Tire Options

[ZEUS]

that makes me wonder. anyone know or have done a solid front axle swap. completely out of my budget but could be a wish list item. how would it work with the tod system and all that. i've seen kits for older troopers and rodeos but they all utilize leaf springs. one with coils would be perfect. interesting if not way off topic.

Yeah, that is a pipe dream for lotsaguys here. Nobody has pulled it off yet but there is a lot of random babbling about it on the forum, do a search for 'SAS' and you'll find the most info.

[rowhard]

I did a 285/60/18 with just some slight trimming of the front cladding, so little you could hardle notice that it wasn't OEM, but that was with the OEM Wheel, 38mm positive offset. When I went to a 18mm, more work had to be done.

[ZEUS]

I fit the same size as Rowhard without a lift using 0 offset 8.5" wide rims. Minimal trimming and a tosion crank was needed. Then I lifted and got bigger meats.

[MSHardeman]

I went with the Nitto Terra Grapplers in a 285/60/18 and only had to trim a small amount off of the front of the front cladding where it curls back towards the front tire. You really can't even see the part that I trimmed when your standing next to the VX. You would have to crawl under the a stock VX, and then crawl under mine to notice what is missing. My VX is stock ride height and the Nitto's are on the stock 18" rims.

The side wall of the Nitto's flushes out exactly with the edge of the fender and they fill the wheel well up nicely. They're pretty beefy looking too. Later on if you go with a lift, the tires still look great on the truck.

[jgalt]

Toyo Open Country A/Ts come in four sizes for 18" rims ranging from 29" to 32.5" see here: http://marktg.toyotires.com/file/18971.pdf:

I love my Toyos! I have the Open Country M/Ts on the Rodeo (35") and Proxes S/T on the VX.