15" whel and tire for a spare

[cr500taco]

I have 31x10.5.15s on my 97 Tacoma, but a 16" wheel and tire setup for a spare. I want to get matching 15" for a spare, but was told that it might not fit in the spare location under the bed. Does anyone know if a 15" will fit? I am wondering why the spare is a 16".

 

[redthies]

The only thing I can think of is the crank assembly is too big? If it's the bar thingy that holds the rim, you could always cut that down. I can't see any other reason a 15" wouldn't fit.

 

[mbrewer]

Many model years of Taco had multiple rim sizes. They went from 15" to 16" on the 4wd/prerunner models in 2001. But, if I 've got my facts right, in 2004 the 2wd model was still a 15" rim (and in 2005 for that matter).
In 1997 the 2wd came with a 14" rim and the 4wd with a 15" rim.
Citation: http://www.customtacos.com/forum/16-2wd-wheels-tires/74917-2wd-5-lug-info-wheels.html

Tacoma's use a hub-centric wheel mounting. The way the spare mount works it only depends on the size of the opening in the rim. That center hole is also what centers the rim in a hub-centric setup, so it has to be right for the wheel to work properly anyway. So, if you get rims that work right on the taco, I'd put money that it won't matter at all if they are 15" or 16" rims.

That is... unless you upgraded your calipers/disks and 15" won't fit on the truck anymore, but again... that's whether they work when you mount them, it'd still carry fine as a spare (it just wouldn't be very useful).

 

[cr500taco]

Many model years of Taco had multiple rim sizes. They went from 15" to 16" on the 4wd/prerunner models in 2001. But, if I 've got my facts right, in 2004 the 2wd model was still a 15" rim (and in 2005 for that matter).
In 1997 the 2wd came with a 14" rim and the 4wd with a 15" rim.
Citation: http://www.customtacos.com/forum/16-2wd-wheels-tires/74917-2wd-5-lug-info-wheels.html

Tacoma's use a hub-centric wheel mounting. The way the spare mount works it only depends on the size of the opening in the rim. That center hole is also what centers the rim in a hub-centric setup, so it has to be right for the wheel to work properly anyway. So, if you get rims that work right on the taco, I'd put money that it won't matter at all if they are 15" or 16" rims.

That is... unless you upgraded your calipers/disks and 15" won't fit on the truck anymore, but again... that's whether they work when you mount them, it'd still carry fine as a spare (it just wouldn't be very useful).

Great, thanks. When I get my spare, I'll try putting it there and see if it fits for sure. I don't want to get a spare tire carrier if I don't need to.

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