Hi All
I am enjoying my new Fortuner Crusade in Graphite. Very happy with it.
Family of four. Done about 5,000 km to date including several camping trips, country visits to family and some beach driving. The Fortuner has been great.
I am looking for some advice on wheels and tyres. It current still has the 18" wheels with highway tyres that it came with from Toyota.
The plan is to tackle as many of the signature trips over the next 5+ years as we can while the kids are a good age for it. Flinders Ranges, Vic High Country, Frazer etc etc.
Obviously my current tyre/wheel combo is not up to the task.
Given my situation being city based for 48 weeks of the year and then mostly offroad for the say 4 weeks a year (plus a few weekends away) on trips would people suggest i simply buy a second set of offroad tyres and switch then over for the trips away? Probably easier to have a second set of rims and just switch the whole wheel over? Any experience this this? Any problems with wheel balancing etc?
Alternatively I will just get a new set of tyres for my current rims, but I have been told that 17" or below rim size is better for off road use (the more tyre the better). Not concerned with how it looks just how it works. Also steel rims are recommended for offroad use so the current alloys may be no good.
Would you suggest I fit an all terrain tyre on my current rim or better to switch rims. Obviously if i have set of tyres for off road use only I can choose a more aggressive tread pattern.
thanks for the advice/comments - new to 4WD
I am enjoying my new Fortuner Crusade in Graphite. Very happy with it.
Family of four. Done about 5,000 km to date including several camping trips, country visits to family and some beach driving. The Fortuner has been great.
I am looking for some advice on wheels and tyres. It current still has the 18" wheels with highway tyres that it came with from Toyota.
The plan is to tackle as many of the signature trips over the next 5+ years as we can while the kids are a good age for it. Flinders Ranges, Vic High Country, Frazer etc etc.
Obviously my current tyre/wheel combo is not up to the task.
Given my situation being city based for 48 weeks of the year and then mostly offroad for the say 4 weeks a year (plus a few weekends away) on trips would people suggest i simply buy a second set of offroad tyres and switch then over for the trips away? Probably easier to have a second set of rims and just switch the whole wheel over? Any experience this this? Any problems with wheel balancing etc?
Alternatively I will just get a new set of tyres for my current rims, but I have been told that 17" or below rim size is better for off road use (the more tyre the better). Not concerned with how it looks just how it works. Also steel rims are recommended for offroad use so the current alloys may be no good.
Would you suggest I fit an all terrain tyre on my current rim or better to switch rims. Obviously if i have set of tyres for off road use only I can choose a more aggressive tread pattern.
thanks for the advice/comments - new to 4WD
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