I have a 2000 4Runner SR5 that I really want to put some plain black wheels on and I was wondering if anyone had suggestions. I've looked through all the threads I can find here already. I have 16in stock alloys and I've been sworn up and down to by tire shops that the steel 15's will fit and that I can do a 16in as well but all the forums say that the 15in wheels won't fit w/o crazy backspacing and/or spacers which I want to stay away from. I don't need anything performance, I just want something that looks clean and is cheap. I've noticed that the 15in wheels are cheaper as are the tires that go on them so if anyone has been able to go that route please explain. If you have pictures that would be really helpful as well.

 

A lot of steel wheels won't clear the calipers on Toyotas. And if you have the bigger brakes then 15" won't fit. These ones will work, but I wouldn't buy the 15" ones without trying them first. The 16" will definitely be OK
http://www.wheelersoffroad.com/4runnerwheels.htm

 

How do you tell which brake set up you have short of manually trying the wheels on? If the truck came stock with 16's can you assume the 15's are out of the question?

 

Some shops will grind down your caliper an 1/8 of an inch to fit black 15" Rock Crawlers, not a good idea. Puts the calipers strength in question and each time you get new brakes you will have to grind on them again.

 

Measure the rotor diameter,

15in wheels = 11.7in rotors
16in wheels = 12.5in rotors

If the 16" wheels are from the factory then you probably have the bigger brakes.

 

IIRC, the larger 16" wheels came with the 12.5" rotors from the factory, which means you can't (or at least shouldn't) try to run 15" wheels. If you're looking for black steelies, Wheelers has a good selection that are guaranteed to clear our larger brakes. They're quite reasonable too.

Link: http://www.wheelersoffroad.com/

 

Been there, done that. 15" rim won't fit over your calipers. If you want to get different rims get 16" like what you have now...or bigger.