Hi Paul. Love your videos, they are great! But you should be very careful about re-drilling cast aluminium wheels, they might loose their structural integrity and might end up a lot more dangerous than they were before. Just a heads up. Wouldn't it be a lot better to use whatever wheel nuts the rim was designed for?
I did use the correct lug nuts, but wanted to make sure the taper is just right. The wheels could be more dangerous now that I drilled them, but there is still a lot of material left under the lug nuts, so maybe it will be ok.
I assume he did that to expose more of the stud as they are normally too short to use with acorn nuts. Thinning out material around the holes is not a safe solution.
It's fine. I realized after drilling, the lug nuts sit too far down in the holes and there isn't much material holding the wheel on. I found lug nuts that are 1mm wider and don't sit as far in the holes, allowing much more material to hold the wheel on. Looking back, I should not have drilled into my wheels at all. Technically it's a bad idea and it's dangerous, but I have not had any problems. I plan to eventually take these wheels to the metal recycling and get some 2nd gen RAV4 5-spoke wheels.
I have the BF Goodrich All-Terrain T/A K02 in LT225/75R16. They're great tires, but too heavy for the RAV4. I recommend going with a passenger car tire instead of light truck.
Hi Paul, did you get any shake in your steering wheel after installing the lift with your all terrain tires? I did the same and at low speeds 30mph Im getting a slight shake with 235 75 15's
My RAV4 actually drives pretty well, but I do get a bit of clunking from the suspension. I didn't install the thin rubber things between the rear springs and trailing arms and I think the springs are making some noise when touching metal on metal.
@Lab Coat Paul man I had totally forgot about those rubber isolators my mechanic just put the old ones on. But no clunking in my end so maybe they were still good.
You drilled way to much there's no meat left those wheels were designed for those lug nuts and had the taper I don't see why you did that
Thanks Paul. I have the exact same Rav 4, in Papua New Guinea.
The same is in Russia
You are doing great, its amazing what you are doing here, I'm learning a lot.
Hi Paul. Love your videos, they are great! But you should be very careful about re-drilling cast aluminium wheels, they might loose their structural integrity and might end up a lot more dangerous than they were before. Just a heads up. Wouldn't it be a lot better to use whatever wheel nuts the rim was designed for?
I did use the correct lug nuts, but wanted to make sure the taper is just right. The wheels could be more dangerous now that I drilled them, but there is still a lot of material left under the lug nuts, so maybe it will be ok.
@@LabCoatPaul I hope so :)
I assume he did that to expose more of the stud as they are normally too short to use with acorn nuts. Thinning out material around the holes is not a safe solution.
Of all the good looking direct fit OEM toyota wheels you could have gone with, and instead that less than ideal solution. Yikes.
It was the cheapest option. I think it will work just fine. I'll let you know if my wheels fall off.
Dose it have any problems now?
It's fine. I realized after drilling, the lug nuts sit too far down in the holes and there isn't much material holding the wheel on. I found lug nuts that are 1mm wider and don't sit as far in the holes, allowing much more material to hold the wheel on. Looking back, I should not have drilled into my wheels at all.
Technically it's a bad idea and it's dangerous, but I have not had any problems. I plan to eventually take these wheels to the metal recycling and get some 2nd gen RAV4 5-spoke wheels.
Thanks for your answers!!
What is the tire size ?
Thnx for your effort pal
What are the tires 🛞 sizes I’d love to get me the same exact
I have the BF Goodrich All-Terrain T/A K02 in LT225/75R16. They're great tires, but too heavy for the RAV4. I recommend going with a passenger car tire instead of light truck.
Hi Paul, did you get any shake in your steering wheel after installing the lift with your all terrain tires? I did the same and at low speeds 30mph Im getting a slight shake with 235 75 15's
My RAV4 actually drives pretty well, but I do get a bit of clunking from the suspension. I didn't install the thin rubber things between the rear springs and trailing arms and I think the springs are making some noise when touching metal on metal.
@Lab Coat Paul man I had totally forgot about those rubber isolators my mechanic just put the old ones on. But no clunking in my end so maybe they were still good.