16's on 120

[travis.luke Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close travis.luke]

Purchased Some Kelly TSR tyres running on 16inch rims for the 120, been on for about 3 weeks now handle very different to A/T tyres i had on and in 17inch profile, not too noisy at speed thankfully.

[timmay5.7 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close timmay5.7]

is yours a GXL?
If so, how did you make the 16" rims fit?

[samo Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close samo]

maybe someones had the grinder out or the file out. cheers samo

[travis.luke Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close travis.luke]

went to the local tyrepower, guys were great he thought the steel rims he had would fit. They did on the rear but no go on the front, wasn't rapt with the black rims anyways but i'd remembered reading somewhere that the 90 series steel gxl rims clear the brakes.
Went down to toyota and got some, had tyres fitted and all clear now just waiting on on 2 more to come from Japan. They are fitted to a gx so the new rims sit about 40mm outside wheel arch. And no grinding....

[Fitman Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Fitman]

16's on the 120

Gday fellow Prado owners. I'm new to this forum. I've just become the proud owner of a 2004 GXL 3lt diesel, upgrading from a 90 series GXL 3.4 petrol. I'd really like to keep the 16" steelies from the 90 for the 120 but it's tight with the brakes and not game to test drive it. How did your's fit, travis.luke, when mine don't? The reason i want to keep the 16's is more choice with upgrades of tyre sizes plus, prefer steel for the 4wding i want to. Can anyone please shed some light on this?

[samo Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close samo]

dont do 16s on a 120 you wont be covered by insurance, this has been done before. cheers samo

[travis.luke Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close travis.luke]

Hey Fitman,
yeah not sure why your steel wheels are not fitting, is it the caliper hitting or the disc guard???. I've had mine on for a bit now and done some good tracks last weekend with no hassles. I havent had to file, grind or adjust anything, and yes clearance isn't massive but their still turning.
I can't give you a definitive answer why they are not clearing, only thing is they sit much prouder than the 120 gxl alloys i had so i've had to put flares on also the better half copped some mud through the window whilst out playing THAT didn't go down well.
As with what Samo said this may void your insurance so you do it with this in mind.

[Fitman Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Fitman]

Thanks guys. Yes, the caliper is touching the rim. No free play at all. Will just stay with the 17's i reckon and eventually replace the tyres with bigger ones to enhance the spring & shocker upgrade.

[eatlovelearn Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close eatlovelearn]

guess you could say , ' they dont FIT MAN !!! '
im abit disapointed , i was thinkin the same thing . more tyre choice and cheaper .

[travis.luke Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close travis.luke]

Ill put up a pic of the 120 sitting on the toyota steel wheels, did it for the same reason much more tyre choice.

[eatlovelearn Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close eatlovelearn]

lookin forward to it travis

[travis.luke Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close travis.luke]

taken before flares.

[jimmy91 Member Find all posts View Profile Close jimmy91]

got some better pictures mate or anyone else?