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Old Jul 13, 2014 | 02:44 AM
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Looks like someone shrunk the truck's body, with those big wide-apart tires! ;-) Needs some tubbed-out flares on the fenders for some aesthetic balance. JMHO.



 
Old Jul 13, 2014 | 04:30 AM
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They will just get torn off wheeling. Lol. Ask me how I know. Lol. They are nice to have, but if you have trees, buh bye.
 
Old Jul 13, 2014 | 09:25 AM
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I really need to get a good side profile shot of the truck cause all of the ones I have make the wheels look really far out when they really aren't to bad at all. I'm about 2" farther out on each side from what I was when I had 31s.
 
Old Jul 13, 2014 | 10:01 AM
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Sweet looking rig you got there..... Very nice job.
 
Old Jul 13, 2014 | 10:27 AM
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Thanks! I've got so much more planned/to do but I'm happy with how it's turned out so far.
 
Old Jul 13, 2014 | 12:36 PM
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Toss some ZR2 flares on it and you should be pretty good then.
 
Old Jul 13, 2014 | 02:30 PM
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Steering setup / angles look great. Trucks looking good man keep it up.
 
Old Jul 14, 2014 | 11:57 AM
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Thanks K!


Well I got the brakes bled out and it stops great! Took it on its first real maiden voyage of about 5 miles and everything seems alright so far. Its a bit nerve racking without shocks and all the body roll lol!! It drives nice and straight and stops straight so that's a plus. The only wierd thing is that I have some binding in either the steering shaft or the box but it only happens really quick when turning without moving so it may just be from trying to turn the large tires and all. It doesn't seem to be a huge issue but I'll spend some time investigating anyway.
 
Old Jul 14, 2014 | 02:19 PM
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I`m sure , as will all of these homegrown setups there will be bugs
 
Old Jul 14, 2014 | 02:35 PM
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With those large tires you may need some sort of steering assist, like a hydraulic ram. I don't know how much the stock steering box can handle. Either way it sounds like your initial bugs are minimal.
 



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