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So jealous of the steelies man!! Wish I could pull them off with the LX but wouldn't look right.
Are those 37's? I take it you regear'd your 80. How does the engine take the extra weight of the tires?
i have been harassing that button built guy on instagram because to me it looks like his mog never hits the dirt. truth is i just miss mine...
Lol.... actually he's dying to hit the trails. But where we are it's a long drive in a MOG at 45 or even my 80 to anywhere worth stretching the legs out on those things. At least he drives the cars he collects.. he's a cool guy and its funny to see these out driving in Boston traffic.
I'm running the Slee 6" springs, along with 1.5" MAF spacers, no swaybars at either end, and no complaints other than the 37's rub a bit at full stuff, even with Slee's extensions.Would also like to know what springs your running and how it handles ??
Thanks, i love the steel wheels this color.
Food for thought... I worked for a couple tire shops years ago, and "chasing weight" or the process of placing weights in different places on the rim was always a no-no. When this became an issue we did either a static balance, or went to internal balancing with media type, tire bb's or other types of internal additives to get a zero balance. My 37's ha e no external weights and only use internal "bb's" to obtain a balance, and I'll say they're smooth as glass from a stop, up to 80mph. Something to consider.All mounted up. I like em... there a mud terrain so there is a little hum going down the road but nothing bad. I give more thoughts on performance after some drive time. The only negative so far is how much weight these needed for balancing. View attachment 1397067
View attachment 1074604 Hello all. New to this section but not mud. I also own Ingrid a sweet 60 series with only 135k miles that was owned by a few great members on this site. Anyhow I've acquired a 95 80 series that I traded a motorcycle for. The truck was from Arizona. I got it with the lift in it. It's OME and sits on 35's mounted to 17" fj steelies. Had a tjm bumper that was rusted through and in rough shape. It's also 3x locked and 7 pin mod is done. I just recently started going through the truck and have completely done all the brakes over. I used Disc Brake Australia 4x4 extreme rotors and hawk pads. Very happy with the upgrade to these and would recommend them. Looks up the specs there pretty nice. I also replaced the birfs with RCV axles $$$. Happy with those too.
The basis of this build is set the truck up for overlanding. To be good and useful at most things and reliable. I've had a lot of yotas. Trucks and runners. All built. Now that I have a family the 80 series seems to fit all my needs. And is more kid/wife friendly than Ingrid. Plus I don't drive the 60 in the newengland winters. Keeping her salt free.
About me. I'm a full time fabricator at a company And went to school for engineering also. I do most of my designs on solidworks. I build machines and equipment that pic stuff up with vacuum. Anything from micro chips to 30k lb objects. I also have a small shop/business at home. And build/repair cars,bikes and trucks. I also do custom projects/furniture for people in the winter months. I'll post some pics of some work and recent projects. One of which was one of my favorites. A pair of twin Gatling guns for a customers front entry. These were crazy. I laugh every time I drive by his house.
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I did this with mine a few years ago. I've been thinking of upping the size of the cylinder just to get faster locker actuation. Not sure why more people don't do this mod. Very inexpensive.Air cylinder showed up today along with 2 more water rotopax for the carrier side on the rear bumper. I got the compressor in/plumbed and system all working. I still need to make the integral guard to protect the cylinder. View attachment 1332178 View attachment 1332179