Just ordered the Toyota 15" steel wheels and hubcaps. These will be painted or powder coated Antique White (it's a Toyota color) and then the BFG KO2s - 33/10.50/15 will be mounted.
Then, I'll bolt'em on and unleash that 22R's 97 horsepower.
I realize this truck will not be fast... ever. And, I'm not building a purpose-built trail rig. It will see occasional, light to mild 'wheeling. But, I'm wondering if the 33s will really just kill the truck - like, make it tough to drive... mountain roads, merging onto Atlanta's 14-lane 80mph highways (actually, those highways are usually crawling at 20 mph, so I should be fine there)
The options are:
1. Marlin Crawler - another T-case. This will solve the issues on the trail, but not help on street. I mean, theoretically, that 2nd T-case could just stay in the lower range... but that'd be too much for the street.
2. Regear the difs
Regearing seems like the obvious first choice... I think. The difs are open. Regearing and locking would be a HUGE plus and make sense to do at the same time.
Is my thinking right here... start with the difs and come back to the T-case if and when I need even more gear for the trail?
Then, I'll bolt'em on and unleash that 22R's 97 horsepower.
I realize this truck will not be fast... ever. And, I'm not building a purpose-built trail rig. It will see occasional, light to mild 'wheeling. But, I'm wondering if the 33s will really just kill the truck - like, make it tough to drive... mountain roads, merging onto Atlanta's 14-lane 80mph highways (actually, those highways are usually crawling at 20 mph, so I should be fine there)
The options are:
1. Marlin Crawler - another T-case. This will solve the issues on the trail, but not help on street. I mean, theoretically, that 2nd T-case could just stay in the lower range... but that'd be too much for the street.
2. Regear the difs
Regearing seems like the obvious first choice... I think. The difs are open. Regearing and locking would be a HUGE plus and make sense to do at the same time.
Is my thinking right here... start with the difs and come back to the T-case if and when I need even more gear for the trail?