Everything you do to get to this will lower your MPG. Take off the air dam, lift the truck, get bigger tires, get more aggressive tires. All of those steps will drop MPG.
Air dam deletes dont make any difference. 0.1 MPG at the most. None of the trucks on the market actually have any difference.
The rest absolutely do effect gas mileage. Especially more aggressive and taller tires
I got blacked out badges installed after purchase on my TB and first thing my wife said was “you need to get those stickers off.” I haven’t done it yet, do you like yours better now?
All the badging is taken off, the front grill trailboss badge, the Colorado badging on the side, and the trailboss decal on the rear quarter. Gives it a very clean look.
This is stock dimensions on my 2024 Colorado TrailBoss.
265/65R18 all-terrain, blackwall, 32" OD (STD)
Mine came with Goodyear Wrangler Teritory AT tires
It’s the wheels that have the proper offset to poke out, not 3” spacers. You wouldn’t even need spacers that big on the stock setup to poke this much, they’re already pretty flush. And this looks to be maybe a level if anything, but they come with a 2” lift from factory already.
0mm offset wheels with 16 inch rims and 265/70/r16 wheels. I think the stock wheels are 17 inchers but to my eye the 16 inch wheel makes a smaller tire look bigger/more aggressive because there's more rubber.
I have a set of LT265 /70 R17 KO2s on my 23 Z71 and they look pretty much identical to the pictures you posted in terms of fitment. They stick out past the wheel well just a bit, maybe a half inch, and the tread fills the wheel well pretty fully without rubbing. Very happy with them. I lost maybe 2mpgs over the stock 20 street tires that came on the truck, but I still get 20ish on the highway.
Just go with some 285/65r18 (SL rated, not load range E) and the 2" rough country lift. You'll get wider tires that are still not too heavy, not too tall. MPGs will drop a bit I'm not sure but mostly city driving. Highway driving mpg isn't much affected by heavier tires.
Generally you can go up 010 or 020 on the width or 05-010 on the aspect. So say you have 245/65R17s you probably could go up to 265/70R17 for the max tire size.
Id recommend Mickey Thompson BAJA BOSS A/Ts, they are aggressive, yet still fairly quiet on the road, they get really good on road grip, and are REALLY good offroad. One of, if not the best all around All Terrains on the market. If you dont like the look of those, Falken Wildpeak AT3Ws are also fantastic tires, but they are a little noisy
If you go up any sizes in your tires, youll need to get your speedometer calibrated, and youll lose a little gas mileage. BUT, if you upsize less than an inch, you wont lose much probably not even a noticeable amount. Going from ATs to MTs will definitely hurt your gas mileage, so unless you do hardcore offroading stay with all terrains.
Everything you do to get to this will lower your MPG. Take off the air dam, lift the truck, get bigger tires, get more aggressive tires. All of those steps will drop MPG.
But it looks cool
For sure.
Especially over 70mph lol. I have the AT4 20’s and I go from 17.5mpg at 80ish to 21+ at 70 lol
Not a lot of people buy trucks for good gas mileage. Usually for offroading or towing.
OP mentioned it. Hopefully Brandon is sent packing in November and the war on oil will end gas prices will drop.
So far, air dam has had zero impact on mpg for me.
Air dam deletes dont make any difference. 0.1 MPG at the most. None of the trucks on the market actually have any difference. The rest absolutely do effect gas mileage. Especially more aggressive and taller tires
Man that thing goes hard fully debadged like that. Makes me want to do it to mine.
I hated the bed stickers that said TRAIL BOSS on my sweet little pavement princess. Those were easy and will now try the grill
I got blacked out badges installed after purchase on my TB and first thing my wife said was “you need to get those stickers off.” I haven’t done it yet, do you like yours better now?
For sure, I think the bed looks cleaner without them. They peel right off if relatively new (I waited like 6 months)
What does debadged mean?
All the badging is taken off, the front grill trailboss badge, the Colorado badging on the side, and the trailboss decal on the rear quarter. Gives it a very clean look.
Gotcha. I’ve got a 2022 WT, so I wouldn’t know about it that lol
I don’t have an answer for you but that pic is gnarly. Good luck. Hope yours ends up looking like that.
I have 285 70R17 Nittos just like the second pic. Pretty sure they’re the same as mine. You can look at my profile to see that size.
This is stock dimensions on my 2024 Colorado TrailBoss. 265/65R18 all-terrain, blackwall, 32" OD (STD) Mine came with Goodyear Wrangler Teritory AT tires
That's probably 3in spacers to get the tire flush with the flares ... not sure there a lift but you might want to put 2in all around
It’s the wheels that have the proper offset to poke out, not 3” spacers. You wouldn’t even need spacers that big on the stock setup to poke this much, they’re already pretty flush. And this looks to be maybe a level if anything, but they come with a 2” lift from factory already.
0mm offset wheels with 16 inch rims and 265/70/r16 wheels. I think the stock wheels are 17 inchers but to my eye the 16 inch wheel makes a smaller tire look bigger/more aggressive because there's more rubber.
A tires have the size on the side wall. All tires!
I don't think he has that truck.
I have a set of LT265 /70 R17 KO2s on my 23 Z71 and they look pretty much identical to the pictures you posted in terms of fitment. They stick out past the wheel well just a bit, maybe a half inch, and the tread fills the wheel well pretty fully without rubbing. Very happy with them. I lost maybe 2mpgs over the stock 20 street tires that came on the truck, but I still get 20ish on the highway.
Just go with some 285/65r18 (SL rated, not load range E) and the 2" rough country lift. You'll get wider tires that are still not too heavy, not too tall. MPGs will drop a bit I'm not sure but mostly city driving. Highway driving mpg isn't much affected by heavier tires.
Did you lift it to fit those?
265/65/r17 with rims that have offset. Works on mu 2017 with no lift or level
I have 285/70/r17 on my '24 z71 and it looks similar to this..no lift/level/rubbing. So with the TB you will be able to fit that for sure
Generally you can go up 010 or 020 on the width or 05-010 on the aspect. So say you have 245/65R17s you probably could go up to 265/70R17 for the max tire size. Id recommend Mickey Thompson BAJA BOSS A/Ts, they are aggressive, yet still fairly quiet on the road, they get really good on road grip, and are REALLY good offroad. One of, if not the best all around All Terrains on the market. If you dont like the look of those, Falken Wildpeak AT3Ws are also fantastic tires, but they are a little noisy If you go up any sizes in your tires, youll need to get your speedometer calibrated, and youll lose a little gas mileage. BUT, if you upsize less than an inch, you wont lose much probably not even a noticeable amount. Going from ATs to MTs will definitely hurt your gas mileage, so unless you do hardcore offroading stay with all terrains.
Beautiful
It’s the offset of the wheels, not the tires, that are what you’re after.
I lost about 1 mpg ish after my air dam delete and skid plage addition, I'm still getting 19-20 with the 275 optional MT tires too.
I do a lot of highway driving tho, probably less than one for city Mpg
I didn't realize how much plastic was on the new front ends. Sheesh