Factory spare steels as wheels?

[Crazychopstick]

Does anyone have any pictures or comments regarding using the factory 16" spare steelies as regular wheels?

I getting sick of the Tri-clops wheels and I'm too cheap for new alloys or steel wheels.

Here's a few images from the interwebs, several are of Crolison's rig.





































Last four are FJ 17"s?




Rock ring



Last one is of an Xterra, but I'd love to duplicate the hubcap treatment.


Anyways, what do you guys think? Should I go out and collect 3 more OE steelies? Is the steel any weaker or thinner gauge than an aftermarket one? Any downsides aside from weight?

[troyboy162]

id do it if you can get them cheap. if you have to invest money you might as well buy exactly what you want. i wheel stock alloys since they are strong, light and cheap to replace

[Seanz0rz]

if you can get them cheap enough (shouldnt have too much of a problem collecting one at a time) then do it. they are plenty strong and should serve you well.

[corax]

x3 - I was looking into (and actually found) a set of "take-off" stock steelies, but ditched the idea due to tire cost (15's are so much less expensive). Keep an eye on Craigslist or call around some of the local wheel and tire shops to see if anyone has abandoned their steelies after upgrading to alloys.

[Okie81]

x3 - ... or call around some of the local wheel and tire shops to see if anyone has abandoned their steelies after upgrading to alloys.

I actually found a nice set of factory alloys this way. A lot of people tend to abandon their stock wheels for designer rims.

[Crinale]

i was just at a local shop looking for tires for Bekah's car, and they had a set of taco rims sitting in the yard.. looked pretty scraped up, but they were there.

[Crazychopstick]

It's been kind of a challenge collecting these. So far only found 2

[Crazychopstick]

It's been ridiculous finding a full set of these. Tundras and Tacomas have 16 punched holes and only the 4Runner has 18. But then you have 4Runners that use the 15" spare and I've dropped some spares that were actually the triclops alloys.

But I finally got four of them. I'll probably paint them and switch to open ended lugs sometime when the weather gets nicer. Hopefully some more aggressive tires will look great on them. I picked up a set of spacers and can't wait to throw them on.

[Crazychopstick]

[fenrisx]

Cool.. looks good! Are the steelies the same offset as the alloys?