Newbie needs some advice on wheels/Lift!!!

Stock 16" alloy wheels ~22 lbs, wheelers steelies ~37 lbs. wont help your mpg

 

Im just concerned with the trucks power to begin with lol being a 2.7L 4 banger and all and now jumping up in weight with the new wheels and tires

 

How heavy are your tires?

 

tirerack specs the weight at 54lbs a tire for the BFG All-Terrian 265/75/R16

 

Damn thats as much as my 285s weigh. Have you considered other tires? You will definetly feel the weight with those tires and wheels on your 4 cyl. If you can cut 10 lbs off at each wheel/combo it would probably be noticable. Im assuming the bfg ATs are load range E, maybe you can find something in load range C

 

I'm running 58# 33.3" BFG KM2s with 1st Gen TRDs on my 2.7.
Hwy MPGs range from -2 to +2 compaired to stock dependeing on hills or flat.

 

Lol i lost like 3mpg when i went to 285s. My wheel/tire combo is around 76 lbs about 15lbs heavier than my stock setup

 

Only problem is Idk of any other steelies that will clear the calipers besides wheelers

Stock = 22lbs per rim & 32lbs per tire

New = 37lbs per rim & 54lbs per tire

 

Anyway to use the stock wheels with the 3" lift and these tires? wheel spacers?

 

Which stock wheels are on your truck? I told you 22 lbs but i edited because i didnt specify that is for trd offroad wheels

 

You can use stock wheels without spacers as long as the tires are 265 or skinnier

 

Just the stock 6Lug 5 spoke wheels

 

These are the wheels that I have stock 16X7

 

I'm doing a 3" lift and it calls for a 4.5" BS what are the stock size wheels BS?

 

What lift did you decide on? Im not positive on those wheels but i think its somewhere between 5.25 and 5.5 BS. Not sure of the weight either but they are most likely heavier than the stock alloys

 

Well if you are going with revtek dont believe everything they say on their website, and i qoute


Features:

Works on all models
Utilizes OEM shocks/struts
Allows for up to 285/75 tires
Improves handling

Spacer lift that improves handling? Sign me up 285/75 tires? Well trd sports come with 17s so i guess i can fit 285/75/17 (34")

You will want wheels with 4.5" backspacing if you run wider tires like 285s, i would recomend either wheels with less offset (stick out farther) or spacers for your stock wheels just because it looks better on a lifted truck. You should just do what randy (4wheelin4banger) did, read his build. OME lift, first gen wheels and 255/85/16s

 

2nd Gen Steelies are 5.25 BS & 1st Gen TRDs are 4.5 BS

245/75/16 DungFlops on steelies
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255/85/16 BFG KM2s on 1st Gen TRDs

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