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Originally Posted by spressomon
Nice! 4.88 + 315's are da bomb eh?! I also set about trying to find a white 100...then the Bronze...er espresso brown...fell into my lap. And I empathize with you regarding rust, broken bolts and drilling/tapping...lesson learned!
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Yep, I really like the 4.88's and 315's. The 100 with the 4spd felt slightly undergeared when stock (only had stock tires on one day), and it was a bit of dog in the mountains with the 295's (33's) on. I was running 295's when I had the 4.88 conversion done and the 100 very peppy with acceleration on tap - I dare say almost sporty. In addition, the RPM's were still in a comfortable range at 75mph highway cruising. I would hate to run the 315's with stock gearing as a DD. 315's w/ 4.88's is much better than 295's and the 4.3's. In fact, I would have liked a little more gearing over the 4.88's.
Before I put my bumpers on, I really wanted a little more room for the 315's with a small body lift. Other than some references to a BL on Podvin's 100, I could not find anyone that had done it in the states. It's nice to see that you are blazing the trail. What are you going to do about your rear Slee bumper with the BL? Slee was recommending putting a rubber seal above the bumper to mask the gap. For my front bumper, I had to drill the mounting position into the ARB crush cans, so I am stuck at that height unless I can procure some new crush cans. Are you going to move your front bumper up?