What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

Fat tires FTW

 

see some people are smart here

 

don't you have 285's? or do you consider those fat?

 

NP at all. My original plan was to have all the mechanics and rigging and even supports, hidden in the attic. The only visible part would have been the wire rope penetrating the ceiling. I ended up taking the lazy way out as you can see..... You could deff get everything above the rafters and the only thing below would be the topper.

 

Could you please PM me some details on how you rigged this? Thank you.

 

more small dick jokes? Someone has a complex.

 

As small as his tires are skinny?

 

Eh debatable. To each their own. But whenever I see a Tacoma with wide ass tires sticking out past the fenders it just makes me think of some overweight redneck in a stained wife beater who just wants to go down to the local mud hole.


Tall skinnys just look more practical to me.

 

Edit:

PM replied.

 

Would you mind posting up some night shots?

 

Going off their website and another one (Danial Stern), the LED low beam has more lum than a H4 (standard) high beam.

 

There's nothing wrong with tall skinny tires. In truth it all just depends on where/how you use the truck. For some things, skinny is better, for other things wider is better. I've tried both routes and for me I found that the skinnies did surprisingly well in most conditions and have better fuel economy with less rolling resistance. So if fuel economy is a primary concern then skinnies might be the right answer.

But for me, I have found that I prefer the wider tires. There is a more "planted" feel on the road and the steering doesn't feel as light and "darty" as it did with the skinnies. The floatation on sand and snow is so much better with the wider tires. People will always debate wide vs skinny in snow but from my personal real world experience the wider tires have always outperformed the skinnes in snow/sand. So for me it's no longer a debate.

I also think the wider tires look better, but it can be taken too far. I'm not a fan of uber wide like full width axles on a minitruck. That just looks dumb. But keep it reasonable with minimal tire sticking out past the fenders and it's all good.

Here's my skinnies (33x10.50)


Here's the wider ones (33x12.50)

 

Indeed I do, and yes lol

I don't like when they stick super far out. Mine look like the second picture box rocket posted.

Skinnies look like a thoroughbred and wides look like a draft horse

 

Ya I've read 2nd gens have great results with them. But not the same for our first gens.

Just have never been able to find any 1st gen night shots or overall impressions.

 

Or go wide with chains. #noskinny

 

Click on his sig pic/build thread for details pics, then we can proceed to hit him up for a pick list...

Maybe we need a topper hoist subforum...

 

That would have been badass. I like the way you think. Thanks again, and go ahead and put together that Harbor Freight and Home Depot shopping list for us.

Seriously, I know it takes a lot of time and thought to get things like this right, and I am very short on things like time and thought these days.

 

I'm a fan of wide but not too wide.

here some 35s (315/75/16)

 

That looks pretty decent, I was thinking more of setups where people have wide tires on spacers sticking way out

 

Keep your eyes peeled in the Garage/ Workshop forum.... I'm working on this now.....