Corey's FJ with a few mods! - Page 12

FJ Sportfisher · 08-02-2007, 09:52 AM

[quote=Corey;535284]I really dig the stock 17" factory alloys, so much I wanted to buy a 2nd set and move up to a 285x70x17" tires, about the same as a 33" tire.

My current Dick Cepek Mountaincat muds are 265x70x17", and they look great, but a little out of place with the OME 3" lift.

With all of my past vehicles I have owned I have always ran two sets of tires.
One set for fall through spring (winter setup) and the best setup for spring through fall.

I have been wanting to get the same tires in the 285 size, but did not want to pay Toyota $340 a piece for the factory alloys.
Great wheel, only factory wheel I have every truly liked that much on any rig.
A little to steep at that price, although I have a few sources to get some used ones.

At the Greenwater run earlier in July I saw an FJ Cruiser (owned by member noworries) with some nice black wheels that made me again want to think about getting an aftermarket wheel.
With some research and getting a hold of the owner gain, I found out they are the Pro Comp 7089s.

He is running a RevTek 3" lift and 295 size tires with no rubbing, so this tells me that Pro Comp did their math and is overing these with zero offset and able to clear the large calipers of the FJ Cruiser.

I was able to score these wheels for $129 a piece from 4WD Parts who owns Pro Comp wheels/tires.
Les Schwab would have had to buy them for $209 a piece since they are a direct competitor of 4WD Parts Warehouse.

Here is the part # of the wheels I got.
Pro Comp Xtreme Alloy Series 7089

Les Schwab Tires recently added the Dick Cepek Mountaincats to their website.
Les Schwab Tire Centers - Your Performance Headquarters For Tires and Wheels

You will not find these on the Dick Cepek website, as they are exclusively made for Les Schwab Tires.
Made in the same molds as other Dick Cepek tires with the familiar staggered DC impression on the sidewall.

These tires are also made by Cooper, and are pretty similair in design to the Cooper Discoverer STT tire.

They showed me out in the bay when we turned the wheels/tires lock to lock that they cleared the body mounts and also the calipers.
In getting new wheels for your FJ Cruiser, the important thing to pay attention to is the off set.
Mine are zero.

He asked me if I wanted to step up to a 295 since that is what noworries is running, but I stayed with the 285s.
They look great and 33" is big enough for me.

I did not notice any loss of power at all coming into work on the backway, and also going home on the freeway where I was able to put the throttle down some.

Went with black Gorilla small diameter Tuner lugnuts that take a special adapter/key to take them off with.

So Cory
Hows the road noise with the Dick Cepek Mountaincats?
Thanks
J

**Corey** · 08-02-2007, 10:45 AM

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FJ Sportfisher previously said:

So Cory
Hows the road noise with the Dick Cepek Mountaincats?
Thanks
J

Nice and noisy, just the way I like 'em.
Nice low howl once you get to around 20, and on the freeway at 50 to 60 MPH they let you know they are there.

It is very tolerable though, not super noisy like other big treaded meats.

chewey46 · 08-02-2007, 10:47 AM

Corey..... Your next mod is the train horn mod that is going around...... I would like to see that!!!!!!!!!!

**Corey** · 08-02-2007, 11:05 AM

No train horn for me Chewey, but I may have to mount a turret on the roof.

A few at work say the new meats and black wheels make the rig look like a tank

chewey46 · 08-02-2007, 11:06 AM

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Corey previously said:

No train horn for me Chewey, but I may have to mount a turret on the roof.

A few at work say the new meats and black wheels make the rig look like a tank

Those are the same wheel as noworries????

**Corey** · 08-02-2007, 11:12 AM

Exact same wheel, with zero rubbing.
He runs 295s too with a 3" lift.

chewey46 · 08-02-2007, 11:15 AM

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Corey previously said:

Exact same wheel, with zero rubbing.
He runs 295s too with a 3" lift.

Those are the wheels I like since I saw them a 4Wheel Part....

I also saw them on an FJ that was at Costco, a lady owned it and she had a kayak rack on the roof. Told her about this site, her son was with her and he said that he was on yotatech....... Didn't get his screen name, but I did tell him mine. They said they would be interested on going on some lite trails.....

FJ Sportfisher · 08-02-2007, 11:19 AM

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Corey previously said:

Exact same wheel, with zero rubbing.
He runs 295s too with a 3" lift.

Cory,
What did Les Schwab Tires charge you per Mountaincat? I put the Toyo AT's on I wish I would have gone with yiour choice.

**Corey** · 08-02-2007, 12:34 PM

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chewey46 previously said:

Those are the wheels I like since I saw them a 4Wheel Part....

I also saw them on an FJ that was at Costco, a lady owned it and she had a kayak rack on the roof. Told her about this site, her son was with her and he said that he was on yotatech....... Didn't get his screen name, but I did tell him mine. They said they would be interested on going on some lite trails.....

I know him, he mentioned it was his mothers rig.
If you search the FJ Cruiser section on my forum, you will find him.

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FJ Sportfisher previously said:

Cory,
What did Les Schwab Tires charge you per Mountaincat? I put the Toyo AT's on I wish I would have gone with yiour choice.

They are a little spendy, around $240 a piece.
Worth it to me, as they ride smooth for a mud/traction tire.
Plus everyone runs BFGs or other makes, I like to be a little different and run stuff that not many have heard of.

They are great tires though, on par with the Cooper Discoverer STT which get rave reviews off road.

**Soup** · 08-02-2007, 11:49 PM

Can Les Schwabs get Hankooks in WA? I tried down here in OR-E-GUN (where LS was founded) and had no luck.