Find out what the backspace and offset are on the Tacoma rims and compare the numbers to the Chevy specs.
1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
Thanks was just wondering as I see quite a few for sale as I was thinking of a set for my Tacoma for winter and realized that the bolt pattern is the same as the old trucks I will take a look at my spare in the spring and see how it fits .they also come in several sizes from 15 inch rims to 18 or larger .
Do they come in plane steel wheels or are they all some crazy "mag" style design?
1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
The caliper clearance problem can usually be solved with a thin spacer plate between the hub flange and the wheel. Not the Mickey Mouse cast aluminum deathtraps with the separate studs, the flat discs that slip over the original studs. I used spacers on my RAM 1500 when I swapped to 16" wheels from the original 17s. The shorter wheel/tire combination gave me a better highway cruise speed with the engine at its RPM sweet spot. The OEM wheels had me cruising at 75+ MPH, which was an invitation to a speeding ticket. Better gas mileage also, without the torque converter toggling in and out of lockup constantly! Jerry
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I had them on my truck and they do not have the right backspace. They require a spacer. The rear end I had in it required a pair of 2" spacers because of the width of the rearend. I changed the rearend and got Chevrolet wheels an sold the wheels to someone with a Tacoma. The front tires rubbed the tie rods without spacers.
