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Is it worth rotating in the full size spare on the ORP? I got the trd wheel upgrade so I would have to buy a 5th wheel for the spare. Has anybody done this? Thanks!
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I never rotated my spare.....don't take my advice.....
My 3rd gen still has the original spare.....26 years old! Not safe! but it got me home once. it still looks good.....questionable...
The 2 Toyota care rotations did not do the spare. I did not notice until too late. I will probably end up buying the same tires or if not I will not stress about the different spare tire.
My 3rd gen still has the original spare.....26 years old! Not safe! but it got me home once. it still looks good.....questionable...
The 2 Toyota care rotations did not do the spare. I did not notice until too late. I will probably end up buying the same tires or if not I will not stress about the different spare tire.
Here is my plan. I will wear out the current four tires. When it's time to replace all four tires, I will replace all four and place 1 of the replacements in the spare, using the original spare on the car. Continue the cycle
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I have always rotated all 5 including the spare. In my opinion you get extra time until you need to replace them, as you're putting the wear on all five, not just four. Plus if you want to change sizes when you replace them you would need to change the spare out anyways (again, in my opinion).
This is a stupid question and I can figure it out pretty easily if I removed it, but isn’t the spare the same exact wheel as the ones that are installed? When I had my tire rotation done I told them I wanted the spare rotated in and they told me that it wasn’t the same material as the ones that are mounted. I taken it down a few times per different things and it seems to be the same wheel.
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Thank you. Follow up question. If anyone has done this does the trd wheel fit properly in the spare well? I’m not sure if the different offset would affect it. Thanks again.
Some models come with a matching wheel and tires, like my TRD-Pro. It seems that using the spare would allow you 20% more miles before new tires are needed. But, there are two problems with using the factory spare.
1. Radial tires rotation direction shouldn’t be changed. Once mounted, they should rotate that direction until they need to be replaced. That means you can’t swap sides of the car, only rotate front to back. So, to employ the spare, you’d have to keep it in rotation on one side, rotating 3 tires on that side. Then the other side would be 2 tires front to back thus wearing them out faster than the 3 tire rotation using the spare. That’s not ideal IMO.
2. The factory installs tires that are specially made for their new cars and have less tread than a standard replacement tire. Toyota has put downgraded OE tires on 4Runners, a slick way to cut costs. I would pay to get a full tread depth tire when new, but I didn’t know any of this until I took delivery and did some research. So, perhaps the best place to keep this lower tread tire is as the spare for temporary use only. At least the rims will match if you need to use the spare.
New replacement Toyo tires guarantee 65,000 miles or 5 years. When confronted about the OE tires, my dealer admitted I’d be lucky to get 24,000 on the original Toyo Open Country A/T III’s. After 12,000 on them now, he’s probably optimistic.
The only consultation is the these Toyo’s are well rated, not a junk tire like they put in my 2012 Trail Edition. I like the way they handle, ride, aren’t noisy and are decent off-road. . Their test specs are good too. So, I’ll probably get Toyo’s again when I need them.
1. Radial tires rotation direction shouldn’t be changed. Once mounted, they should rotate that direction until they need to be replaced. That means you can’t swap sides of the car, only rotate front to back. So, to employ the spare, you’d have to keep it in rotation on one side, rotating 3 tires on that side. Then the other side would be 2 tires front to back thus wearing them out faster than the 3 tire rotation using the spare. That’s not ideal IMO.
2. The factory installs tires that are specially made for their new cars and have less tread than a standard replacement tire. Toyota has put downgraded OE tires on 4Runners, a slick way to cut costs. I would pay to get a full tread depth tire when new, but I didn’t know any of this until I took delivery and did some research. So, perhaps the best place to keep this lower tread tire is as the spare for temporary use only. At least the rims will match if you need to use the spare.
New replacement Toyo tires guarantee 65,000 miles or 5 years. When confronted about the OE tires, my dealer admitted I’d be lucky to get 24,000 on the original Toyo Open Country A/T III’s. After 12,000 on them now, he’s probably optimistic.
The only consultation is the these Toyo’s are well rated, not a junk tire like they put in my 2012 Trail Edition. I like the way they handle, ride, aren’t noisy and are decent off-road. . Their test specs are good too. So, I’ll probably get Toyo’s again when I need them.
All I can tell you is that the spare on my Trailhunter is the same as the other 4. I've already had it successfully rotated into use.
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