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linuxgod said:
Someone at Toyota knows I’m sure ;)

@gaijin previously quoted what they must minimally be rated at given the tire pressure on the vehicle sticker. I want to say it was a hair under 2600#. They may well be rated higher
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What I wrote, in effect, was that the Load Limit for tires on the LC200 is 2,512 lbs as defined by the tire size and inflation information on the Vehicle Information Placard; and that the Toyota OEM wheels must surely have a Load Rating of at least that much, but as far as I know Toyota does not publish wheel Load Ratings for any of their wheels. So... when looking for an aftermarket wheel, it would be best to choose one with a Load Rating of at least 2,512 lbs.

HTH
 
Fisher23 said:
Does anyone know the weight rating are the 2016+ OEM wheels are rated at?

Are they rated at 2512 lbs?

Really my question is if I get after market wheels, what is the minimum weight rating the wheels should be at?
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Most off-road oriented aftermarket wheels will be more than adequate. Method = 2650, ICON = 2750, etc.
 
I wonder how much it matters. The Rock Warriors should be tremendously strong, but I recall @cruiseroutfit saying they occasionally break them. Granted their use case is different than most of ours.

IIRC Australian GVM upgrades allow for putting 2000kg on the front axle and 1800kg on the rear, but don't require wheel upgrades to do so. I don't know if the Australian GVM requires wheel certification but I'd assume given all the ADR rules that comes into play. If that is the case than the wheels probably are above 2512#...
 
SQ:

Is it normal that running the rear air only cannot use AC if the front is not on?
Climate screen will not allow A/C on to be selected when the rear is on even if the temp is set to all the way LO.
Doesn't make sense that it will let me run it back there and blow warmish humid air despite allowing me to set the temp but i guess there is only one condenser?

I was worried it could be the AC servo service notice i got but i think this is normal operation?
 
Ok I’m looking to ditch the 09 factory wheels and hopefully get the bbs TRD 18’s. I do like taking this beast through some mountain passes and like the way it handles on road. How much handling am I going to sacrifice dropping down?
I know I’ll be gaining off road ability just don’t want to sacrifice on road as I don’t get a chance to use it as much.
 
zoned said:
Ok I’m looking to ditch the 09 factory wheels and hopefully get the bbs TRD 18’s. I do like taking this beast through some mountain passes and like the way it handles on road. How much handling am I going to sacrifice dropping down?
I know I’ll be gaining off road ability just don’t want to sacrifice on road as I don’t get a chance to use it as much.
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Are you coming from a land cruiser or an LX? Coming from a land crusier this is essentially the factory fitment (give or take a couple of mm of offset, depending upon year). I doubt you'd notice any difference from stock.
 
CharlieS said:
Are you coming from a land cruiser or an LX? Coming from a land crusier this is essentially the factory fitment (give or take a couple of mm of offset, depending upon year). I doubt you'd notice any difference from stock.
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09 LX
 
zoned said:
09 LX
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I don't know the LX platform well, but I seem to recall that they have 20" diameter rims and lower profile tires. Reducing rim diameter increases sidewall height since you'll want to keep the overall circumference similar to stock. Adding sidewall is likely to reduce on road performance on your twisty mountain roads. Tires add extra flex that you'll experience as softness and roll - the tire acts as a component of the suspension. I'm not sure how to quantify that over the internet.
 
zoned said:
Ok I’m looking to ditch the 09 factory wheels and hopefully get the bbs TRD 18’s. I do like taking this beast through some mountain passes and like the way it handles on road. How much handling am I going to sacrifice dropping down?
I know I’ll be gaining off road ability just don’t want to sacrifice on road as I don’t get a chance to use it as much.
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I also don't know the LX platform super well, and I've never driven a 200 with 20" wheels and lo-pro tires, but I will say that I absolutely hammered my LC 200 with 17" Rock Warriors and 285/70/17 E-rated KO2s racing daylight to our campsite in Colorado last summer. The truck never felt washy or anything other than confidence inspiring. YMMV
 
thezbone said:
I also don't know the LX platform super well, and I've never driven a 200 with 20" wheels and lo-pro tires, but I will say that I absolutely hammered my LC 200 with 17" Rock Warriors and 285/70/17 E-rated KO2s racing daylight to our campsite in Colorado last summer. The truck never felt washy or anything other than confidence inspiring. YMMV
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Sure, you can drive the piss out of any tire/wheel combo. Objectively speaking, 20" wheels with low profile tires will handle better on road than 17" wheels with tall sidewall tires, all else being equal.
 
I just switched from 20" stockers to 35's on 18" tundra wheels. Yes, you'll lose a little bit of the handling precision, but surprisingly, not a lot. Even with significantly oversized tires. Going from the 20's to a "stockish" 18" tire size like 275/70, I imagine it would be pretty minimal. Noticeable, but not really fundamentally changing the handling. It also depends on the construction of the tire, load rating and how much you pump them up. I say go for it.
 
I'm not even sure how this happened, but can't figure out if there is an attachment that broke and I need to take off the whole seat back or what. Anybody had something similar happen or input?

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CharlieS said:
Sure, you can drive the piss out of any tire/wheel combo. Objectively speaking, 20" wheels with low profile tires will handle better on road than 17" wheels with tall sidewall tires, all else being equal.
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Objectively speaking: no duh. My point is that these trucks handling extremely well even on 17" wheels so I think OP is overly concerned with losing a very small amount of handling.
 
Thanks guys I’m guessing it will be about what a stock LC would handle like without the added stability of AHC. I’m going for it.
 
afgman786 said:
Having dug too deep yet, but fluids were good. That's why I posted up to know where to start. It's been cold where I'm at and didn't want to be out there looking at unnecessary parts.

Drove the 200 again today, came in for an alignment. When I give the steering wheel a jerk it definitely sounds like its inside and was only when I was at a complete stop. A smooth turn did not cause any noise, but weather is to warm up tomorrow and over the weekend so I'll be able to look into it more.

Thanks for ideas of what all to look into
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Did this (moaning low speed steering) get solved? I looked through several more of the following pages and didn’t see resolution since it’s a 225pg thread figured I’d just ask. I’m sitting at the dealership waiting on their feedback on my moaning steering column.
 
thammer62 said:
Did this (moaning low speed steering) get solved? I looked through several more of the following pages and didn’t see resolution since it’s a 225pg thread figured I’d just ask. I’m sitting at the dealership waiting on their feedback on my moaning steering column.
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Nope, I've done a fluid exchange but it still happens when it's cold and I first start driving, then goes away. I forgot if it was in this thread or another one but someone has stated where in the column the noise is with solutions. Since it's nothing serious I'm not worried about it
 
afgman786 said:
Nope, I've done a fluid exchange but it still happens when it's cold and I first start driving, then goes away. I forgot if it was in this thread or another one but someone has stated where in the column the noise is with solutions. Since it's nothing serious I'm not worried about it
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I didn't have a squeaking noise but a very tight/heavy steering at cold start and pulling out of driveway. The dealership said nothing wrong with it. (I did fluid exchange already and didn't solve it).
The following fixed it:
1. Use seafoam power steering cleaner and run car, turn steering couple of times end to end driving around the neighborhood.
2. Drain all the fluid with a power suction pump meant for automobile fluids. When I did it, I saw a lot of gunk, muddy particles at the bottom of the reservoir. A lot of it like some small dead leaves at bottom of tank. (I dont know if the seafoam power steering cleaner help bring them from the steering column or it was already at bottom of the reservoir earlier, as when I did my 1st attempt draining fluid, I didnt use suction pump.
3. I repeated the process of filling up with fresh fluid, driving around and drain with pump at least 4-5 times until everything is super clean. Keep wiggling the suction pump hose around a lot to the bottom multiple time was giving that gunky particles for few times.

After doing this, my steering movement was super free even at cold start and low speed of 1-2 mph.
 
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