Toyota Tacoma Tire Specifications:

The best tires for your Toyota Tacoma help contribute to your small truck’s handling and performance. Good tires can impact fuel efficiency and safety as well. Vehicle tires usually need to be replaced every three or four years. Here's a guide on how to make sure you're getting the best ones.

How Often is Toyota Tacoma Tire Replacement Needed?

• Tire inspection is recommended at each regular service visit.

Indicators Tire Replacement May be Needed for Your Tacoma:

• The current tread level is at the wear indicators.

• Cuts, tears, bubbles, cracking, or uneven tread wear.

• Age of the tires. (DOT number)

• Poor ride quality.

Why is Tire Replacement Important?

• Safety.

• Worn tires harm braking, acceleration, and cornering of your car.

• New tires improve the stopping distance of your vehicle.

3 Main Tire Types:

• All-season tires: Most people buy all-season tires because it's easier and cheaper than buying one set for the winter and another for summer. All-season car tires deliver good, well-rounded performance but are never outstanding in any way.

• Summer tires deliver on handling and dry/wet braking, but they have dismal snow traction.

• Winter Tires: Winter tires have outstanding snow traction but just fair braking ability on cleared roads.

Toyota Tacoma Tire Size:

Most Toyota Tacoma owners choose to replace the worn tires on their truck with something equivalent in size and capability. This makes a lot of sense. Your small truck was engineered to work as well as possible on the size and type of tires it came on. So fitting a similar or identical replacement set would maintain the performance and safety your truck was designed to deliver.

You'll need to know your Tacoma’s tire size and speed rating to inform your decision process. You may also decide to know how many miles you'll get out of any new tires you are viewing. This information is printed on the tires' sidewalls that are on your vehicle right now. It's also available in some owner's manuals, online, and attire dealers.

If you want to replace your tires with something equivalent, you must know the correct size. The size of your vehicle's tires is expressed in a particular series of letters and numbers that read like this: 245/40-R18.

* The first number shows the width of your tire at its widest point in millimeters.

* The number after the slash is called the aspect ratio, which shows how tall your tire's sidewall is. The squat tires are suitable for sports and muscle vehicles. This tire has aspect ratios of 30–40. SUVs and family sedan s are in the 45-60 range or taller.

*The last number in your tire series is the diameter of the wheel in inches that the tire must mount to. The "R" indicates your tire is a radial, which virtually all of today's tires are.

Tacoma Model Year	Original Factory Tacoma Tire Sizes Sorted By Rim Size
1995-2000	195/75 R14	215/70 R14	225/75 R15	31×10.5 R15	265/70 R16	–
2001-2004	205/75 R15	225/75 R15	235/55 R16	265/70 R16	–	–
2005-2019	215/70 R15	245/75 R16	265/70 R16	265/65 R17	255/45 R18	265/60 R18

Tire Speed Rating:

Tires carry a speed rating. This rating indicates how fast they can safely go for an extended period. Tire speed rating also is the overall performance potential of your tires. Tires for high-performance vehicles have a higher speed rating than those for SUVs and family sedans. The speed rating of your tires that came on your car matched the maximum speed the vehicle could attain. This mentioned speed rating is expressed as a letter in the alpha-numeric code that immediately follows the tire size. Notes range from L to Y and cover maximum speed from 75 mph to more than 186 mph.

Run-Flat Tires:

Some automakers fit their vehicles with run-flat tires from the factory. These tires are suitable for driving for short distances at low speeds, even when a puncture has left your tires without air. Run-flat tires allow you to reach your destination without the need to change a flat. If your car produces run-flat tires, you can replace them with conventional tires and carrying a spare. Also, you can return your worn run-flats with another set of run-flats.

Still, tire technology improves, and run-flat tires aren't nearly the penalty they were ten years ago.

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