Amy on 315's! - pics, pics and more pics

[Gunney]

That's right gents, the day finally came where Amy got her hew shoes. YAY!!!!

The obligatory “before” shots, when she first arrived she was on 275/70/R16’s

Then the Old Man Emu front and back went in, 2.75” obtained in the front and 3” in the back with 10mm coil spacers and long travel shocks all round.

I picked up some 315/70/R17 BFG AT’s, we don’t have mud or rock here, only sand and gravel so they where the best choice…. only the best for my .

So I headed down t the car area to see what I could get to take the new tyres (original rims where 16 and I couldn’t get any 315’s in 16, I also happen to be a big fan of the tyre to rim ratio of the 315’s on 17’s I think they look PERFECT!


I managed to find some Toyota 5 spoke steelies with no visible seams, I don’t know what they are from, possibly a tomaca or sequida or tundra? All the cruiser ones I have seen have seams…. Again I saw these and thought they were perfect. A little agricultural but still blatantly Toyota and from 10m away they look like the stock alloys.

This was one of about 20/25 shops I could choose rims from… most of which are cruiser/lexus rims

We tested one on the front and one on the back and the backspacing was perfect, id equate it to running 1.5” spacers. It really entertains me that the tyre is half the height of the little Indian guy

Stock cruiser on the left with lexus wheels, 33” dune tyres and a bit of stink bug going on as a comparison.

 

[Gunney]

At the wheel alignment shop for an alignment and balance… by now you should be getting the picture that cruisers are EVERYWHERE here!!!

See there is another one!

Plus 4 more and another 200 G on the jacks behind me

Slight rub on the plastic

But none when it’s cut away… I suppose that’s the difference between MT’s and AT’s…. I’m still going to do a little grinding and then give the wheel arches some fresh undercoat.

A bit of tweaking here and there

I need to make a plan for the spare…

On the lift…. Im loving the stance! Just a hint of stinkbug

I will get some popper "after" shots tomorrow in the drive so I can do some mirror image comparisons...it was dark when I got home

then its WHEELING TIME

 

[Gunney]

P.S. go get an aliment and balance!!!!!!!! I couldn't believe the difference it made in the cars steering, handling, ride.... you name it, I would have happily paid twice the price for the outcome.

 

[e9999]

aren't these all the same pics as in the other thread?
If not, or if there is a good reason, please contact me by PM and I'll reopen the thread if need be.