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I’ve had stock (255/65/16), 245/75/16, and 285/75/16.
The current 285/75/16 (approx 33x11.5) is a good size in my opinion. Everything fits well, and with the lift in the rear there’s enough room for it to flex without getting caught up on the flair at all. Also the engine has enough power to push the 33’s without feeling under powered. If I change anything I might get 305/70/16 next time which would be just a little wider but same height.
i love the fact our motors can handle a 33” tire like it’s nothing it’s great
that’s the size i also wanted to go to when i purchase tires, the 285/75/16, i have the 2.5/2” spacers from sf, that’s the lift you still had when you first put them on right?
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Kind of cool to look at some pictures back to back to see how it’s evolved over the past few years!
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what are the tire sizes you’ve had on your rig so far? do you think you’ll get rid of fender flares and rear bumper cover to fit bigger again at some point or are you gonna stick with size you have now?
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you’re right! i thought it looked out of place there, i gotta get under with a flash light today after work and see if i can zip that bad boy back in
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from about a week ago we had nice weather and i wanted to start testing how i liked black stripes where the fender flares and bumper covers were.
decided that i’ll use the entire line of where the fenders were and the entire area the bumper covered gets paint too. same on the front and by then i’ll have pvc pipe to make coolant and wiper fluid containers in the engine bay. that’s if i deem they stick out too far when the front cover comes off, which i’m pretty sure they will. if they don’t they’re turning black as well as the rocker panels of course.
some areas of future derusting when it’s actually warm again
i took the bumper off to clean up on same nice day as well because it wasn’t looking good. it didn’t end up back on the truck yet but truck does look cool ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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that’s honestly good to hear. i’ve been thinking the noise had to mean something was wrong everything’s still tight.
i do i need a good cleaning. its safe to spray paint that area after a good wire brushing of rust away, right?
i start work again this week, so at least money comes in soon! first things i’m doing is going to good car wash then ordering manual hubs and going to lowe’s to get metal for that missing link.-
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i suppose i should really say the noise while that shock flexes combined with the spring looking off kilter like that made me nervous. it is probably fine but just doesn’t seem right because it still handles fine i still barely nose dive just as before i lifted it
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driver side (the spring in question)
passenger side no noise and spring end seated where it should
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Part of the coil was hanging off the edge with nothing under the coil.
okay, mine is backing out of that rubber isolater on the bottom and it’s causing the spring to have been twisted back when the pressure was put back on it. i’m gonna try putting it in the air and moving it around by hand but i’m probably going to need to get a compressor to be able to fix its position. i’ll post pictures in a little bit for visuals so it makes more sense
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If the spring looks like it’s unseated, I’ve had that happen before. The coils had slipped over the edge of the lower strut seat, and was partially hanging off. I dropped it off at the shop that did my alignment and they said they just hammered it back into place, probably with the suspension at full droop.
do you mean it was off the seat hanging off the edge or just moved backwards away from being fully seated? mina the second, should i still try hammering her back in? this is good news because if i think about it it started after my alignment
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alright so there’s been an odd rubbing or squeaking noise coming from my front left. i haven’t gotten to take a good look at it with the tire off but i feel like the spring is twisted away from the bottom perch and that’s causing some weird sounds while stopping and going. usually whenever the strut moves
any ideas on if it could be other things before i go rent another spring compressor ?
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Alright, from what I think I know, a .5" spacer on top of my AC coils is NOT a bad idea, but I could be wrong. I'm under the impression that a .5" spacer cannot under any circumstance cause binding. Is it a bad idea to try to cut my existing 1" spacers (I have 4 total) with a saw? I'm not sure what it takes to cleanly and effectively cut through HDPE
from what i’ve read and been told so far you can even just use the one inch spacer just not any bigger
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Cut the bumpers up today, long overdue
that tire size looks good what’s your lift and what size are they and what not?
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LOCAL TRAILS
(I HAVE NO IDEA lol)
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It basically connects the back ends of where the control arms mount so they can't pull apart from each other, it doesn't prevent or effect suspension travel.
true but the control arms not pulling away is probably helpful to some extent for the cvs. either way just gotta be careful until i either do a sas or get coils
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just something to add! the “missing link” also helps those cvs with the spacers. i feel like as it stiffens the front it adds little more resistance to over flexing the front since you’re connecting independent suspensions?? feel free to tell me i’m wrong here though
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AC wants to charge me $70 for shipping.....
good GOD that’s expensive...time to make a new email for amazon prime lmao
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so do we think that shock would be good for at least 3” of rear lift, as in there too big for two inches of lift?
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deep sea
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did you have to grind the brake calipers down on the front to fit those 15” wheels? others have had to do that but had different year rigs than you and i. they also fit at first for some but then when they got new brakepads the calipers rubes the wheels. also
IT LOOKS SO GOOOOOOOD love the black honey comb grill. i’m also going to be painting that bottom rocker panel black but i was thinking of maybe even as high up as the first lower body line on the doors
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grand piano
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dog butt
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do the missing link. less than ten dollars in parts at home depot
oh heck yeah i can totally do that
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The Spicy Truck(my build)
in 96-2004 R50 Pathfinders
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now eventually by the end of summer/fall i need new tires. i am going to preferably buy 33s in the falcon wildpeaks we all love. i’ve been trying to find info on the width of the stock se wheels that i have and i keep getting info saying they’re 7” wide but fine to mount that 285/75r16 on them while others say they’re 8” and therefor fine to use.
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maybe i can get away with 2” wheel spacers and my original wheels bc i like them and they need to be painted black soon
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