The Drift Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 So I got my 31x10.5's on this weekend...and it's been raining non stop. I figure I need to test these bad boys out. I hit a really nice spot near my house. Deep, rutty, muddy, lots of standing water and tall prarrie grass. Just a nice rugged spot. Manage to plow right through like a champ, and decide I'm happy as can be with my tire choice (BFG A/T's) Problem is mud between the strut and tire. I spent a good 20 minutes pulling stuff out of the strut, and from between the tire and strut. It was just packed in and not buding. There is next to know room between the strut and the tire, so getting anything in there is just bad news. I have a slight rub at full lock to where the tread is catching the underside of the coil perch. Oh, and I also pulled literal nests out of my CV joints lol. Seems like the tall grass just wound right the hell around. The 20 minutes I spent clearing debree out from my front end was worth the fun I had plowing around the mud, and good for a laugh. SHould I expect that I will be doing this quite a bit? Is there anything I can do to combat the build up of crap in my wheel wells besides a new set of rims with a nice wide offset? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmd0311 Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 Do you have Lift? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Drift Posted May 2, 2006 Author Share Posted May 2, 2006 Do you have Lift? Nope, but I need one. Hoping to maybe do 3" in a month or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vengeful Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 Don't drive through tall grass...haha. As for the mud, the BFG ATs are not a self-cleaning tire, so they don't throw mud like a mud tire, so the mud will pack up in them, and the coil perch is scraping it off....There's really nothing to be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Drift Posted May 2, 2006 Author Share Posted May 2, 2006 Crappy part about Illinois. A lot of decent spots have tall prairie grass. I may have to come up with a way to sheild my CV joints, because it was ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k9sar Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 Nope, but I need one. so does my wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navygz19 Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 so does my wife. Roofles...mine too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Drift Posted May 2, 2006 Author Share Posted May 2, 2006 Group buy? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Roofles...mine too Group buy? For Roofies ? Don't need any, but thanks for the offer... Hey Drifter, I'm assuming you have an R50 ? Seems like CV shields wouldn't be that hard to make, but mounting may be another story. I don't know your front end... B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Drift Posted May 3, 2006 Author Share Posted May 3, 2006 For Roofies ? Don't need any, but thanks for the offer... Hey Drifter, I'm assuming you have an R50 ? Seems like CV shields wouldn't be that hard to make, but mounting may be another story. I don't know your front end... B Yep. R50. Thinking about getting out the welder to do some skid plates and CV shields. As you said...mounting may get interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Pickles Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 so does my wife. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAjaporgsp;'fj g *falls off chair, shoots beer out my nose* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrik Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAjaporgsp;'fj g *falls off chair, shoots beer out my nose* I guess Mr. Pickles got the joke.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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