yeah, that's what i was thinking. get several packaged together on a pallet and get the shipping rate down by splitting it 3 or 4 ways...

 

I'm in, where do you think you've found them?

 

Sell your 3rd gen and get an 1st gen and you won't have this problem!

 

But then, we'd have to rebuild the whole truck!

 

place in the UK that has toyota salvage parts... i sent them an email. let's see what they say. it looks like they are about $400 as a dealer option, so they can't be too bad as a salvage part + shipping.

 

i tried the UK too, the place i tried said no they didn't have any. lets hope you have better luck. I'm still trying to get my buddy in Japan to hook us up. I've even called a friend in Melbourne to see if they even offered the Hilux Surf/4Runner down under, or if they just have the Prado....

man, we're hunting all over the world for this damn thing!

 

I had an '88 and loved it, but I'll have one again..... either that or a BJ-70/75


Man, I love Toyota's!

 

If it were me and I didn't go w/ a reinforced body mounted pathfinder rodeo swing out I would weld and brace a spot to the bumper if not enough room or just hinge the bumper itself and do a swing out. That or if I could get around it throw the spare in the back

 

Perhaps I missed something buuuuutttt......why not strap the tire down on the roof rack?

 

That's what I do now, and I don't like it. Drops mpg significantly, raises center of gravity, takes up storage space. Plus, a 285/75/16 spare is damn heavy to get up and down if you need it.

 

exactly...... I already have 35's, don't need to take it down another notch-

 

My 315 fits great under the bottom.

 

Find all the "retro", there's alot of it.

 

Want to start making the "new" tire carrier. I can weld it locally. This would solve my problem. Would anyone else be interested???

 

hey old man... that's some purrty leaf springs you're riding on there...

no posts about the swap?

 

Nope no posts about the rear leafs. They are done and I have had them out in the desert 3 times now.

They work well.

 

Do you want an under the truck carrier like I have or a swing carrier?

The under the truck one is only going to work if your rear bumper gives you the room.

 

an under the truck. I have some room now between the tire and bumper. Not much, but...I can't stand how low the stocker sits. Do you have any pics of the clearance of oyur spare and back of the bumper?

 

Basically the only way to get it up higher is to use the 1" your body lift gave you.

The tire goes right to my bumper, it was designed to hold a 35 under there.

You should also switch to a late 1980's chain based winch, becuse that cheapie cable thing they gave all of us will strip the gears out.

Yeah, I can make a spare carrier, but I can't say what will happed with peoples rear bumpers. I would imagine that no matter what you could put a 285 under there.

 

i've got a 285 under there w/ my stocker. i have to remove the valve stem, sit on the ground, crank like hell on the winch/lift thingy while pushing the tire w/ my feet to deflate it some and also while the tread is wet so it will slip up into position. not fun, but doable. i also have a nice shiney spot on my panhard bar from it rubbing on the tire...