For those who have tubbed their firewall...

What wheel specs and spacers (if any) did you guys go with to not rub on the frame while using 35's? With ~2.5" suspension lift.

Thanks in advance.

 

Years ago, on my other Tacoma that I sold, I had -32mm offset 4.00” BS 15x9.0 mounted to 35x12.50 and no wheel spacers. 2” OME lift & SPC UCA, clear the frame when lock to lock. Don’t have any picture but tub pretty high into the wall tho.

Would I do it again? No. The amount of work needed for the potential clearance gain is minimum and not worth it IMO. I Built 2 solid axle Tacoma since. 35 will put more stress on everything from steering to BJ and wheel bearings. In 4 years, I changed 2 set of OEM LBJ, 1 set of Koyo wheel bearings, and a set of I/OTRE. I don’t hardcore offroad but do hit the trail where most IFS won’t go and air down with beadlock to single digit psi.

 

I already bought the 35's and tubbed the firewall so I have no choice but to keep going
I went with 35x11.5 with OEM 17" wheels off another Toyota and surprisingly they aren't that much more heavy than my current setup with steel wheels. The issue is I would have to run like a 2" spacer to not hit the frame during full steering lock.

 

can confirm, with toyota 17s and 1.5” spacers I still rub the frame before lock

 

Notch the frame for them. That's my plan. Beats the cost and increased stress of wheels with more negative offset or spacers.

 

I'm not bold enough to mess with the frame on a 1st gen lol

 

I use a 17 x9 with a -38 or 3.5 bs I'm on a 34 but I don't rub the frame.and probably wouldn't with a 35 either.

 

I hope you know that offset (-38) is different from backspace (3.5)

 

Per the mfg.

 

yes, that’s the spec of the rim. But you can have a -32, -38, or a -44 offset and still have a 3.50BS. The terminology “or” from your post will confuse people because they will think that a -38 will achieve the same 3.50BS. They’re not the same, guess that’s what I’m getting at.

“backspacing measuring the distance from the wheel's mounting surface to the back edge, and offset measuring the distance from the mounting surface to the wheel's centerline”

 

yes, rim offset is different from backspace. You can have a -12 offset and have a 4.00BS. In my case, I had a -32 offset with 4.00BS. We can’t expect all manufacturers to be the same or assume rim offset will equal the same BS.

 

It also has to do with the rim width. I have a 9" wide rim

 

Can you post a picture, is it the set up in your avatar? Also how much lift

 

I have about a 2"lift. With solo lower control arms.

https://youtube.com/shorts/vm51plgiNfE?si=VdShZPJkf22vWhVi

 

Thanks for the pic and video, where is it rubbing in the video? Sounds like plastic, I'm hopeful because I don't have any of that plastic anymore.

 

Yeah it's some small pices of liner and a bit of the flairs..
The reason I checked out this thread is because I need to tub out the front of my wheel well the battery box area.

 

The battery box area I just hit with a BFH and it bent up pretty easily. The tire clears.