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Also that at around 20mm you're in danger of a larger tire hitting the fender, in addition to spraying gravel down the side.

Or maybe they didn't want to be responsible for drilling a frame?

See the spreadsheet linked in my signature.

I saw one behind the grill install. And a few winch bumper inserts with a space for light bars. DV8 is working on one, search here and you’ll find pictures of their prototype.

That’s really helpful. If you go to a 40mm offset wheel a 285/70R18 fits fine (except for in the spare location). If you push to 25mm offset, you’ll have problems.

Just checked for MPGs from people who specifically aid they were running E load tires: 17, 17, 18.5, 20, 20.5, 20.7, 22

On Toyota's Land Cruiser build page, the picture for the dash cam shows what kind of windshield it was designed for: much closer to horizontal than the Land Cruiser's nearly vertical windshield! vs. reality: (Photo from LandCruiserSteve in the other thread)

Probably not? But I’d buy it if it was an option, I hear good thing about it.

In the other thread I posted about collecting all reported mpgs there and in the smaller IH8MUD thread on the same topic. I’ve continued to update that from these threads and a few other sources. 21 mpg is still the most common answer, and is also the mean and median. There is a bump around...

Now you just need to convince someone to make some skinny options for an 18” wheel. The stock size is about the most skinny tire you can get without going to a smaller diameter tire.

Just went back and looked at the table and yeah I was really conservative/cautious in what I put in the table initially before people had Land Cruisers to start trying tires on. I just updated it since I've now seen many reports that 275/70R18's fit and don't rub and no reports of problems.

Someone just posted photos of 18" Methods with 18mm offset. It was less poke than I expected but still it was out past the mud flaps. I'm really hoping if enough people ask, Method will make some 18" bead grips with more LC appropriate offsets like they have in the 17" wheels. The 17" wheels...

No, but there are almost no 33” tires that aren’t E load.

I should add: at the SEMA event for vendors to measure the LC and GX, a Toyota/Lexus person said these are designed for 33” (slightly larger than stock) and larger tires with no or minimal modifications. I don’t think slightly upsized tires will be an issue.

I guess I’m assuming Toyota wouldn’t make wheels that would cause problems for their vehicles — those or anything with similar offsets shouldn’t be a problem. Zero offset might not be great, and spacers so the tires poke way way out nearly guarantee problems. I’ll have to check the table, as...

I'm no expert but you can check the spreadsheet linked in my signature for a few options. The GX has a 50mm offset and Toyota has a few options for the Tacoma and Sequoia with wider wheels and slightly smaller offsets to compensate, several folks have been getting those. The Tacoma wheels...

@Trailman posted this:

Agree, 275/60R20 is 33", on the 18" wheels 275/70R18's seems to fit fine, same width and slightly larger at 33.2" or more diameter.

It's a really light tire at 39 lbs in the stock 265/70R18 size.

My guess, as an R&D guy, is the techs heard a strange sound and called Toyota and it got to an R&D guy like me who (especially after all the engine problems they've had recently) really wanted to tear it apart and figure out what was going on and if it's an issue or not and is probably kind of...

Well yes, but if that's the case they needed to give it a larger fuel tank. They gave it a tank that only makes sense if it gets pretty good (>20) mpg. Only really makes sense at >22 MPG.

I’ve since updated it. There’s a 3-4 lb spread in weights different folks are reporting, which I suspect is due to variation in different home scales. Overall the 20” wheel looks to be around 10 lbs heavier than the 18” wheel, which was surprising to me. Personally I’d rather have the extra...

Check the skid plate thread, and somewhere (maybe there) are the Toyota install directions that show how to install that front black piece.

The Falken WildPeak A/T4W in 265/70R18 comes in both standard load and E load, the KO3 only comes in E load in that size. Standard load will likely ride a lot smoother. It's also 7 lbs lighter.

Our plug in hybrid Volvo has the same issues with the 12V going dead causing all kinds of system problems, but it I understand correctly every time we plug it in, it makes sure both the hybrid and 12V batteries are charged. So the problems don't tend to start popping up until the 12V battery...

Are yours printed or molded? Some printed parts I've bought before were super brittle which doesn't seem great for this application.

27.3 was based on a tire+wheel weight and the manufacturer's weight for the tire. I've added your direct weight measurement to the spreadsheet. 40lbs was what @solidbrix got then he weighed a 20" wheel directly, the other slightly lower figure is again an indirect figure from other measurements.