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Old 09-03-2007, 10:57 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Exclamation Shipped With Smaller Tires????

Is It True, Can Any One Tell Me If This Is True?????
I Heard That The Fj Was Built & Shipped Over With Smaller Tires, Then Toyota Puts The Larger Tires On,,,if So , Have The Front Rubber Suspention Stops Been Changed As Well, To Stop The Front Wheels From Hitting The Fenders.....i Think You'll Have This Problem If You Try To Make Your Fj Fly And Land On The Front End!!!!!

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Old 09-03-2007, 06:24 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Shipped With Smaller Tires????

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Is It True, Can Any One Tell Me If This Is True?????
I Heard That The Fj Was Built & Shipped Over With Smaller Tires, Then Toyota Puts The Larger Tires On,,,if So , Have The Front Rubber Suspention Stops Been Changed As Well, To Stop The Front Wheels From Hitting The Fenders.....i Think You'll Have This Problem If You Try To Make Your Fj Fly And Land On The Front End!!!!!
Not quite sure what your point is here.

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Re: Shipped With Smaller Tires????

You heard right. The FJ's are shipped from Japan with 13" wheels with 205/55 tires mounted on them. To attract the US market, the US dealers swap out the tire/wheel combo to attract the soccer moms and mall cruisers toward the FJ. Otherwise, only the "drifters" would like the FJ and it would compete too much with the Scion Xb, taking away potential buyers from that market.

You must know how much air one can get hitting a mall speed bump at more than the 15mph posted speed. That is why the FJ's are having all the crumple zone failures, from ripping into the Gallaria speed bumps too fast, catching the 14.5 inches of air you know so well. Last time I dropped mine off at the Nordstrom valet, he scraped my spinner on the step he used to help me out of the FJ, you know how tall it is and how tough it is to get out without having to hike my skirt up to far, don't want to show my panties you know...
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You heard right. The FJ's are shipped from Japan with 13" wheels with 205/55 tires mounted on them. To attract the US market, the US dealers swap out the tire/wheel combo to attract the soccer moms and mall cruisers toward the FJ. Otherwise, only the "drifters" would like the FJ and it would compete too much with the Scion Xb, taking away potential buyers from that market.

You must know how much air one can get hitting a mall speed bump at more than the 15mph posted speed. That is why the FJ's are having all the crumple zone failures, from ripping into the Gallaria speed bumps too fast, catching the 14.5 inches of air you know so well. Last time I dropped mine off at the Nordstrom valet, he scraped my spinner on the step he used to help me out of the FJ, you know how tall it is and how tough it is to get out without having to hike my skirt up to far, don't want to show my panties you know...
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Re: Shipped With Smaller Tires????

I thought they were shipped without wheels & tires, so they could fit more into a container.
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I Heard That The Fj Was Built & Shipped Over With Smaller Tires, Then Toyota Puts The Larger Tires On,,,if So , Have The Front Rubber Suspention Stops Been Changed As Well, To Stop The Front Wheels From Hitting The Fenders.....i Think You'll Have This Problem If You Try To Make Your Fj Fly And Land On The Front End!!!!!

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Re: Shipped With Smaller Tires????

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I Heard That The Fj Was Built & Shipped Over With Smaller Tires, Then Toyota Puts The Larger Tires On,,,if So , Have The Front Rubber Suspention Stops Been Changed As Well, To Stop The Front Wheels From Hitting The Fenders.....i Think You'll Have This Problem If You Try To Make Your Fj Fly And Land On The Front End!!!!!

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Re: Shipped With Smaller Tires????

ok here it is in a differant way..
if you fly off a hill and land on the front wheels, the larger tires will go up into the fenders and hit the fenders and bow them out and pull the door hinges, so now your doors will not open.....hope that is better
larger rubber suspention stops will stop this
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I thought they were shipped without wheels & tires, so they could fit more into a container.
Yea...they actually double stack them (just they ones with the roof racks go on the bottom)
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I Heard That The Fj Was Built & Shipped Over With Smaller Tires, Then Toyota Puts The Larger Tires On,,,if So , Have The Front Rubber Suspention Stops Been Changed As Well, To Stop The Front Wheels From Hitting The Fenders.....i Think You'll Have This Problem If You Try To Make Your Fj Fly And Land On The Front End!!!!!

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Actually if you want to make your FJ fly and land on the front end, I would recommend the optional wing and pontoon package. This eliminates the needs for wheels and tires at all. (only available with the TRD)
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