Stan posted:

Thanks Doug, I don't think anyone will ever put their neck on the line and say these wheels are OK, but I reckon it's like everything, they have to build in a safety margin to cover their backsides, and I can't see me exceeding that. In regards to the wheels, have you tried your local toyota dealer. I am in Brisbane and bought my Cruiser through 4x4xMore (a trendy 4WD dealer). While I was there one day I noticed that one of the workshop blokes had these wheels on his cruiser, and enquired what they were. He told me that they get lots of people in wanting alloy's on their Prado's, so they just pull off the brand new steel wheels and put them aside. They can't sell them officially, but I managed to get 5 for $30 each. I have heard that other dealers around Brisbane are doing it, so where ever you are just ask the Toyota blokes next time and see how you go. As I said above it's really a back door deal so you will have to talk to the guys in the workshop. Let us know how you go, thanks again for your response.

Derek posted:

I just bought another set of 285/75 R16 BFGs a few weeks ago from Bob Jane at Lawnton and they had a set of 4 Prado rims on the floor for sale at the time.

Welshmun posted:

Follow up to Derek:
Derek, thanks for the tip about Bob Jane at Lawnton. So I called Bob Jane (automatically connected to me to my local Caboolture Branch), who told me that Prado rims won't fit on a Series 80 .. .
So I'm going down to talk to them.
Doug

Welshmun posted:

Follow-up mumber 3
Well, now I'm totally confused.
Today, Bob Jane, Caboolture have told me that they think the Prado rims I have on might be illegal and warned me about any non-standard setup, on the basis that, in an accident, an insurance company could get away without paying up if the wheels were illegal.
Let me say they didn't say the wheels were illegal, they just said they might be.
Also, it got worse, he said, although I could have fitted 275/70 R16's on my orginal Crusier rims (suggesting I never needed the Prado 16" rims in the first place) that, with these rims, I could only go to 275/70 maximum. GoodYear sold me the Prado rims in the first place about 3 years ago on the basis that I needed them to go from the standard 265's to 275.
Bob Jane Caboolture went on to say that if I wanted 285/75 they would have to go on 15 (yes, 15) inch rims beacuse of laoding issues, and also I should check with my insurer whether that was legal, to be sure.
Then he started talking about a variety of alternate configurations in inches (35,36, 37 etc) which totally confused me.
Is there anywhere that clearly explains what's possible, I wonder.
Doug