This is what happens when you try to mount Tundra wheels on a Tacoma...

For the folks on the Tacoma forums who keep asking if Gen 3 wheels fit on Tacomas. I have a 2024 Off Road Tundra and hated the 18 inch wheels so I bought a set of 20" from a local kid on FB marketplace. I was on my lunch break when we met up so I didn't go nuts when I looked them over. Well went to have new tires installed and noticed one wheel was butchered behind the hub and four of the six mounting holes are damaged. Shop obviously would not install it on the truck so I had to buy one on ebay.

Shame on me for not getting a better look when I bought them. So I went back to the posting and did notice the seller had them on a Tacoma. The hub is smaller on the Tundra so I would assume the wheel sat against the hub and then allowed the wheel to turn into the studs, hence the misshapen holes. Definitely not cool on the sellers part and could have ended poorly if the shop didn't catch it. .

 

OK serious question... You didn't look at them or notice this?

 

It's not noticeable unless you look at them from the underside so...no I didn't catch this. My fault but the wheels were basically in new condition so you know how that goes. Sucks

 

That's fair. I have been caught out before as well because my go-to assumption isn't that humanity is generally pieces of shit. I bought a freezer once from a woman. Very nice. She was a professional, lived in a nice area. Met me in her garage, said she forgot to plug it in but it works just fine. Should have walked away but I didn't. Took it home. That swine lied to me and sold me a broken freezer.

The only thing that got me my money back was playing very nice, and letting her know I was glad to return it to her. I knew it would be awkward when some hillbillies showed up in a clapped out old minivan with a freezer inside of it and then pushed it into the driveway of her $750,000 home. She sent a check.

Lesson learned, that time.

 

Those wheels weren't tight, that's the problem, possibly because the lug nuts were wrong. Having the correct bolt pattern, with the correct lug nuts are the important thing. The smaller hub is a minor problem. If those wheels had been tightened properly, with the proper lug nuts, none of that damage would've happened. The shape of the lug nuts and the corresponding shapes in the wheels will hold them firmly in place.

 

Yeah I actually thinking the same thing but was a little confused by the damage on the rear of the wheel. I guess I'm just glad I didn't hit the highway at 80 mph with that wheel.

 

Well the hub bore is not the same on the Tacoma as it is on the Tundra so you should’ve realized that , not just the lug nuts, are an issue

 

People are all hung up on the bore and bore-centric wheels. Back in the 50's, 60's, 70's, almost nobody had bore-centric mounting. Your stud spacing and lugnut shape centered the wheels. When mounting, you'd make sure you were tight to the drum (didn't have disks until the 70's) and give a spin to make sure everything looked good. Undersized bore centers will be a problem, though.

 

Yeah the damage wasn't done by me but rather the seller. They're Tundra wheels that he tried to install on a Tacoma.