March 2008 T4ROTM - ProMed

That's great that you were able to fit that size tire in the spare location. You say that the 275/65R18 is the same size as 275/70R17, yet from what I read the consensus seems to be that 265/70R17 is the biggest you can get in the spare tire location.
I wonder if Toyota changed the hitch from '05 to '06 which seems to be the limiting factor.
Anyone know?
 
00328 said:
That's great that you were able to fit that size tire in the spare location. You say that the 275/65R18 is the same size as 275/70R17, yet from what I read the consensus seems to be that 265/70R17 is the biggest you can get in the spare tire location.
I wonder if Toyota changed the hitch from '05 to '06 which seems to be the limiting factor.
Anyone know?
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That was the same info I was running off of, when I purchased my tires. As far as I know, I was the first person to try to 275/65R18 in the spare location. Several other guys had tried the 285 size spare with no luck. There was no change in the hitch from 05-06, however there is a difference in the hitch between the V6 and the V8. My T4R has the V8 load-distributing style hitch.

Hope that helps!
 
Great looking T4R. My T4R is also Nautical Blue, it is a hard color to photograph but you got some really nice pictures.
 
Wow this is absolutely my fav 4runner...........do those tires come in a smaller size??? I would like to put them on my runner without having to do a lift.
 
ProMed - Wondering if your tire size is more specifically the LT275/65R18?
I want to upsize my tires and I'm checking the measurements and specifications because your tire seems to be the absolute maximum that will fill in the spare location. I don't want to run without a spare.
Obviously I won't upsize until the OME lift.
 
00328 said:
ProMed - Wondering if your tire size is more specifically the LT275/65R18?
I want to upsize my tires and I'm checking the measurements and specifications because your tire seems to be the absolute maximum that will fill in the spare location. I don't want to run without a spare.
Obviously I won't upsize until the OME lift.
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Yes, I am running the LT275/65R18. As you can see from the pics of my spare, I don't think you will be able to go any larger than that and others have been unable to fit 285s in the stock spare location.
 
06LTD said:
Is the speedo off by much?
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With just the tires the speedo is roughly off by ~5%, however you have to also calculate in the factory speedo error. Can't remember for sure, but I think that was around 3-4% so that should make it around 1-2% off total. The odo doesn't have a factory error, so it is still reading ~5% too slow.

I used this site for the rough error guess, there are several other factors such as manufacturer variance and tire wear: http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html
 
Just posting a small pic so I can get it on the main page :)
 

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Wow that truck looks fantastic! You crazy people are slowly selling me on the 4th gens. I didn't like them AT ALL before I joined this forum! :bigok:
 
Nice truck

Great combination of lift and tires. Where did you get the spidertrax spacers and what was the cost? I assume the front and rear are lifted the same amount?
 
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