My swing at the Tundra (brake) Swap

you summed it up for all of us

 

So... I was able to get the wife to come up with the idea I should buy wheels and tires for my truck... last night... after I had already ordered them.

The powers of persuasion are strong with this one.

 

Wow your lucky. All I get from my wife when I buy parts is eyes being rolled or bitching.

 

So when are you going to tell her how much they cost though

 

Oh she already knows what tires wheels cost.

 

Just figure... I've been married to the coolest chic on the planet for 15 years. 14 of those years I have owned this Taco. I never spent a dime on cool stuff on my Taco till about a year ago.

And this is my wife's truck

 

My wife has actually helped me put a good majority of this on my truck over the last year.

 

Yeah, I thought about trying the "I found a crack in one of my rims" thing, too... lol

 

What is that tool on the left called?

 

https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p...AwoXdKFMW8mJStuPesxoCml4QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

Didn't need to say anything about a crack in the wheel. My Mud terrain tires are needing replaced and they are loud as fook.

She knows I've been wanting 17s so the best time to do it is when I need tires.

 

Thanks. Cool write up

 

Ok. I'm going to call you the winner. Cool wife. Cool truck. Cool Dog. Congratulations !!!!

 

hah, this was what I did.

 

Now that you have your spindles gussets do the LCE hardline kit get in the way? I’m going to gusset my spindle and wanted to do the brake upgrade too.

 

If I remember correctly, it was a slight problem that I fixed using aluminum bushings as spacers.

 

Found it...

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...hift-kit-and-b-s.562405/page-11#post-19882956

 

Cool deal, thanks! I notice you’re running spacers as well. Are those needed to clear the spindle gussets?

Also how do you like the handling without the sway bar? Is it a noticeable difference in handling?

 

Depends on the wheel backspace for clearing the gussets. No Toyota wheels would fit without spacers. Also depends on tire width. I think it would probably fit with my wheel backspace and 265s. I don't think my 285s will fit without the spacers.

I was used to no swaybar within 2 or 3 days on the road. And I wish I would have done it sooner for the off road.

 

I’m running the SCS wheels with 4” BS and 285 tires. How big of a spacer would I need?