Please tell me yes, I would really be pissed if my rims (15x10.5) won't fit on my new runner. Plus I don't know if you even can go higher.

 

yep

Billy

 

should clear quite easily.

 

I'm about sure they will fit, but run a search up at the top on a 3 inch lift, it should give you a lot of information.

 

I'm kind of new to this board and lifting 4Runners......I've had mine for about 4 years now and it's sitting on the stock suspension with 31" tires under it. I do however have some experience with lift kits.

So now to answer your question. You should have no trouble IMO wheeling your truck with these tires even with the swap bars disconnected. The recommended tire size by Revtek is probably 33" tires. They say this because they are looking at the idiot that might install their kit. Some people might not hammer down fender welds, etc. to make larger tires work. In reality, you might be able to fit 35" tires under it if you are just talking about street use. They might rub at a full turn, but they might fit (I have a '90 so I'm not positive). You have to look at what type of driving you will be doing and go from there.

I have a friend that I just installed a 3 1/2" ligt kit on his Jeep. Recommended tire size: 33"
If he only did street driving, he could probably put a 37" tire under it. This is a judgement on looks with 33" on it now.

This responce was kind of long just to say yes, but I think that people on here should realize that. I think most people on this board actually do alot of off road riding with sway bars disconnected, but I'm sure that there are a few that just lift their trucks for the look.

-Dan

 

You can't go any higher than the Revtek lift puts you without damaging your CV joints, period. What is the backspacing on those rims? I know the biggest 16" wheel that fits comfortably on our trucks is an 8" wide rim with 4.5" backspacing. I don't know of anyone running 10.5" wide rims on a 3rd Gen that still has the IFS.

Maybe someone else will chime in with relevant information. Otherwise, just try them out and see if they will fit. Plus, as mentioned, if you wheel it versus just having it for street use and looks, that changes what "fits".

My .02
G

 

I am running 33x12.50 Swampers with my 3" Revtek. I had to pound the flange in the front wheel wells over and with the sway bars disconnected I rubbed a little. I then put on a RB 1" Body Lift and I don't rub anymore.

 

What size wheels are you running?

Inquiring minds want to know...
G

 

The rims and tires were given to me. I am not sure how wide the rim is (I think it is a 8")and what the backspacing is. It is a 15" rim (had to downsize the brakes to fit the rim)and as you can see in the pick the backspacing is about 2" different than stock.

 

Those are probably 10" or 10.5" rims, seeing how much they stick out.

Thanks for the info.
G

 

Now that I think about it they probably are 10"

 

I know the rims are 15x10.5, and I'm not positive on the back spacing, when I get home from work I will check it out. I DO know though, that the offset is very similar to cubuff4runner's pic. They matched up almost perfectly with my 2.5" bushwhackers on my '91 runner.

As far as wheeling goes, this probably won't be used for anything too extreme, mostly just playing on the dunes, I have my fj40 to do the fun stuff

I mostly just didn't want to order the lift this weekend if there was any chance of them not fitting.

Also, I thought the search was till not up all the way, thought the old database still wasn't on. Or am I doing something wrong?

 

No, the old search is still broken.

One thing I forgot to mention, but Cubuff touched on, is that you have 16" rims on your new 4Runner. Without modifying your brakes like Cubuff did, by going to a smaller Rotor in the front, the 15" rims won't fit, period. There isn't a 15" rim on the market, that I am aware of, that fits 4Runners that came factory equipped with 16" rims.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it most likely won't be a straight swap for you. You can check the fit, and I'll be WAY surprised if they do mount without issue. I'll also be very surprised if you have 15" rims on that Limited 4Runner.

Let us know how it turns out.
G

 

I sure hope that your'e ˟˟˟˟ting me. Thank you though, its way better to find out now so I can plan for it. I'm just pissed because I was assured by numerous sources that it wouldn't be an issue because so many came with 15's, now my $1800 rims might be no good without shelling out more ca$h. What kind of modifications will have to be done?

 

I was in the same boat. You will have to buy new rotors and pads, which most of the stock rotors warp anyways, so that isn't a big deal. You will also need new calipers which ran me $80 at the junk yard, I lucked out because the calipers I found had pads on them that looked like they were brand new, so I used them. If you want to do it correctly you will also need to buy new dust sheilds. I just cut 1/2" off all the way around, it isn't the right way, but it has worked fine for me.

 

Thanks for the quick reply, what vehicles yr/make/model do these need to come off of? Just any 96+ SR5??

 

The rotors off of any 3rd gen 96+ which had 15" rims. There are a lot of junk yards online that have them.

 

Again thanks sooooo much for the help, I'll just pound out these last questions.

I'm assuming same for the calipers?

Are all 4 calpiers / rotors interchangable, or are they front, back, left, right specific? Does this leave ABS intact too. Is this a simple bolt on / bolt off mod or is there any custom fabbing?

I'm just wondering :wtf: was toyota thinking, why change this just for bigger tires? The same stopping force would be needed since the weight is the same. Seems like this would make production costs more expensive.

Oh well I'm just whining now I should be happy that there is a way to solve the problem.

Thanks Again!!

 

You only have calipers on the front. The back has drums and they are the same on all 4runners so you won't have to mess with them. The calipers are left/right specific. It took me about 1.5 hours to do. You will have to take the calipers off (2 bolts and the brake line) then the rotors just pop off. Cut the shield or put a new one on and then slide the new rotor on hook up the brake line and bolt the caliper back on. The ABS will still work the same. The only difference that I notice is it has a harder time stopping when I'm going fast with a heavy load in the back.

 

Thanks for chiming in cubuff. All's well that ends well.

Good luck, man!
G