Recent content by pelemay

They fit ! Well, after lots of reading on this forum, and thanks to the frank advice in this thread, I opted for keeping the stock wheel, but I took a chance and ordered the 285/70/17 Duratracs (studded for winter). After harper7's front fender mod (real easy) and after removing the (useless...

Thanks Harper7. I actually took a look and now realize why the backspace is so important in our case. The UCA and some tie-rod end up pretty close to the stock tire and wheel as it is, when turning. (I come from an Xterra and I do not recall having such proximity issues.) That said, this...

Can't thank you enough for taking the time to answer my newbie questions :thumb3: Still, there is something I cannot really seem to figure out: Please stop me before I say something stupid: unless the alloy wheel were actually wider than the tire, then my only real rub concern is with the...

Thanks for your reply. Wow. I admit that pops my dreamy bubble :-( ...based on many replies on this forum, I had assumed the 285's would (closely) fit on a TE: NHinAK, GrantK, RNA352, Rlin0997, ScottsdaleT4R, Tengu and others seemed to somehow have succeded. Am I missing something ? P.S...

Good afternoon everyone, and thank you all for the very useful info I found on this forum since I got my 4Runner a couple weeks ago. I am just about to purchase 285/70/17 DuraTracs (studded for winter) mounted on Ultra Gauntlet wheels on my stock (no lift) 2013 Trail edition. The wheels are...