Another two tires arrived today. Apparently the fifth tire was on back order, and I should receive it this Friday.
After putting the new tires on I took the truck for a test drive. The test drive had a couple of "firsts."
First drive on the new tires
First time on 33's for over month
and first time on 33's w/ out the front driveshaft
I puttzed around the neighborhood. Not much felt different, maybe a little quicker after a stop. And the hum.
Then came the freeway. No one was in front of me at the light, so when it changed I gunned it. And gawd damn! My truck has always been peppy, and especially after the HG rebuild. But this was ridiculous, I entered the freeway speeding! As to be expected the tires hummed. It wasn't too hard to drown it out with the stereo though.
First impression of 20 minutes worth of driving is "daddy likes"
. Being back on 33's is nice. I can push the 35's no problem but I don't even notice the 33's now. Acceleration was great, and the handling was good too. It didn't take much weight to balance the tires.
Also the paint has a slight metal flake. Kinda hard to capture on film though.
enough babbling, heres the photo evidence:
