What gen Tacoma? and Can u use the spare tire specifically?


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1st gen Tacomas (1995-2004) are on the same platform as the 3rd gen 4Runner, and many of the parts are interchangeable.

Specifically the spare tire? Pretty much any 6x5.5 toyota wheel will fit on a 3rd gen 4runner. The 6x5.5 bolt pattern was used on all generations of 4runners, all 6-lug Tacomas, T100s, 1st gen Tundras, 1st gen Sequoias, and 80 Series Land Cruisers.

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The engine is nearly identical (different exhaust and a few other things), steering, driveshafts, axles, all good. Lot of interior pieces too but not all, obviously due to the shape of the cab.

Are you looking into buying a parts vehicle?

Be extra careful on interior bits - there are a lot more than you might think...

4Runners and 1st gen Tacomas are built on similar, but not the same platform, both due to the truck vs. suv differences (rear frame half, rear suspension designs, etc.) but also different country of origin. 4Runners are always Japan built, Tacomas are US built - which means a number of components were built/sourced in different places, all the way down to the frame.

-Charlie

Be careful on the spare tire. 16" wheels weren't an option on the Tacoma until 2001. Prior to that they were all 15" wheels which may not clear the 4Runner brakes.

no i’m selling my spare tire cause i want to buy a custom tire and rim to go with my main wheels


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so the spare is 15”


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I'm new to this forum so I hope I'm doing this right. I have a 99 limited 4x4 3.4 and I want to buy an engine out of a 99 pre-runner/Tacoma. my 99 4runner has 304k miles, and the 99 prerunner has 80kmiles with an Super Charger, so basically I wanted to do an engine swap. BTW the Prerunner is a 4X2. How difficult would it be to do an engine swap? Any information would be greatly appreciated.

That should be a straightforward engine replacement, as easy as engine replacements get.

Hard to say what the difficulty is, that's all dependent on your experience, what tools you have, etc.

But the engines should be identical, just a matter of undoing all the hoses and wires, pulling it out, putting the new one in, and getting all the hoses and wires in the right spots.

I'd suggest taking pics as you take yours out, so if you have questions about how things go back together you can go look at the pics. On the plus side, to reduce manufacturing defects, they really try to make sure the wiring harnesses don't have identical plugs in the general area, so there usually isn't a case where you have multiple choices on where a wire should plug into something. Or if there are multiple compatible plugs in a general area, they're different colors.