TYRE AND WHEEL RIM CHOICES | BUILDING THE BEST 2-PERSON OVERLAND TOURER IN THE WORLD | 4xOverland 

When you say that wide tyres don’t have any advantage, do you mean for overlanding? For overlanding in Australia? I guess they have advantages on certain terrains, like sand or snow. Don’t they? I’ve arrived from three weeks in Iceland and I was totally shocked by the absolutely massive tyres A LOT of 4x4s have over there. I suppose that might be somehow justified and that it is not only a trend. What do you have to say? Thanks!

Would have gone for a 235/85r16 on the original steel rims.

I guess its just me but I find 90% of aftermarket wheels to be be downright tacky or ugly. I actually like the look of the basic steel dish wheel.

255 85 r16 All day, my 76 loves them. Maybe if you start using them your influence will assist in more places carrying them.

To be honest, I am disappointed with those rims. They look like they belong on a Ford Ranger. I would have gone steel 100%

Wow! That blue colored Troopy with those wheels is outstanding!

The blue and black is really nice on the Troopy. Really old-school cool look.

Very nice choice. They look really good. I like how you have explained your thought process and how you have drawn your conclusions.

Good video. I put Wildpeak AT3s on my rig and they’ve been the best tyres I’ve owned. Still an aggressive tread, however perform like a road tyre on the bitumen and wet. Enjoy the new wheels and tyres - they look great. Cheers Mark

The 265s look spot on on the troopy Andrew, perfect size, and the 235 85s also. loving the black and blue contrast, really nice look so far. look forward to the build as always 👌

Could have kept the stock rims + 235/85r16. Thin and tall, common size, same size as you have now.

Looks awesome Andrew. Great colour and the wheels really set it off. Very much looking forward to this build. Take your time.

Love it, can't wait for the next video..

Black and Blue looks awesome!! Love the rims nice choice 👍 I’m a Toyo guy but any 3-ply MT deserves a that’a boy

Once again Andrew clear information and I now can say I’ve chosen my next set of tyres, thank you.

Standard is easier to replace..... I like my Toyota alloys. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Love your work

Really pumped for this series Andrew! Congrats on the new Rig.

I love the Toyota grill! I have Falken Wildpeak AT3W (285/70/17) on my FJ Cruiser, super quiet and very very good road handling. Glad to see Andrew recommending the brand.

Watching this video and reading through these comments is great to see 255/85s have an appreciation. I'm tossing up between sticking with 235/85 or going with the 255s next round.

Thank you for carefully describing the nature of your relationship with ROH and Falken. It gives your channel much more credibility than if you had skirted over that or even concealed the nature of the deal. It's not a minor thing either - around $4k for the 5 wheels and tyres I expect.

I think it was a really good choice, love the look, can't wait to see what you are up to next. Greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦

The combination looks pretty good. I look forward to your thoughts on them as you learn more about them in your travels.

I also follow "the road chose me". It's very interesting the two different approaches to overlanding. Here you are taking off steel and replacing with alloy and he is taking off alloy and replacing with steel.

Andrew, I loved your previous Troopys and I love this one 😍 absolutely perfect

I love how honest you are in your videos. Im glad to have an opinion from you on those tires. Im on my second set of km3 tires and i love the offroad mud tractiom but agree that the road noise is up there. Ill give those falkens a try next. Ive had my eye on them anyway. 🤙

They look amazing!

Looks mint and the blue is such a nice colour.

Great episode Andrew! Enjoying every thing you do mate

Excellent Choice of Rims & Tyres Andrew. Bring on the rest of the build.

Gorgeous choice,really the perfect match🤩

Looks excellent!

The color, the rims, and the tires all look great, Andrew!

This tyre/wheel combination falls in an aesthetic category that will win the hearts and praise of South Africa’s finest Brannas enthusiasts

Interesting choice, I've just put Toyo open country 265 x 70 x 16 on my D22 (the tyres are now worth more than the ute) I wanted 75 profile but was worried it would rub (standard suspension starting to sag, they would be fine on a better suspension) and a lot more expensive. They handle quite nicely. It's been very wet here lately and I haven't lost traction once on the blacktop. Only had them off road once and handled it fine although the corrugations did upset the wheel balance. Road noise is there but OK with the radio on.

Andrew, I like how you articulate the reasons exactly why you chose the wheels & tires! I like the black and blue build. I notice now more recently your builds have very specific reasons for the equipment, upgrades etc. based on efficiency and experience. This requires "out of the box " thinking which many sometimes don't go along with or understand.

Those rims and tyres look fantastic

Just watching now, and I do like those rims, nice, now for the tyres.

Love the Evocorse Dakar rims for off-roaders. Beautiful and very high quality.

I was so hoping for 255's 😢 Great Vid anyway Andrew looks good cheers ..

And we’re off to a good start. 👌🏾

That is a good looking rig!

Nice choice. I run KO2’s in 265/75 R16 on 16x7” steelies. They work for me.

I had a mate in my old 4wd club that used 255's on his 40, he absolutely loved them, but he so often had to run them well past the point of replacement because they were so hard to get hold of. I went with 285's on my rig, mainly because they are such a common size, and I feel I could safely get my hands on one anywhere I go.

This build is a beauty. Love the black and blue

Gorgeous

Outstanding advice. I am awaiting delivery of my new 76 series and was struggling with what Tyre/rim combination I should look at. Many Thanks.

Great video! I’m in the process of changing tires on my 5th Gen 4Runner. Decided to go with Falken Wildpeak AT3W 255/80/17 from the stock size on a 2” lift (2”on rear and 2.25” on front). Came from a D110 with 235/85’s and they were fantastic off-road so looking forward to these new tires on the Toyota. Overall weight being added was a big factor in my decision making process.

Nice tyres and rim combo Andrew! Great choice with the new blue bus👍😎🇦🇺

Looking awesome ! Great colour

Shoo! That's the best wheels you've had. Didn't think they would but they match perfectly and really compliments the blue... If you keep that colour.. or any other blue

Looks good. I just made the mistake of using a 9” rim when an 8” would have been perfect.

Nice choice, i have those ROH Vapours on my 79, they are very good.

Personal choices, but having spent many miles travelling around Afghanistan I would insist upon a steel wheel rim for reliability and reparability factors. 7.50r16s or 235/85r16 are the only tyre choices for quick resupply.

Thanks again for all the info

At the end, excellent choice! It looks great! Regards from El Paso, Texas

Makes me feel good, I choose 255/85-16 yokohama muddies for my 100 series. I'm in the states and most guys frowned upon my narrow tire choice, as wide mud tires on lifted trucks is the nom around here. However the yokos have a nice square profile and grip tenaciously on rocky terrain so far.

Loving the look of the blue trooper.

Really nice rim and tyre choice. I love the stock rims but these are an improvement

Very nice choice! Great work.

Another plus one on the falken wildpeak, great tyres

Great work. Love your new LC. Great colour too👌

This cruiser looks amazing 🔥🔥

Good choice. Really nice looking to boot.

Dear Andrew, I purchased BF Goodrich 285/75/17 ( AT )for my nissan patrol few years back they never let me down, I got them because you had them, and you were happy with them thanks mate!

Good episode - glad to see your new build and excited to see what you do to save weight! Question 4U: So if you went with a 32” tire, why didn’t you go 235/85R16, which is also very common, and also a skinny? You could have run a 16x7” rim and done the 235/85 or bumped up an inch to the 255/85. I feel like the 265 is on cusp of being too fat. IMO, the rims you chose seem too SoCal to me - I personally would have gone with either a D-window steely or an 8- or 10-hole aluminum rim. But with bar work, decals, and some dirt, the wheels will probably grow on me. Looking forward to your next build video - thanks!

Enjoying the build

Damn, that's nice Andrew.👍 My Dad had Falkien Wildpeaks All weather 3 peak snow rated ATs on his last Dodge Truck and we were really impressed by them. Unlike the KO2s I put on my truck. Those tires don't deserve their snow rating and IMO are dangerous on wet pavement. I've had them get squirrely on wet curves never mind how terrifying they could get on ice. They were just fine in the snow though but ice is the issue in winter, not snow. I put Cooper Discoverer AT3 4S 285/65r17 truck tire on my truck and quit like them. Yes, not a mud AT but I have to deal with ice and snow and so the tires have to have snipes/swipes? Anyway, I'll never put an MT on my truck again. These are fantastic all-weather off-road tires for where I live. Not as strong off-road as KO2s but not terrifying to drive in the wet or on ice either. In fact, I'd say only a dedicated snow tire would be better and not by a lot and these are fantastic year-round. The All-weather technology is fantastic. 100K KM tread warranty with non of the dangers of snow tires in milder months. Note, I'm not hitting hard off-road trails (especially alone) anymore due to my paralyzed leg so any issues due to needing MTs is not that much of a factor anymore Also, I watched all the Duster Trails videos of them testing these tires. Easily convinced me to dump the awful KO2s (which they tested against) and considered All-weather tires like these or the Toyo Open country AT2s or Falkien Wildpeaks. Their terrain is similar to what I usually drive in and they made good points about how to offroad with them. Note I was siding to the Toyo's but availability and cost drove me to try the Coopers. I'd have to drive to another city for the Toyos and they were almost twice the cost. I could have eaten the cost but I wanted tires from a local dealer in case I had issues. With the Falkiens it was the weight. I have to do a lot of long-distance driving in Saskatchewan and my truck is my everyday driver. I talked to the installer of my tires and I wasn't ready for that kind of hit on my mpg. Not with today's gas prices. Haven't gotten a puncture in 2 years through sloppy fields and river trails so I'm ok with the Coopers. They've come a long way in 20 years.

And the build begins!

Honestly.. those simple grey steelies look the best!

Nice rim and tyre choice 👍. This build will be an interesting one.

Pretty slick setup!

Always very critical the right choice of rims and tires. Greetings from Spain. 👍🏻😷👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Thank you for another great video 👍🏼

I can't argue with your choices there. I run 265/75 R16 on GXL rims on my single-cab 79-series with 3900 GVM to carry my slide-on camper. These performed very well during our double crossing of Simpson Desert (Hay River Track and Madigan Line) in 2019. For 20 years I've been very happy with BFG AT tyres, but I'd like to try another set of MT tyres. Looking forward to your reports on the performance of the Falken MT tyres.

Looking sharp 👌 😎 👍

Gday Andrew love the videos keep it up, I’ve got a question for you. Why go 265/75 over your old troopys 235/85? Same size but are easier to source in remote areas and they have more sidewall, “nothing better than a troop carrier on skinnies” 👍

Hello,love your channel ,ive been in the tyre industry for over 40 years and im not sure if it was yourself or the manager of the shop but let me tell you this about the choice of tyres you have ,they are superb,honestly im not a Falken dealer but they are so capable on and off road ,outstanding choice mate ,this is one decision you will not regret

good stuff i am going to select my next set of tyres by going narrower and slightly higher.

I just went up from stock to the 265/75 R16 on my Toyota Tacoma TRD off road, stock 8” wide wheels. Love the set up. Considered the 255/85 R16 but was just a bit too much with no lift. I went with the Goodyear Duratracs as I wanted something a bit more aggressive, but not full on mud terrains.

I was in exactly the same dilemma for my Troopy build. Really wanted to stay with skinnier tyres after years of 235/85s on Defenders. I ended up with 255/85 on 16" alloys and I think they are excellent. I went BFG KM3 mud tyres because you can't get a KM2 all Terrain in 255/85, sadly. I'm only going with 1 spare. Have done thousands of Kms outback carting around 2 spares and never needed both. So I guess, watch me need 2 spares sometime in the near future having said that. We did the Border Track last week (on the SA/Victoria border) and it was as wet and muddy as. Tyres were fantastic. Lots of confidence. Other vehicles slipping around like mad but the 255/85 KM3s made it look easy. Cheers - David

I 100% agree Andrew I too prefer skinny tall tyers. The other 32" tyre would have been 235 85 16 .

Yay!

Nice looking tires. I would have to look at the Falken Wildpeak A/T3W though for the severe snow (3-peak Mountain Snowflake) rating which is required when driving in Quebec, Canada from December 15 - March 15.

looks good...

Very nice.

Great video, it's great these suppliers provide you with items like these, to me it's a great exercise is fit for purpose, I run 18x8 methods with 285/65/18 and I chose a +25 offset so it's fattens the car up, and this is the opposite of fit for purpose ha ha, I just like the lighter rim, less unsprung weight, which again is pointless except its nice on the black stuff. I enjoy reading the comments of your followers as you have a great bunch of subscribers that are informed and engaged. Nice one!!!!!!

Good looking combination, especially with the blue troopy. I'll be interested to see the weight calculations, especially compared to the green troopy.

Looks good

Those silver blue rims from NZ looked great.

They look good

I have just been through the same experience. I decided to change the rims on my Hilux for asthetics and went with the ROH Hammers, to be shod with 265/65 R18 BFG Ko2's. On my new Prado I've opted for some CSA wheels running 275/65 R18 Ko2's.

The blue Truck and black wheels looks really good

They look awesome and bloody hell didn't cost you a cent, what more could you want.

thank share video

Running 255/85 R16 Yokohama Geolandar MT G003 on my Defender & it's an awesome size & tyre choice. No worries from me on taking it remote as modern construction tyres can cope with the outback as long as you look after them. Been all over with them, probably on tougher tracks than I've seen Andrew on, with no dramas at all so unless you're forging new tracks don't stress about availability.

Really looks like a work horse now Andrew those rims are a great choice. Is there a reason why you went for mud terrain over All terrain? I just bought some pirelli scorpion AT plus 265/65/17. Can’t fault them for an all rounder tyre.

Nice set up. Less sometimes really is more. Love the Falkens. Im running 285/70r17s the AT3w in a psgr rating and am quite happy with them so far (6k miles) looking fwd to putting that 3peak snowflake rating to the test this upcoming winter. Cheers! Waving a hand from Massachusetts State side.

Rims lyk mooi!!

I am running a 285/70/17 KO2. I love them because they are easy to find

I know many would disagree, and I do understand the benefit of a lighter alloy rim, but i really liked the steel rims, i think with that shape body, they look best. Its weird, for a long time I always preferred the look of alloys, but now, steel rims get my attention first. Thanks for the content Andrew.