What about rims for the 4x4's? I have some nice 15" with the standard 225/75R layout, like burnzya's new ride, but I am thinking about slightly bigger rims (17" max) with bigger tires that way I could still get somewhat decent milage with larger tires. Of course I know I will have to re-gear the speedometer and of course get the money, but I want to have a plan for whenever I can get out of my current job and get another.
Yeah,that's what I'm thinking, but I'd like to see some examples of what other Toyota 4x4's are riding on.
I'm actually thinking of 30" BFGoodrich All Terrains, but first I want to finish up my Long Trail Radial T/A. I don't know, I mean, when my grandfather had bought this truck, it had some nice Toyos on it, but he replaced them with useless Kumho Touring Tires, but I just like the look and race proven BFG's.
i know a guy that just got a 08 tundra and put some 33" BFG T/A KM2 tires on it god those things hook good they look like the krawler tread but no bad road noise.. hes also running 17 or 18" rims and they look good on it
my truck has 31x10.50x15 mickey thompson baja mtx radials right now. i would really like a 35 or bigger but they want a fortune for them!
if your not gonna use the truck for much off road, go ahead and get the biggest rims you want.... maybe somethin like this 39x12.5x20 but theres 2 problems there: 1. whole lotta unsprung weight, its hard for a lil 4 banger to turn heavy ass wheels. and stopping becomes fun. 2. not a lot of sidewall on the tires, so off road your tires wont conform as easily to the terrain. a lot rougher ride too. i think for a stock yota, 33's are the biggest you want to go. 32's are prolly the safest bet, they wont rub or change your speedo too much and not a lot of added weight.. another thing to consider is tire availibilty. 15's have a crap ton of choices, 16's a lil less and so on as you get bigger. personally im running 35x12.5x15's with a -30 offset. too much weight for my truck indeed. i have issues going up steep hills in 2wd, but give me a couple weeks and maybe ill break something off road. gonna try a few tricks for some more ponies, but if i cant get my tires to break loose on dry pavement im gonna go down to 33's again. ps: ill update my build thread after the weekend is done
Those rims on that truck don't cost a whole lot of money either, but I'd rather have enough rim to lighten some of the weight of the bigger tire, just not where I can't get any fun from off road. But one way to prevent that breakage off road with tires that big is to re-gear the differentials (both is the best approach). Gears and dual transfer cases can be found on www.allprooffroad.com, but electric lockers work best for that terrain. Other sites I've seen had people throw on the next generation 4Runner E-Lockers on the 84-89 models with success and one includes instructions on how to do it; (NO www.) carterswebsite.com/4Runner, go under his mods page and he tell us how he did it among other projects he did on his 1986.
Go to a 31" tire if your going to step up I perfer 15" rims because i am cheap and never buy new so there is more of them available used. don't worry about the speedometer just go to this site and figure out ho far out it will be http://www.1010tires.com/tiresizecalculator.asp or you can go all out an sas it and roll on 36's
Just wanted to reduce strain on the engine with slightly bigger rims, not to mention get slightly wider because I have read that others have ruined tires that they aired down off road because they were too narrow I don't know if I put the re-gearing differential on my previous post, but I know that I put it under the suspension lift section. As I said in the beginnig, I am just planning beforehand since I still haven't gotten a better job and have a bone-dry bank account.
One more question, a friend of mine with a Grand Cherokee wants to put an exo-cage on his SUV, are they street legal? Maybe even here in California?
That's what I read on other 4x4 owner's sites. Since there would be a lot more rubber between rim and road, that's extra weight, so some power degradation on their trucks. Nevermind though, I may eventually switch my current rims for five-spoke American Racing rims or get those cheap black rock crawler style rims like in burnzya's image above. I was kinda hoping tha I could see some pictures of what others are running on for ideas.
I run 33x10.50 BFG mud on 7" inch rims, I also have 4.88 gears and a rear Aussie locker. If you still have IFS you are better off with a narrower tire to keep from wearing out idler arms. IMHO lockers and armor will get you alot further than big tires. Robb