Exiled
SILVER Star
I am in need of steel wheels for my 100 Series. I know, I know, alloy wheels are lighter, less wheel mass, yadda, yadda. No need for logical arguments, my desire to run steel wheels is tied to my Third World Paranoia (TM), I just can't think of being in the middle of nowhere with wheels that *can't* be beat back into submission with a BFH.....
The 'Melon is a '99 so I can run 16" wheels. But so far my search has yielded absolutely *nothing*. I know steel wheels are available in other markets but I can't find a parts number that will come up in the US system. I have the part # for the Venezuelan '79 Series steel wheel (16x8" and *perfect* for my application), but it looks like it's a Venezuela-only part #...D'OH!
Anyway, I'm not giving up yet! For the time being, I'll pass on the Stockton Wheels option. It's not that I'm opposed to custom wheels, but I need eight (8) of them (five for the Cruiser and three for the trailer), that's going to be too much $$$. Ditto for the Tundra steel wheel (which I went to see at the Toyota dealership on Friday), I just don't want to run 18" wheels/tires.
Some of our Canadian colleagues offered up some split steelies that will fit, but those don't fit into the long-term plan...maybe buy three of them for the trailer?
Stay tuned, I'm not resting until I got the big beast sitting on steelies!
PS: I'm sitting here staring at "Australia 4WD Monthly" and the steel wheels that come on the "poverty pack" 100 Series over there, thinking about how we get hosed here...forget the diesel engine and manual tranny, can't we get a stinking steel wheel???
The 'Melon is a '99 so I can run 16" wheels. But so far my search has yielded absolutely *nothing*. I know steel wheels are available in other markets but I can't find a parts number that will come up in the US system. I have the part # for the Venezuelan '79 Series steel wheel (16x8" and *perfect* for my application), but it looks like it's a Venezuela-only part #...D'OH!
Anyway, I'm not giving up yet! For the time being, I'll pass on the Stockton Wheels option. It's not that I'm opposed to custom wheels, but I need eight (8) of them (five for the Cruiser and three for the trailer), that's going to be too much $$$. Ditto for the Tundra steel wheel (which I went to see at the Toyota dealership on Friday), I just don't want to run 18" wheels/tires.
Some of our Canadian colleagues offered up some split steelies that will fit, but those don't fit into the long-term plan...maybe buy three of them for the trailer?
Stay tuned, I'm not resting until I got the big beast sitting on steelies!
PS: I'm sitting here staring at "Australia 4WD Monthly" and the steel wheels that come on the "poverty pack" 100 Series over there, thinking about how we get hosed here...forget the diesel engine and manual tranny, can't we get a stinking steel wheel???
