laxtoy
Adventurer
well, my own ignorance is really to blame with this one, and it has been a costly and frustrating task. i have a 99 tacoma with tundra brakes currently housed behind 16x8 steelies that i am finding impossible to lose a front end vibe. when i bought these wheels, i had to bring in my other set of aluminum wheels that didn't clear the caliper outer edge so i could pull my 285/75/16's off to mount on the new wheels. les schwabb assured me these would fit over the calipers, which they did on the outer edge, but not the face. i then cut the hat off my old brake rotors and machined them to 1/4" spacers, and i think i have been fighting lug centering issues since, considering 4 different shops, both les schwabb and discount tire, have not been able to get them balanced using any combination of stick on or face weights. the truck has 180,000 on the odo, so i have replaced the rack bushings, both upper and lower ball joints on both sides just because,, the tie rods, cv's, and wheel bearings are good, and it is being aligned thursday so i think mechanically i have covered enough to assume the vibes are coming from the wheels/tires , especially considering all i have read and been told about this subject. now, i have gone to discount, and asked them if they could get me a steel 16x7 or 16x8 to fit a tundra, and they said nothing fits, nothing :Wow1:. i am taking it to les schwabb after my alignment thursday, and they said they will see what they can do for me, considering i am within the year warranty period. my question to all of you, especially those with 2001-2004 tundras and guys who have done tundra brake mods, what 16 inch steel wheel besides oem fits. i would prefer 16x7's, considering i will go with 255's for my next tire. there has to be something, i find it so hard to believe they don't make anything for an entire line of truck
