Grind Calipers or wheels?

lol so you think more ground clearance while keeping a lower center of gravity(compared to a body lift) is stupid?

 

no i dont. im all over a low cofg for obvious reasons. i preach it anytime i can. but im a prerunner boy so i hardly qualify to give any advice on 4wd mods. wanna talk structural integrity, safety or common sense? im yer huckelberry! i hope this works out for ya. good luck with the spacers and wheels. i hope it goes yer way

 

Well thats why I asked.. I have heard of people grinding their calipers but I wanted to get TW's opinion and I got it.. as I stated before I'll be talking to 4wheelparts in the morning to get this resolved. Loking at spidertrax site it seems that i may have been wrong about the 33" limit so Ill give the spacers a shot or I may be able to work something out with 4wp (but i doubt it). Thank you for your advise.. it will not go unheeded..

 

shavin a smidge off a already stout caliper doesnt bug me much but toyota and some yahoo lawyer might get butt hurt if they ever got wind of it. ya just gotta use yer head. 1/8" of material is alot on anything but a bridge pileing. now ya owe me a beer

 

How much for the fj wheels?

 

Lol well let me know when you're in town and I'll buy you 2.

 

Let me see how this pans out, if I end up selling them I'll PM you and see what we can work out. Shipping might kill it though.

 

Sounds good let me know.

 

send them back! 4wheelparts employees are 90% boners in my experience. grinding wheels seems like a horribly unsafe method to remedy the rub.

 

cool. 1 for my beer drinking dog, layla. just look for the only stock '10 barcelona red dc lb 4.0L prerunner on the planet. what part of town are you in?

 

Haha ya there aren't many of those running around... I live in Tempe but I'm constantly up in Phoenix.. have you been to four peaks brewery?

 

im from tempe and ill be stayin at my sisters in central phalix. i live for 4 peaks! just had 1 of my kiltlifter stash today. i always bring back 2 cases after a visit home. meet ya there and well do a dual tacoma parking pic. hurry up and get those wheels back on. pm me some contact info and well make it happen. maybe a taco meet to boot! so far im free the 26th - 29th. maybe sun or wed afternoon after my dh shuttles on s mtn are done?

 

Lol damn some DH on south mtn sounds awesome! Id be down to join you but I'm gunna be up in Wisconsin with my step moms family from the 25th-31st rain check? I just had some kilt lifter yesterday! Doesn't get any better then that! They make a mean IPA too!

 

you got it. im out to see my mom and the gang at least once a month lately. have fun in whiskaaaaahhhhnsaahhhn

 

I bought a set of base model Toyota Steel Wheels on Kijiji with good winter tires for my 08 Taco. They came off a 2000 4Runner that a guy sold. I tried them in his driveway and they seemed good till I got home and torqued them down. They hit the caliper, of course.
I did take the grinder to the caliper a bit, and to the wheels. There is lots of steel there and not really an issue in my eyes. I however, would not do it to new wheels.

 

Wow.. looks like 4wheelparts is going to take care of it.. I'm going to get the spacers today and theyre going to swap me back to my old wheels tomorrow and return the ones that got chewed up.

 

winner winner chicken dinner!

 

lol my thoughts exactly

 

4wheelparts really sucks

i just got some 15 inch flat black ones kinda like that and i grinded on the caliper a little then i ordered 1/4" spacers from wheelers and then i had to do a lotta research and ended up getting i think 2002 toyota matrix rear wheel studs and put them up front because i wasnt getting enough threads in the lugs

good luck

 

Never grind a wheel. You will have to get wheels and tires rebalanced.