I finally got rid of my factory wheels and tired and went with the Method 705s +35 with the Falken Wildpeaks in a 255/80/17 setup. I really have to thank @Blue Bear for their detail post, as it really gave me the confidence to pull the trigger on this similar setup. I was initially worried that the 255 width would look even more narrow than the factory tires, but they actually look a lot more wide than the factory 265s. I wouldn't be mad if it had a bit more poke but I really like the sleek look.
Overall I was pleasantly surprised on how the ride quality was. I have fairly smooth roads for my daily driving so the added sidewall stiffness helps reduce motion sickness and that boaty feeling when cornering. The road noise is most noticeable from 20-40 mph and then after that I can't tell the difference (highway speeds here are 70-85mph), though the noise increase is very minimal and isn't noticeable with the radio on. My initial impressions were running the 33 psi from the tire shop and then I bumped it up to 36 psi a few days later, and again to 39 psi. I need to do a chalk test here to see what the tread wear looks like using those.
I'll post some gas mileage data once I have ran a couple tanks of fuel through it. The first couple days were running the 33 psi that the tire so that may affect the first tank. I normally get 19.5-20 mpg/300mi range on the factory 20s, likely from the high speed highways. My first tank was 17 mpg on the dash and 16.5 using the pump.
Overall I was pleasantly surprised on how the ride quality was. I have fairly smooth roads for my daily driving so the added sidewall stiffness helps reduce motion sickness and that boaty feeling when cornering. The road noise is most noticeable from 20-40 mph and then after that I can't tell the difference (highway speeds here are 70-85mph), though the noise increase is very minimal and isn't noticeable with the radio on. My initial impressions were running the 33 psi from the tire shop and then I bumped it up to 36 psi a few days later, and again to 39 psi. I need to do a chalk test here to see what the tread wear looks like using those.
I'll post some gas mileage data once I have ran a couple tanks of fuel through it. The first couple days were running the 33 psi that the tire so that may affect the first tank. I normally get 19.5-20 mpg/300mi range on the factory 20s, likely from the high speed highways. My first tank was 17 mpg on the dash and 16.5 using the pump.
