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NoDak
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Engineer
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I feel like I could get a sun tan off your tire shine
laureena23
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His and his.... But I let her drive it.
I've been creeping around for a while. Finally a post.
Bought the wife something a little nicer than her bastard child 06 Lexus gs300.
White was hard to find! Drove 6 hours to get her. Mile 22 in a transmission right of way and mile 69 through the creek! Ha insert joke here....
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I've been creeping around for a while. Finally a post.
Bought the wife something a little nicer than her bastard child 06 Lexus gs300.
White was hard to find! Drove 6 hours to get her. Mile 22 in a transmission right of way and mile 69 through the creek! Ha insert joke here....
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bpwwer
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I was pretty much set on the BR's based on how they looked, but would rather not increase the wheel weight. So I did some checking and best I can find, the BR Sidewinder 20" wheels are roughly the same weight as the stock 20". Amazon says 37lbs shipping weight for the BR's and I found one post where someone calculated the stock 20" weigh 38-39lbs. Is this wrong? It doesn't seem "heavy as hell" and seems pretty good for a wheel that's 2" wider. Of course, compared to a Volk, then, yes, heavy as hell
Now I suspect that AT 275/55 tires weigh more than stock, but that's not the wheel's fault. Maybe 43lbs vs 36 (again according to amazon).
Does anyone have a good source of wheel/tire weight data? Most of my searches have turned up nothing. I'd really like to compare the 20" combinations vs. 17" combinations.
Magnetic4R
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I was pretty much set on the BR's based on how they looked, but would rather not increase the wheel weight. So I did some checking and best I can find, the BR Sidewinder 20" wheels are roughly the same weight as the stock 20". Amazon says 37lbs shipping weight for the BR's and I found one post where someone calculated the stock 20" weigh 38-39lbs. Is this wrong? It doesn't seem "heavy as hell" and seems pretty good for a wheel that's 2" wider. Of course, compared to a Volk, then, yes, heavy as hell
Now I suspect that AT 275/55 tires weigh more than stock, but that's not the wheel's fault. Maybe 43lbs vs 36 (again according to amazon).
Does anyone have a good source of wheel/tire weight data? Most of my searches have turned up nothing. I'd really like to compare the 20" combinations vs. 17" combinations.
I do like the stance and tire width of my 20" better. My TE is ~19lbs while the BR is double that but my KO is 50+ lbs. I have to say my 20 rides better mostly due to the lowered PSI 32-34 vs the 40+ on the KO and for on road extra -12 offset and the wider thread patch on the 20 is a plus. I was even thinking about going wider 285 or taller 60s on the 20s. I would like to keep both wheels but the BR is going for sale since I don't have the extra space.
Mistaken
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I agree. The stance with the BR's and 275's looks perfect on a stock suspension 4R.
bpwwer
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So ~69lbs for TE + KO vs. ~80lbs for the BR + AT3 is a big difference per wheel.
I do really like the look of the BR 20" with the -12 offset. But I keep thinking that if I'm going to replace the wheels, I should go with a 17" just for the expanded tire choice. The BR's are available in 17x9 -12 so that should give a similar stance with the benefit of more tire choices (and probably lower cost and slightly less weight).
The Bay Area is not that far away, so shoot me a PM about your BR wheels (wheels + tires?). Price might sway me away from thoughts of 17"
rpontbriand
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TRDPRO
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Nice. In retrospect I may have done the same thing since I had to order my pro in advance last year without ever test driving one. I paid less than MSRP but probably not as good of a deal as I could have got on a TE and yes, I do miss my sunroof. There are a few folks in the TRD Pro thread with TE conversions like [MENTION=114376]Mooney[/MENTION] and some of the setups are actually better than TRDP's after they got done with them. Enjoy!
rpontbriand
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Was really liking the inferno, but after doing the research it was clear I could build my own off a trail premium and get the sunroof as well. Its been expensive but fun.
T4r pro.
I didn't even test drive my pro. Whats great is when the salesman asks "Have you driven one yet?" I said" Nope, don't need too. I'm in love with my 87 runner and I think they've made some improvements since then. I'll just go ahead and buy it." I've done some light wheeling and it seems to do great. I plan on taking it out to the George Washington national forest soon to play on some rock and test out the crawling features. I ordered a tune notcher and my buddy has a bender. The plan is to build some sliders.
I didn't even test drive my pro. Whats great is when the salesman asks "Have you driven one yet?" I said" Nope, don't need too. I'm in love with my 87 runner and I think they've made some improvements since then. I'll just go ahead and buy it." I've done some light wheeling and it seems to do great. I plan on taking it out to the George Washington national forest soon to play on some rock and test out the crawling features. I ordered a tune notcher and my buddy has a bender. The plan is to build some sliders.
