load pmetrics are at or beyond our needs for capacity.

I was talking about sidewall protection, it would be foolish to run anything below load range E in certain terrain. When we visited the father in law in nevada there was alot of jagged lava rocks and ****. Just getting to his ranch could shred tires.
 
Bojangles said:
Standard load pmetrics are at or beyond our needs for capacity.

I was talking about sidewall protection, it would be foolish to run anything below load range E in certain terrain. When we visited the father in law in nevada there was alot of jagged lava rocks and ****. Just getting to his ranch could shred tires.
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The sidewall is usually the same on E rated tires. Only certain tires actually have thicker or "armored" sidewalls.
 
Most tires are 2ply with a 6ply or 10ply rating. The BFG KO2’s have a 3 ply side wall making them tougher than most A/T tire. Almost all MT tires have 3ply sidewalls.
The C, D and E rating is for towing capacity or load rate. The E allows for more PSI and increased load rate. Advertising 2ply or 3 ply "rated" as 6ply or 10 ply is just the norm these days. They use to actually be 6ply or 10ply the industry terminology has stayed around. 35A07140-D20A-47CB-B138-C56423A44F24.jpeg
 
OR17TRD said:
Most tires are 2ply with a 6ply or 10ply rating. The BFG KO2’s have a 3 ply side wall making them tougher than most A/T tire. Almost all MT tires have 3ply sidewalls.
The C, D and E rating is for towing capacity or load rate. The E allows for more PSI and increased load rate. Advertising 2ply or 3 ply "rated" as 6ply or 10 ply is just the norm these days. They use to actually be 6ply or 10ply the industry terminology has stayed around. View attachment 17408
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Right, its a throwback from the bias ply era, and determines the carrying capacity via psi and sidewall strength isnt it?
 
whippersnapper02 said:
I was reading that the ply rating comes from when they used cotton in tires.

So only one confirmed tire AT tire with a thicker sidewall?
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No

If an e weighs more than a c range in the same size (across all tires ive ever seen) and the tread depth/width is the same on both, then the weight difference came from?
 
whippersnapper02 said:
Thickness is different but the pic doesn't say if the ply ratings are different.

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The bottom is a runflat tire.... runflats depend on sidewalls as the sidewall carries the load on a tire. When they lose air, theres only the sides doing real work.

A tire driven flat will have the sidewall thinned out and rubber pieces inside the carcass due to friction since no air, the sidewall takes all the weight.

Ive ripped a few off of rims.
 
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