sbechtold

First off let me just say hello to everyone. I've been a long time lurker and I have really appreciated the good content here.

I just completed the next phase of mods to my FJ. I wanted a set of offroad wheels, so I bought some black steelies. They are Pro Comp Rock Crawler Monster Mods Series 87 black steel wheels in a 16x8 with 4.5" of back spacing. The part number for the wheels is #87-6883TS4.5 (see label pic below). The wheels clear the calipers w/o any problems, so no need for any spacers. I had Goodyear MT/R's in a 305/70-16 mounted on the rims. According to the Goodyear site the 305's are 33.1" in height and 12.2" in width. The lug nuts are black and are made by Gorilla. The center caps (which are not pictured) are black and are made by Excalibur. While I was at it I installed a set of Total Chaos UCA's. The TC UCA's were very straight-forward to install and took me about an hour total for both sides. Here are a few pictures...

Black wheels:












The pictures below are clickable, so click on a picture to make it larger.




Total Chaos UCA's:

Elton

looks awesome

d0ubledown

dang, that looks badass. nice setup. re: UCA install, did you have to have it re-aligned after? you didnt need em to clear the 305's did you?

anyway...nice job methinks you should black the top... would look awesome

BT17R

Whoa, awesome setup. You still have time to enter the Baja 1000! Welcome here, good to have you aboard although Corey won't sleep tonight.

Corey

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Looks very nice Sbechtold.
The black wheels look outrageous on there.

The UCAs is something I am not to read up on yet.
I know Will did it to his FJ too after putting on the OME lift.
This will be something I will have to look into later.

Corey

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I will be dreaming of my future OME lift, my old winch, and the ARB bumper Bob
Oh, the UCAs might make a guest appearance in my dreams tonight too

ken.vs.ryu

I'm envious. I'm hoping for a diesel model soon.

4unner4life

Nice FJ! Thats a tight squeeze in that garage

sbechtold

Thanks to everyone for the nice comments! I'm really happy with the setup for now, but I need to wheel it.

Yes, I had it aligned yesterday. The toe and caster were WAY OFF after installing the UCA's. They got it back into spec w/o any issues. The 305's cleared the stock A-arms w/o and issues. Perhaps if I were a Raider's fan the black top might be apealing, but me likey the white top, so you'll have to wait for someone else to do it.

The door is 84" and I have 1.5" to spare. Once I get the additional weight of a rear bumper I should have a little more room.

Corey - there is a ton of debate on the effectiveness of UCA's. There is also a lot of information out there that will help you make a decision. If you have any questions let me know.

ROOFGOOF

Looks GREAT.... very clean installs !

Elton

that would be awesome wonder how the 4.0 is with a s/c