01' 4x4 Sr5 auto tranny Taco (ext cab) w/3 inch body lift (I don't wanna hear it). I don't really do any hardcore wheeling, mostly street driving. My friend was gonna junk this 4-runner thats been sittin on his property. It has perfectly good Expensive 32" inch all terrains on it, and I'll get em for free. My buddy who does a lot of Toyota wheeling and has a lot of knowledge of these tells me if I went to 33's i should re-gear, but 32's should be alright. Whats all your opinions????

 

You'll probably be OK. Heck, they're FREE!!! Try them out. You can always re-gear later.
Paul

 

if they're free, then there's no harm in at least trying them
you could always keep them around until you have the extra cash to regear, especially since he's gonna toss them out anyways.

 

You don't ever HAVE to regear you're just going to lose alot of power and the larger the tire the more the loss, if its a skinny 32 which I doubt, its probably 32x11.50 cause thats probably the most common BFG 32" size, it wouldn't be too bad. However even with the 32x11.50 you'll be fine and it won't be much loss since its only an inch or so in both width and height. Some people run 33x10.50's without regearing and are happy...

Also, if the 4runner has been sitting for a while make sure the tires are still good because they may be rotted or have flat spots from sitting on the same spot for so long...

 

Hmmm. In your opinion how much power am i going to lose? Yeah i was kinda worried about the tires, cause it had been sitting in a field for like 2 years, but my friend drove it for a couple days, before it crapped out. Would it be really noticeable if they were badly damaged or molded? They look fine to me.

 

I can't give any specific numbers on the power loss but I don't think it will be huge...and as for checking the tires just look at them closely and see if there is any cracking or if the sidewall looks like it is ripping or falling apart, if the tires were sitting with quite a bit of pressure they are most likely fine, but, you may wanna wait for someone that has more knowledge on tires than I do, I just know that they go bad after sitting for a while...

 

2 years sitting outside, they are probably bad. Were they Flat? If so, they most likely will thump while driving. Any serious damage will probably be obvious IE: cracking of the sidewalls & between the tread blocks.

Be careful if you try them. Check them daily as the damage may not show until they have been heat cycled a few times.

paul

 

your fine

 

I went from 235/75R15 (29") to 265/75R16 (32") in my 4Runner and there was a bit of a decrease in acceleration. It was a bt annoying at first but after a few weeks I got used to it and now it seems normal. 31" to 32" isn't much of a change, you probably won't even notice.