Wheel & Tire Suggestions for my '80 4x4
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Yea, I guess I got the only one without em. It's an SR5, came with buckets and all the gauges, I think it even has air conditioning if I got it working again, but no wing windows. I been looking for a clean set of doors to swap out, but I haven't been able to find any without massive dents.
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I have an 81 with those rims and while I love them anyone who is going to run them on an early truck should be aware the backspacing is different and you will need wheel spacers to run them in the front at least 1/2" or they will hit the caliper. Right now I have 32s with stock suspension and a ton of space I plan on putting 33s on and I don't think it will rub even a little when I do.
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The 1" and up spacers are way nicer than the 1/4 spacers that fit between the tire and rim I plan on putting the 1.5" ones on to replace the two 1/4" ones that are stuck in there to make it work they don't give you as much thread and they can loosen if you don't check them after a few miles the 1" and up have more threads and solve that issue wab has them for sale.
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Not sure if anyone mentioned this or not, but if you are gonna run them wheels, you may want to get the lug nuts also, as those rims require a certain toyota stock style lug. I too also ran into a clearance problem with the calipers, but a 1/4" spacer was all that was needed.
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Yea, I guess I got the only one without em. It's an SR5, came with buckets and all the gauges, I think it even has air conditioning if I got it working again, but no wing windows. I been looking for a clean set of doors to swap out, but I haven't been able to find any without massive dents.
you can buy the dented doors with the wing windows and pull the window, wing window assembly, window seal (the part that the window slides up and down in and seals it up top), window crank regulators. then swap out the parts into your non-wing window doors, they will bolt directly up in your doors.
i love the oe factory wheels like i had on mine but the backspace and tire selection for what i wanted was not there. black steelies are nice if you want 15s. i went with a 16" taco steelie wheel. the only problem with them is the backspace is deep so on the rear without spacers in the rear the tires will rub on the frame while articulating, that is without or with a small lift.
love the truck and the graphics.
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Someone else mentioned it, and I forgot to...I had to use spacers to clear because I did the big brake upgrade,so I went with 1 1/2" spacers. Not entirely sure you'd have to if you still have stock calipers, but like another mentioned, they'll rub the frame in the rear under articulation. You said it's just for looks though, right?
They look like they might rub if you turned, but take my word for it, they don't.
And don't mind that these are A/T's, they're the same size. I was planning on running them on my 4Runner until I found out 2 of the A/T's are out of round. The 4Runner is my daily driver again, so the perfectly round km2's are on it for now.
Edit: just realized the front of my front fenders are cut off, so I half lied about the "no trimming" part for fitment. I didn't trim them, though, my pickup had 35's on it when I towed it home. That'd be the only area of concern I see, looks like SCToy's are also trimmed just a little.
SCToy, if i didn't love the wing windows on my pickup in the 100+ heat up here I'd say for a road trip my straight doors would be yours. I kind of wonder why they went away from using wing windows sometimes.
They look like they might rub if you turned, but take my word for it, they don't.
And don't mind that these are A/T's, they're the same size. I was planning on running them on my 4Runner until I found out 2 of the A/T's are out of round. The 4Runner is my daily driver again, so the perfectly round km2's are on it for now.
Edit: just realized the front of my front fenders are cut off, so I half lied about the "no trimming" part for fitment. I didn't trim them, though, my pickup had 35's on it when I towed it home. That'd be the only area of concern I see, looks like SCToy's are also trimmed just a little.
SCToy, if i didn't love the wing windows on my pickup in the 100+ heat up here I'd say for a road trip my straight doors would be yours. I kind of wonder why they went away from using wing windows sometimes.
Last edited by JonnyBoy; 06-09-2011 at 10:27 PM.
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I trimmed my fenders when I had 35s there is no need for the 33s with my small lift, thanks for your thoughts about the doors. I had the wing windows on my 95 and they were so nice.
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