400 Tire Changes and those Oddly-Shaped Fenders

manyman297
manyman297 Member Posts: 1,436
in Tips & Tricks
I did a "simulated" tire change in my driveway just to see how difficult it would be. Now I knew about the weirdly small fenders and foresaw how difficult it might be to change a tire but why are they like this? I'm assuming it's just a carryover part from the non-boondock model but why not make it match the 320 boondocks fenders and the diameter of the larger boondock wheel? It's not hard to get the tire back on but it's difficult to take it off. Just an observation.
2021 400 BD
2020 Tacoma TRD Off-Road 

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  • falcon1970
    falcon1970 Member Posts: 758
    I have discovered that rotating the tire slightly to the rear of the wheel well gives enough room to move the bottom of the tire far enough out of the wheel well to allow you to get the tire out.
  • manyman297
    manyman297 Member Posts: 1,436
    I did similar when mounting the tire. I angled the tire in and it gave me enough clearance to get past the fenders. Which they’d just redesign it. It looks and functions oddly. 
    2021 400 BD
    2020 Tacoma TRD Off-Road 
  • JeffroNC
    JeffroNC Member Posts: 366
    One you put the Goodyear Endurance tires on, they are easy to remove with the fender in place. :-)
    2019 T@B 400 BDL 2017 F150 3.5L Ecoboost
    Jeff & Amy
    Now in Manistee, MI

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