Hello All,
I'm soon to be the proud owner of a bouncing baby taco - I'm pickin' her up tonight.
She's a sleek silver girl, a little shy with only four cylinders - but she's ready to dig in with 4x4 when needed. Being all new to the Taco owners world and having the first of many questions I'm sure, I just wanted to say hey to everyone and drop my first one. My buddy turned me on to this board the other day and although I haven't had a chance to do a lot of reading yet I have noticed something which already has me concerned. Everyone seems to agree that the OEM tires are crap. Being here in the NE and expecting a real winter this year, the first thing I'm going to do is get some new rubber. My question is can I safely upgrade to 265/75r/16's? the truck is stock w/ the 245's. I notice the v6's w/offroad/sport come w/ 265's. Is the extra height gained by the Bilsteins needed to run the 265's or am I safe using them on a stock 2.7L 4cyl?
Also this being my first taco, my first truck in fact - I'm wondering what upgrades are possible when it comes to performance on the 4cyl. I would have gone w/ the v6 but the wife put the kybosh on that - she knows how crazy I am when it comes to my bike. But since I've already convinced her the tires are a necessity, I'm wondering what else I can slip in while I have free reign on the card?
Thanks for any and all info and Happy Holidays
J
I'm soon to be the proud owner of a bouncing baby taco - I'm pickin' her up tonight.
She's a sleek silver girl, a little shy with only four cylinders - but she's ready to dig in with 4x4 when needed. Being all new to the Taco owners world and having the first of many questions I'm sure, I just wanted to say hey to everyone and drop my first one. My buddy turned me on to this board the other day and although I haven't had a chance to do a lot of reading yet I have noticed something which already has me concerned. Everyone seems to agree that the OEM tires are crap. Being here in the NE and expecting a real winter this year, the first thing I'm going to do is get some new rubber. My question is can I safely upgrade to 265/75r/16's? the truck is stock w/ the 245's. I notice the v6's w/offroad/sport come w/ 265's. Is the extra height gained by the Bilsteins needed to run the 265's or am I safe using them on a stock 2.7L 4cyl?
Also this being my first taco, my first truck in fact - I'm wondering what upgrades are possible when it comes to performance on the 4cyl. I would have gone w/ the v6 but the wife put the kybosh on that - she knows how crazy I am when it comes to my bike. But since I've already convinced her the tires are a necessity, I'm wondering what else I can slip in while I have free reign on the card?
Thanks for any and all info and Happy Holidays
J