Toyota FJ Cruiser Wheels on my FJ80 Land Cruiser

[Steve]

Ever since I purchased my Toyota FJ80 Land Cruiser, I knew I wanted to replace the factory Toyota 15 inch alloy wheels and 31/10.50 BFG AT tires with larger tires and wheels. The primary reasons for wanting to complete this upgrade included:

• The “C” load rating of the 15 inch tires were being pushed to their limits with the weight of a fully loaded and accessorized 80-series Land Cruiser. I didn’t want to trust them very much longer on a 6000 pound vehicle.
• There are very limited tire sizes that will fit a 15×7 wheel. I wanted to run narrow 33 inch tall tires.
• I wanted to increase the ground clearance by a inch or more. Every inch in the vertical direction helps with a 112 inch wheelbase.
• The 31/10.50 tires looked very small in the abnormally large wheel wells of a 80-series Land Cruiser running the medium weight Old Man Emu (OME) suspension. Even my wife thought the tires looked small.
• In the future, I want to install a full float rear axle from a later 80-series Land Cruiser which requires a minimum of 16 inch wheels to clear the disk brake rotors and calipers.

With that in mind, I was planning on eventually acquiring an inexpensive set 16×8 black steel wheels and purchasing some narrow 33 inch all terrain tires to fit. My plan was to hold off on the tire and wheel purchase until I had the opportunity to regear my axles from a 4.11 to a 4.88 or lower ratio.

I guess plans don’t always work out as intended. I recently came across a set of five tires and wheels at a price I could not pass on. So on the Land Cruiser they went.

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[Jerry]

Great move! Hope the MT's work out for all around driving. I know you are familiar with MT tread having owned a modified Wrangler, but after driving them for awhile on the Cruiser let us know.

[Steve]

The nice thing is that I don't really have to commute (I guess you could call 2.4 miles round trip 10 times a month commuting) so most of the driving will be for fun (minus trips to the store, etc).

[n16ht5]

you can use the center caps if you put on some 3/8" wheel spacers and remove the dust caps on the hubs....

I have a 4runner with the same wheels as you!

[Steve]

Thanks for tip. I'll have to consider that when the budget allows.

Steve

[n16ht5]

I got the spacers from carquest, I think... $25.

[n16ht5]

BTW, I really like your Cruiser!!!!

[Steve]

Thanks. I like it too. Just not the gas mileage.

Steve