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Yea I know not sure which route Im going next..
Looks great! A lot meaner looking!
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Much better in the snow right
Thanks man! Yea they are a lot better than those garbage BFGs, didnt drive around much just up the street to do a quick donut and wake the nieghbors
nice snow shot
Looks really good
Very nice! I had to roll back through things and look at all the mods youve done. Ive been pretty much neglecting to do mods on my xk for about 8 or 9 months now while working on my subaru. Im hoping to get back to it soon.
Love to hear what you think of the MTRs in the snow. they got such ****ty review on the TJ forums, but we have such an advantage.
I have been running MT/R's with Kevlar since the day they came out and the are amazing in the snow on my XK! This is my 3rd set. I think TJ's just suck in the snow period. Their wheel base is to short and they don't have the weight of an XK
I drove in a few different conditions with the MTRs and have no complaints. I drove 2 hrs to Rochester, some snow with no issues, dry highway no issues and drove locally thru a few inches and they never skipped a beat. What I like most is they are less noisy than my BFGs I had. I just have to dial in my tire pressure.. I set at 37 but after driving they read 41, which to me seems high, when we talked about tire pressure do you set at cold pressure or warm pressure?
You always set tire pressure at cold psi. Just monitor the middle of the tread. If it starts wearing faster than the outsides, let out a few psi. If the outer edges are wearing faster than the inside you need to add a few psi.
^^Yup!
Thats what I figured, 41 psi jsut seemed high but Ill keep an eye on it.. I was also on the highway for 2.5 hrs. Lots of snowing headed my way 10-14" so get to test these bad boys out!!!
Same here! We got a lot of snow on the way!
Im jealous.... we're just going to get a bunch of rain/slush here :(
I just pulled a car out of a ditch. Snowing pretty good here!
We've got almost a foot here, roads were left unplowed so went out last night and had some fun, video to come..
We also got a foot or more.
Hit 86K today just to throw code P0430 for Bank 2 O2.. So looks like I have to stop procrastinating and get some maintenance done this week.. O2 sensor(s), TPMS modules and removing belly skid
Im going to be making my mount for the Billet Tech catch can that finally arrived after 50days!!! I need to know what size hole to drill, Im making an L bracket that will attach to the passenger strut bolt so I need to know that size..??
Also, I got Jacobs 4xGuard that needs to be cleaned up this weekend when I do diff service, votes on 1) painting it green, 2) wire brush and coat it or 3) paint diff cover green and diff guard wire brushed...?
Anybody?!?!?!?
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I think its an 18mm socket for those strut bolts.... so a 1/2" hole should be good.
Id paint the diff guard green and give the cover/axle a fresh coat of black.
Yup they are 18mm. 1/2inch drill bit will work fine
Perfect thanks! Also after this weekend hearing those rear shocks Im moving forward with the Fox ones we talked about Matt, headers will have to wait. I need to get worn/broken things fixed before adding my wants to her.. Ill be doing diff service, diff guard painted, tire rotation and wrapping mid pipes with the header wrap this Saturday.. Once the rear shocks get in Ill do those and finally Matts rear spacer and possibly rear track bar if $$$ is there
Spend the extra money and get the rusty rear track bar. Not the RRO
Ill look into it, just need to see what $$ is looking like this month on commission, I have to pay in taxes, Im 1099, so I also need to keep bonus money for that..
I hear you. Just giving you a heads up for when the time comes. I believe I paid $150 shipped for mine.
Fox shocks ordered!!
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Sweet!!!
Did you get the longer version?
I got the 2" lift ones, should I have gone with the 4"?
Yeah when I contacted jba they said their 4" lift version is 11" travel and measures 28" extended. My current load levelers measure 27.5" extended.... so I think the 4" version are what im going with when I order. More flex in the rear to help compensate for the lack of travel in front.
I think their 2" version is 26.5" iirc...
Calling to switch order now, thanks!
By the way, has anyone been to 4xguard.com lately?!? There are a few more parts they ahve available which are intriguing to say the least.. rear long arms, mounts, etc, I know Scott said he called SL about buying their drop brackets, say you were to get those you could essentially build your own lift, correct?!?
I was browsing 4xguard site last week and seen the long arms. So I did some research on other suv's with long arms (mainly Liberty's that had sas's). The general concensus was that it's good to get long arms BUT if you get more lift in the future (sas in front, more lift on the front IFS) the rear long arms will have to be moved. THe geometry gets off once you put long arms on and THEN lift it more afterwards. The frame mounts will have to be moved forward.
I want those long arms so bad. But if I ever get a sas in the front, I'd have to cut off the mounting brackets, reweld them further forward.
I was thinking about getting them but im not sure yet. Might start saving for a sas instead!
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I hear you guys, I have no further plans about sas just not anytime in the next 5 yrs at least, unless I hit millions.. I do think rear long arms are a possibility if they will help with overall articulation, Maybe you more knowledgeable guys can step in here. But for the price It's now become a major possibility if others chime in on It's 1) worth, 2) someone who can install it at reasonable cost and 3) what other mods is a must - by this I mean can't be done without it, obviously a SL would be ideal but I just got these tires and plan to run them bald. Ideally I'd like to get the front spacer, new rear shocks, Matt's rear spacer all with rear long arms... thoughts?
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The long-arms are useless for us. Not to mention changing the arc radius of the lower control arm without also changing the arc radius of the upper can result in really bad pinion angles throughout the range of motion. They only help if you're adding them to the superlift thats going above 6".... in which case you'll be adjusting the upper arms as well.
Also keep in mind the gas tank is the limiting factor for the driverside travel. Adding those long arms will just be more low hanging metal to hang up on rocks.
Well there goes that idea!! hahaha As I said this weekend I just cant justify the SL right now, unless I have a great year Ill have spacer added and thats it