Anyone thought of putting stock size tires on their FJ40 restoration?

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Here are some 30" tires.
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Somewhere I have pics of the swb sporting the RK3s, I only put them on once and a while, for show. Will not drive on them.
 
Pighead said:
We found a Snow Cruiser, in good condition, from a fellow 'Mudder to match the set that came on our stocker. Came in the mail. Used our rockcrawler to pop the bead and replaced the stem...makes a fine spare.
Stockers are SO sexy.
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Was this cruiser in the St Pattys day parade in Denver?
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Here are stock size STAs on my dads LV

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Some vids of them in action, stock tires with OME heavys




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Anyone seen a good pics of an FJ with stock black rims and stock chrome hubcaps? Specter Offroad has both for sale... thinking of splurging. Seems like the classic stock rim is typically grey though?? Thanks for any thoughts.
 
CruiserHWB said:
Anyone seen a good pics of an FJ with stock black rims and stock chrome hubcaps? Specter Offroad has both for sale... thinking of splurging. Seems like the classic stock rim is typically grey though?? Thanks for any thoughts.
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Look up a couple of posts and you can see the correct black rims and hubcaps for 1968 and older 40 series on our LV.

If you have a 69 and up the wheels would have been grey.
 
1911 said:
Wish I could have been there; not only do I have a green Cruiser, I also play the uilleann pipes:

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Sorry for the late reply but only just saw this. You play the uilleann pipes AND have a place in Santa Fe?! How is it that we have not had a beer yet?!
 
CruiserHWB, Re: black rims from Specter Off Road. New OEM rims from Toyota arrive with a black primer finish. The ones in the picture above were painted Massey Fergusen gray. Somewhere on this site I saw it was a pretty good match to the original gray and is available in spray cans from Tractor Supply, Co.
 
Chamba said:
Sorry for the late reply but only just saw this. You play the uilleann pipes AND have a place in Santa Fe?! How is it that we have not had a beer yet?!
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Would love to some time, but as it stands now we don't spend much time in NM; my 93-year-old dad with Alzheimer's is living with us and he doesn't travel well so we mostly stay in TX. We are (were) in the slow process of building a house on our land in Santa Fe County, but there's nothing there that can be lived in yet.
 
General Automag said:
Stock tire size setup

I'm in the same boat; we just got a '71 FJ40 and are restoring it. I want to keep it as stock as possible, and that includes the wheels and tire sizes.

Our FJ had stock sized tires which are 235/75R15s. After driving it to Atlanta and getting flipped off and honked at, even while driving in the far right lane, I've decided to go to a larger tire size. Both the 3spd and 4spd transmissions have a final drive ratio of 1:1 in the top gear, and with 4.11 gearing, you are "winding" out the motor at 60 mph and it's hard on your hearing. I've had it up to 65 and 70mpg, but it sounded like the engine would blow at any moment.

So in short, I decided to get new tires which I needed anyway because the stock-sized tires are street treads. After looking around, I found that the tallest tire you can fit on stock rims are 33x9.50x15s. I powder coated the factory rims to the original color and am keeping the chrome hub caps. I believe the factory rims are 7.5" or 8" wide, and these new tires fit great.

Here's a good link for you that I found regarding tire sizes: BJ Series Land Cruisers: Tech Articles: Tires and gearing.

The only company that makes this tire size (33x9.50x15) is BFG, and it's an all-terrain tread. I would prefer some time of mud tread, but this is all I found. Not everyone has these by the way, so you'll have to look around. The price you'll find is about $150 a tire give or take a few dollars.

The 33s fit nicely and they don't scrub. 10.5" wide tires will scrub on the front if you stay with the stock rims. The new tires "lifted" the vehicle considerably and it looks better. I haven't had it out on the road yet, but it should cruise at 65-70mph without winding out the motor instead of the previous 55-60mpg with the stock tires. It still has a lot of power in first gear, in case you're wondering.

I'm going to take apart the lift springs and get new shocks to see if I can improve the ride. If that fails, I'll save up for a 2.5" OME lift.

If you don't want to drive on highways and dont' want to drive anywhere even close to fast, then I'd say that your $125 stock tire size would be a good buy. Check out the year of the tire to make sure it's new. My tire shop guys say that the shelf life of tires is 4-5 years max, and most shops won't mount a tire that old. They say the rubber becomes less pliable and it's a safety hazard. I was a fleet manager for awhile, and I agree with them.

Keep me posted with your project and what you end up with.
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Saw that you placed 33 9.5 x 15 tires on ur rig. I have stock suspension and no lift. So many telling me tires won't fit. Can u send me photo of ur rig and update on any fit issues. Thank u Frank
 
33x10.50 all day with the ome 2.5 lift. This is the perfectness....
 
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