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not a bad way to think, and if you go up to jarrettsville I could help you a good bit.
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Gotta get some grinding wheels later today, will weld uprights this evening and hopefully get the top rails on your rack tomorrow
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well let me know, I got a trailer, and can help ya out if I can. as for the rack coolio
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Year: 2000
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Oh, and in the one review they ran 400 miles of highway with them at 70+ mph and never had an issue. Just sayin
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Year: 1998
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Well...catching up took forever.
Just wanted to comment on the bias ply balancing. I ran 34x10.5x15 Bias Ply LTB's on my last XJ. I ran them 70 MPH on the highway on the way to events. I used Airsoft BB's to balance them.
DO NOT try to weight balance bias ply tires...it is senseless. A) You will NEVER zero them, B) even if you find a way to zero them, it will change the next time you drive it. Mine had NO weights on them and rode good once they warmed up.
One word of caution...DO NOT run bias ply tires on a daily driver, and if being used on an offroad truck, store the tires flat in between uses. If you leave them sitting on a truck, they will get flat spots in them.
Also, they will ALWAYS be rough the first 10-15 minutes of driving. The tires need to warm up to get into round.
This is my $.02 from real world experience.
All that being said, mine were for offroad only use and I LOVED them!
Just wanted to comment on the bias ply balancing. I ran 34x10.5x15 Bias Ply LTB's on my last XJ. I ran them 70 MPH on the highway on the way to events. I used Airsoft BB's to balance them.
DO NOT try to weight balance bias ply tires...it is senseless. A) You will NEVER zero them, B) even if you find a way to zero them, it will change the next time you drive it. Mine had NO weights on them and rode good once they warmed up.
One word of caution...DO NOT run bias ply tires on a daily driver, and if being used on an offroad truck, store the tires flat in between uses. If you leave them sitting on a truck, they will get flat spots in them.
Also, they will ALWAYS be rough the first 10-15 minutes of driving. The tires need to warm up to get into round.
This is my $.02 from real world experience.
All that being said, mine were for offroad only use and I LOVED them!
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I thought about the beads, but was hoping for something more accurate. And from what I've been reading on the reviews of the creepy's, they behave very well on the road. The worst case I've seen for balance was 23oz on one tire, the rest seem to be around the 12-16 range. It's just hard to beat that traction in a radial setup, but I don't have the desire to make my Jeep a strictly trail rig yet either.
Oh, and in the one review they ran 400 miles of highway with them at 70+ mph and never had an issue. Just sayin
Oh, and in the one review they ran 400 miles of highway with them at 70+ mph and never had an issue. Just sayin
Also, Bias ply tires are generally soft and will not wear well on the road.
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Year: 2000
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Well...catching up took forever.
Just wanted to comment on the bias ply balancing. I ran 34x10.5x15 Bias Ply LTB's on my last XJ. I ran them 70 MPH on the highway on the way to events. I used Airsoft BB's to balance them.
DO NOT try to weight balance bias ply tires...it is senseless. A) You will NEVER zero them, B) even if you find a way to zero them, it will change the next time you drive it. Mine had NO weights on them and rode good once they warmed up.
One word of caution...DO NOT run bias ply tires on a daily driver, and if being used on an offroad truck, store the tires flat in between uses. If you leave them sitting on a truck, they will get flat spots in them.
Also, they will ALWAYS be rough the first 10-15 minutes of driving. The tires need to warm up to get into round.
This is my $.02 from real world experience.
All that being said, mine were for offroad only use and I LOVED them!
Just wanted to comment on the bias ply balancing. I ran 34x10.5x15 Bias Ply LTB's on my last XJ. I ran them 70 MPH on the highway on the way to events. I used Airsoft BB's to balance them.
DO NOT try to weight balance bias ply tires...it is senseless. A) You will NEVER zero them, B) even if you find a way to zero them, it will change the next time you drive it. Mine had NO weights on them and rode good once they warmed up.
One word of caution...DO NOT run bias ply tires on a daily driver, and if being used on an offroad truck, store the tires flat in between uses. If you leave them sitting on a truck, they will get flat spots in them.
Also, they will ALWAYS be rough the first 10-15 minutes of driving. The tires need to warm up to get into round.
This is my $.02 from real world experience.
All that being said, mine were for offroad only use and I LOVED them!
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I thought about the beads, but was hoping for something more accurate. And from what I've been reading on the reviews of the creepy's, they behave very well on the road. The worst case I've seen for balance was 23oz on one tire, the rest seem to be around the 12-16 range. It's just hard to beat that traction in a radial setup, but I don't have the desire to make my Jeep a strictly trail rig yet either.
Oh, and in the one review they ran 400 miles of highway with them at 70+ mph and never had an issue. Just sayin
Oh, and in the one review they ran 400 miles of highway with them at 70+ mph and never had an issue. Just sayin
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Year: 1994
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Originally Posted by Green2000
Anybody ever use any Ballistic Fab products? From what I can see their covers are beefy... I am trying to get away with not running a cow catcher on my diffs... Thoughts?
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I'll send him a message, thanks dukie
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Originally Posted by mickey_00xj
Mounted to the cover? Interesting...... make for a pain in the *** to do anything inside the diff
I'll send him a message, thanks dukie
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Not too bad then. I'll have to look it up as I was thinking of going hydro assist once I get the 35's on and PSC is kinda pricey. Thanks
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Originally Posted by mickey_00xj
Not too bad then. I'll have to look it up as I was thinking of going hydro assist once I get the 35's on and PSC is kinda pricey. Thanks
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you can use any kind of ram you want. The only thing I recommend while you're looking at rams is stay 1.5" diameter or below if you plan on street driving. Anything bigger is not going to be responsive enough for navigating traffic at speed.
Check this link out for kits as well as lots more info
http://www.wheelingarizona.com/tech/...cRamAssist.htm
Check this link out for kits as well as lots more info
http://www.wheelingarizona.com/tech/...cRamAssist.htm