Old Man Emu setups on 1st gens

Nice. I'm running some slightly bigger at 33/1050-15 and love the tall/skinny look on a Toyota.

 

These LT255/75R17 Load Range C's are nice because I dropped ~6.5 lbs per wheel/tire combo which is a lot of rotational weight over the smaller LT265/75R16 Load Range E...

 

In a similar situation as @Bluecord... Time for tires and really want to go the skinny route. Trying to save as much cash as I can but not really liking the options for 16's so Im leaning towards getting Fj 17's like @JasonLee.

OME Nitrochargers all around, Dakar springs no AAL, OME Shackles

 

Most of the weight is in the actual tread and not the side carcass. Amazing it is that much. That's 2# less than a gallon of water.

 

Ever since I got my truck a year ago I’ve wanted to do suspension. My shocks are blown out and my oem leaves droop when I haul my dirtbike or my RTT. Finally ordered my full kit this morning from Wheelers. Nitrochargers, 881’s, Dakar pack w D43XL leaf and SPC UCA’s. I’m soooo excited!

Now I just have to decide if I want to run 255/85 or 285/75

 

is anyone also running the 10mm top plate spacer? I can't decide if running 881s is going to be enough for my 33's. I had them a long time ago but I was running stock tires back then.

 

I am running 881's and have the 5mm "trim packer" on the bottom of the drivers side and 10mm spacers on both sides up top with longer bolts. I'm not running 33's though. 255/75R17's.

Stock bumper, 27F battery, otherwise no extra weight up front, but V6 double cab 4x4, so that's extra weight compared to your 2000.

 

I plan on running the 10mm spacer with 881’s and 33’s. Definitely will need to do the pinch weld mod and some trimming but you should be fine (I think)

 

I favor the 255s over 285s, I think they ride and handle better.

 

I'm changing from 33x12.5r15 down to 33x10.5r15 as soon as the suspension is replaced. I can't stand the rubbing anymore and the wandering at highway speeds is making road trips unbearable

 

Looked at them and talked to a few people about it and decided to go 285/75 after a lot of deliberating. I have a close friend in the tire biz and he hooks me up, the price difference for him was $50 a tire. That of course was a factor as well. The 255/85’s do look awesome though! Maybe next go round.

 

I will be running a 3/8 spacer as soon as my ome kit shows up will keep you posted. Btw why didn't you go with 265/75/16?

 

I've had good luck with the General Grabber X2 on my '99 3rz. There's a thread around here somewhere on them.

 

I can't! I don't have 16" wheels

 

Has anyone tried 34x10.50 tires on an OME setup?

I have a full setup 882s, dakars, spc UCAs, ARB bar and Smittybilt winch with synthetic rope, about 120# or so extra on the front end. 01 xtra cab v6 5 spd TRD. Been running it for close to a year now, drives and handles great, but the 265/70r16 are too small. I have a set of 17" TRD pro wheels that are supposed to be here today, and some spidertraxx 1.25" wheel spacers on the way too.

I had planned on running 285/70r17 IROK NDs, but just got the email from 4wheelparts today that they are "currently on order from the manufacturer". I called interco directly, planning on driving to pick them up at their shop, but was told they're on a 60-90 day backorder. I CAN wait that long, but I'm wondering if anyone else has ran 34×10.50 with a similar setup and how much beating/cutting would be required. Looking hard at interco's 34x10.50 LTB. I know it will be even worse of a street tire than the IROK ND, but this is a weekend/hunting truck so I could probably deal with it as long as it doesn't rub like crazy. Mud is pretty much all their is to deal with here, gotta look real hard to find rocks in Louisiana haha.

 

Where are you in Louisiana?

 

SWLA, a little north of Lake Charles.

 

Baton Rouge/Hammond area reporting in

 

I'm in Shreveport.

 

Wish there were more places to wheel around here, about the only trail type stuff I know of is on Kisatchie. It can be fun, just gotta try to piece together a little run. And watch out for holes dug out by half ton trucks with 44"+ tires.