Relocating the spare tire bracket...

I was able to fit my skinny 255/85/16 (33.3”) by knocking the tabs and moving the mount forward. It does touch the exhaust mount

 

Just curious, when you moved it did you re-use two of the hole and just drill two news ones or did you drill 4 new holes. I am thinking I can move it back and re-use two and then just drill two new ones back further. I will be doing this tomorrow one way or the other, just haven't had time to figure it out yet so I thought I would ask.

 

From post #4 in this thread
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...to-new-adventures.528480/page-5#post-17311994
Reuse them.
From experience: If you don’t have ratcheting wrenches, you’ll want some

 

Thank you sir, exactly what I was looking for and it verified that what I planned to do was correct. Now I'm gonna go do it!

 

Man, getting those bolts out was a bitch!

 

I was able to fit my 285/75/16 with just bending the brackets out of the way. Glad I did t have to do more.

 

I relocated my tire lift and bent the bracket closest to the exhaust pipe (I had my exhaust re-routed for skids and and exahust dump put in so it is out of the way and not hanging low behind the tire) and now my Wildpeak 255/80/R17 fits perfect. The old rubber exhaust hanger even acts as a nice rubber stop to hold it in.