Hello from Maine

[Aomori207]

Hi everyone,

Reporting from Portland, Maine. Just picked up my LC250 FE about month ago. I was driving a Subaru Outback for about 3 years before that. I am in love with my new LC and cannot wait to upgrade it! Anyone have any recommendations for my first upgrade purchase?

 

[Nuke]

Welcome! A FE comes pretty much loaded. Better tires? Rear differential skid plate?

 

[Aomori207]

Im looking into all terrains. Any recs rims, tire, and size? This is my first car that I am actually excited about changing or adding things too. Im pretty new to everything car wise!

 

[NoMe cruiser]

Hi everyone,

Reporting from Portland, Maine. Just picked up my LC250 FE about month ago. I was driving a Subaru Outback for about 3 years before that. I am in love with my new LC and cannot wait to upgrade it! Anyone have any recommendations for my first upgrade purchase?

Welcome! I’m up in the county. I tend to keep my vehicles fairly close to stock. The only thing I’ve done is to get some 18” rims with 255 blizzaks for the winter.

 

[lcgeek]

Im looking into all terrains. Any recs rims, tire, and size? This is my first car that I am actually excited about changing or adding things too. Im pretty new to everything car wise!

Your biggest issue with new rims will be whether you want poke or no poke. Original rims are all about +60 mm offset... But most aftermarket rims are nothing close to that which leaves the wheel poking out.

I went with a skinny tire and +35mm offset to minimize poke. But I'm old.

Enjoy your new cruiser and the forum.

 

[KurtW]

Welcome to the club! For me it's going to be new tires but not new wheels. I wasn't excited about the 20" wheels but the dealer took the price off the car so I went with it. I figure for my use cases it will work with some upgraded A/T tires.
-Kurt

 

[thognar]

Im looking into all terrains. Any recs rims, tire, and size? This is my first car that I am actually excited about changing or adding things too. Im pretty new to everything car wise!

Hello from Massachusetts. I've put Method 703 17x8.5 +35 wheels and Open Country A/T III 285/75 on my FE. Looks good in my humble opinion.

 

[Werlyb23]

 

[msenske]

Hi everyone,

Reporting from Portland, Maine. Just picked up my LC250 FE about month ago. I was driving a Subaru Outback for about 3 years before that. I am in love with my new LC and cannot wait to upgrade it! Anyone have any recommendations for my first upgrade purchase?

I chose to replace the stock Michelin LTX Trail tires with B.F. Goodrich KO3s in the original OEM size of 265/70R18 124S. Still very good on road, but extremely capable off-road with terrific sidewall strength. I undoubtedly lost some fuel efficiency due to the additional unsprung weight of the tires, but I’m still averaging approximately 20mpg.

Congratulations on your purchase!

 

[EOD Guy]

Welcome to the Jungle!

As far as mods go, visit the "Member's build" pages, lots of good ideas and plenty of DIY mods.

 

[MtnLC]

Hey! I'm also in Portland! Hoping to take delivery of my LC LC in the next month or so. See you out there!

 

[LCNH]

Welcome! I’m up in the county. I tend to keep my vehicles fairly close to stock. The only thing I’ve done is to get some 18” rims with 255 blizzaks for the winter.

Hey NoMe. If you don’t mind me asking, what did you buy for 18” rims and from where? I just talked with my local tire store manager and he recommended buying Nokian Hakka R5 snow tires for my 20” and then switching seasonally. I’m not sure what the right thing to do is!

 

[NoMe cruiser]

Hey NoMe. If you don’t mind me asking, what did you buy for 18” rims and from where? I just talked with my local tire store manager and he recommended buying Nokian Hakka R5 snow tires for my 20” and then switching seasonally. I’m not sure what the right thing to do is!

I got the OEM 18” rims from eBay for $750 off an FE. There was a good deal on eBay I saw last week for OEM 18’s think it was $600. The nokian Hakka is a good winter tire from what I’ve heard but I run blizzaks. I like the look of the OEM 18’s. Everyone on here gets the methods it seems like.

 

[Aomori207]

Hey! I'm also in Portland! Hoping to take delivery of my LC LC in the next month or so. See you out there!

Congratulations! See you around

 

[gxsandiego]

Congratulations!! That's what I wanted but the GX came in and my FE was stuck at the Port of Long Beach for three months. I went with the GX. I have two FE's in my neighborhood and they are both Heritage Blue. One is completely stock with the Toyo Open Country AT III's. The other went with the Westcott lift and TRD Wheels and Toyo's. Both look amazing.

 

[Bluey]

Welcome to the forum! Congratulations on your LC.