With the lift kit on the 4runner, the next step was tires. Given our flip in the snow, whatever I got needed to be 3 mountain snow flake rated. The Isuzu had Goodyear Wranglers, which I later found out are notorious for having different sizes that are and aren't snow rated. The ones on the Isuzu weren't.

I looked at a couple of options and had it narrowed down to the Cooper ATP or the Falken AT3W. To answer my question though, I needed to decide on size.

The issue was, with a limited I had 18" wheels. I was (and still am) trying to avoid the body mount chop, which meant I was looking for a 32-33" tire. One option I considered was a 265/70/18, which works out to like a 32.6" tire depending on brand. The issue was that I wasn't sure that was going to clear the front UCAs on stock wheels. There is so little offset with the stock wheels that I was pretty sure I would be rubbing unless I also got new UCAs.

About this time, I saw someone selling a set of 4 FJ Cruiser wheels for 200$ on the local Facebook marketplace. These have more offset than the 4runner wheels, but significantly less than most aftermarket options. Plus they look great, and are 17" size. I grabbed them, and then decided to go big or go home, with a 255/80/17. Cooper didn't make this size in anything but the ST MAXX, so I went with the Falken AT3W. This tire size on a Falken is a 33.1" tire, and is pretty much the biggest tire you can run on this particular lift. Sold my old wheels for 140, and I was good to go. Gotta say, the results are hard to beat!



As a side note, since I could only find 4x 17" tires, I did need a spare. Consequently, I grabbed the cheapest All Terrain 265/70r18 Discount Tire had and put it on my old stock wheel. This size *barely* fits in the stock spare location, but it does in fact fit. And as I was afraid, it will rub against UCAs up front, but if I get something in a front tire, I'll put the spare on the back and rotate the other tire to the front.