It's the first thing I removed since there was no way that I was going to give up that much ground clearance for off road.
Once it's removed the lower A-Arms start making a whistle sound around 40 mph so I installed the 8 OEM plugs in the bottom of the arms to stop that.
You can't change physics, tire weight and size do matter. A wider tire also pushes more air going down the road so that is another factor that favors a skinny tire. Then you have extra rolling resistance as well from a wider and heavier tire. Why do you think road racing bicycles run skinny...
Like you, I have only owned my Tacoma for a month and I am also new to the Pizza Cutter tire approach.
After exhaustive online research I stumbled on this video and this guy appears to very knowlegable on every thing related to off-roading:
Based on this video and other research, I am...
I recently had a similar situation and I can suggest that you look at a 255/75/R17 for a spare.
A tire size comparison calculator wills show your tire as 32.7" height vs 32.06" for the spare with a difference of -0.64" smaller for the spare.
Tire Height: 32.7'' 32.06'' -0.64''
The...
I plan to replace the OEM shocks on my Tacoma SR5 with Bilstein 5100 shocks.
When I looked online at one of the sites it states:
Fits 4WD models with rear coil spring suspension only.
Will fit 2WD models with coil spring and leaf spring rear suspension
The ExtraCab SR5 has rear leaf springs...