Newbie with some Taco questions

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Hello all. I'm new to the forum, and did a couple of searches and didn't find exactly what I'm looking for, so here goes...

My wife drives a 96 Tacoma and it is just about ready for a new set of tires. Factory 15" wheels, currently with 30x9.50 (originally 31x10.50) BFG's. My truck (77 K10) has a set of almost new 32x11.50 BFG AT's on 15x8 aluminum wheels that I would like to put on her Yota (chev is getting 1-tons). I know the toyotas use lug centric wheels, and I was wondering if hub centric wheels can be used with different lug nuts and what the max backspacing I can run is. I don't want to use spacers.

I'd also like to get a little lift for the truck. It doesn't need anything too fancy as it is on the road 90% of the time and we would use it primarily for camping / hunting /excursion type trips. One that uses coilover spacers up front would probably be fine. What do you guys prefer?

Here's the kicker - the Toyota is in OR and the Chevy is in AK. I'll be driving it down in the spring to pick up all of our stuff from the apartment we have here (she is in grad school) and bringing it back to AK, while she will be driving all over the Lower 48 for clinical rotations for another year, so I have to get the rim thing right before the drive down. If it wasn't for this little fact I would just pull them up next to eachother in the driveway and give it a whirl. :-) Thanks in advance for the help.

-Marcus
 
dont know about the rims/backspacing, but as far as mild lift, I bought the wheelers HD leaf pack, and matched up OME coils for 1 1/2 inch of lift from wheeler's off road. the stock leaf springs had both broke (dead center in the middle leaf). the ride is a bit stiffer, but not much, and I like the way it changed the look of my 95.5, which sat a bit low compared to later year models. also, with such a mild lift, no other modification was needed.


http://www.wheelersoffroad.com/tacoleafs.htm
 
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with stock size 31x10.50
 
I too did a mild lift on my Taco, installing Donahoe coil overs in front and an aal in back. Not too happy with the aal and have decided to install Deaver's 8leaf pack from Wheeler's Offroad. BTW, I currently running BFG AT 32x11.5 tires. My first set of 32's were on my stock wheels, which I no longer am using. I too use my truck for moderate wheeling, some camping and hunting, nothing extreme...been there done that.
 
I'm using aluminum 15x10 outlaws which I know came right off an 80s Blazer. Just changed out the acorns from my stock wheels and they work fine. Only issue is they go on pretty tight and when I'm servicing the truck you have to be a little more patient bolting them back on. No running issues. I'm also running an Old Man Emu which has given me between 2 - 3 inches of lift. Other than some annoying fender rub in the front (running 33" BFGs), no real issues to speak of. I'd actually like to put a little more lift on the truck to address the tire rub issue, but keep my current wheel and tire combo.
 
I have been thinking of going with BFG MT 33x10.5 tires next time around. Wondering if that will impact my 5th gear?
 
I'll vouch that a regular cab V6 hits 70 without any issues when running 33s - only it takes you a "few" more seconds to get there. ;-)

Upon re-read, I see you're thinking of MTs vs. ATs. That definitely changes the equation, since MTs put down a lot more friction. If you're going to be doing a majority of pavement driving and getting it dirty on the occasional weekend, I'd recommend sticking with ATs or just get a set of MTs to install when you decide to take offroad. MTs have a much shorter tread life and are a beeeotch to keep aligned.

S
 
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Thanks for all the replies. I am also not a big fan of add-a-leaf's. I've been thinking about blocks for the time being, as I have a set of air ride springs on the back, and blocks would allow me to still use them when we load the truck up to switch locations.

Put me down on a vote for AT's unless you're going off road a lot. Great tread life, although I haven't talked to anyone who has run the KM2's.

So there is no other hardware I need to run the hub centric wheels, except for a set of lug nuts? Thanks again.

-Marcus
 
Thanks! I've pretty much retired my Tacoma from daily driving so I was just pondering a more aggressive tire and yet I would agree, my BFG AT's are pretty good for the moderate wheeling I do.
 
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