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Will plasti-dip hold up to heavy abrasion from sage plant type pin striping? If it matters I had Line-X applied to mine. They were able to build up the recess from the OEM plastic side molding...less obvious.
 
spressomon said:
Will plasti-dip hold up to heavy abrasion from sage plant type pin striping? If it matters I had Line-X applied to mine. They were able to build up the recess from the OEM plastic side molding...less obvious.
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I PlastiDip'd my wheels, wheeled and not a scratch on them. Before going out, I thought for sure this stuff is gonna come off and look like crap after I get done and everyone will laugh at me on the way to the car wash; but nope. Success was the end result.

I just don't like the bumpy look of the liners. If it came out smooth, I'd be all in.
 
PurpleHeartLC said:
I PlastiDip'd my wheels, wheeled and not a scratch on them. Before going out, I thought for sure this stuff is gonna come off and look like crap after I get done and everyone will laugh at me on the way to the car wash; but nope. Success was the end result.

I just don't like the bumpy look of the liners. If it came out smooth, I'd be all in.
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You went to the beach and didn't get a scratch?That is impressive. Plastidip the whole truck=bombproof
 
bluecruiser said:
You went to the beach and didn't get a scratch?That is impressive. Plastidip the whole truck=bombproof
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Nope. To a actual trail. With actual rocks. With actual trees.

;-)
 
bluecruiser said:
You went to the beach and didn't get a scratch?That is impressive. Plastidip the whole truck=bombproof
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I didn't realize how awesome you are bro.....can't wait to wheel with you. I will wholeheartedly take in all you can teach me and listen to all your stories that you share with us at the campfire as we all stare at you like little children at your awesomeness.

When are you going to publish your book?
 
jonharis said:
Haha Nice!

I'm pretty sure I could fit 37s on my truck right now. Doesn't mean I could use them.

35s are not to be taken lightly. Like others have said you open up a new can of worms. Spacers are needed, rehearing is highly recommended. You may have to add longer bumpstops, steering bumpstops, hammer fenders in, replace steering racks and cvs at an exponentially higher rate, buy different shocks, install a body lift, adjust steering for funky geometry, add higher maintenenace UCAs, yadda, yadda, yadda.

Of course if your goal is to build the biggest baddest mall cruiser, you can probably slap a set on with the AHC on high and all it a day.
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Spacers, different shocks, body lifts, and UCA's are not needed whatsoever in order to run 315's. And making those extra additions doesn't necessarily mean you've further improved your setup.
 
PurpleHeartLC said:
I didn't realize how awesome you are bro.....can't wait to wheel with you. I will wholeheartedly take in all you can teach me and listen to all your stories that you share with us at the campfire as we all stare at you like little children at your awesomeness.

When are you going to publish your book?
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Well played sir. :lol:
 
paflytyer said:
Here's some tech if you really want to run 35's AND take your truck offroad. You can actually see the difference on the trail. Jonharis, bluecruiser and I all ran some trails in Moab together. Jonathan was running his 33's that week. There were things that bluecruiser and I cleared on 35s that Jonathan touched with his 33s. Also, you need a body lift. Otherwise your tire will eat the fender wells. Your truck flexes MUCH more than you think when it's truly taxed and off camber. Once you do the body lift, you NEED to lower the radiator 1 inch, I promise. Or, you can just cut the shroud. Again, when your truck is stressed, the fan will hit the shroud. It sounds like a machine gun.

And, you'll need to add a steering spacer to get your steering back normal. The steering shaft passes through the fire wall slightly off center, and it will touch the plate just below the rag joint and rattle. You need to separate the shaft at the joint and use a dremel tool with a side cut bit to reshape that hole. Additionally, the shaft will be stressed at the rag joint and your steering will feel very tight, the spacer should relieve that stress. Also, without the body lift, any big hits at speed will stuff and crumple your fenders. And you need spacers. And 35s weigh more, it takes more force to get them turning and get them stopped. You're more apt to blow your front diff or break an axle.

On the opposite spectrum, this weekend on Black Bear, I had to make 3 or 4 point turns on the switchbacks with 35's where as AimCOtaco could do it in 2 on his 33's. I don't have the turn radius that he does anymore. Sometimes the 35 is beneficial, sometimes it's not.
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Great post! Two things here:

1. Why not to do a body lift. And if you do be ready to heed this great advice!
2. Black Bear? Did you unlock your center diff during the decent? The only place where we backed up (once) was on that real bad right turn. Otherwise I just turned down early on each turn and used my extra travel. I trusted me Dad on this and he was right. It worked.
 
BMX and CRUISERS said:
Great post! Two things here:

1. Why not to do a body lift. And if you do be ready to heed this great advice!
2. Black Bear? Did you unlock your center diff during the decent? The only place where we backed up (once) was on that real bad right turn. Otherwise I just turned down early on each turn and used my extra travel. I trusted me Dad on this and he was right. It worked.
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Schottzzzz fired!!!!!
 
PurpleHeartLC said:
I didn't realize how awesome you are bro.....can't wait to wheel with you. I will wholeheartedly take in all you can teach me and listen to all your stories that you share with us at the campfire as we all stare at you like little children at your awesomeness.

When are you going to publish your book?
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Soon. You can park a tire on if you would like and take flexy pics.
 
I learned a lot from Pop Shotts. Everything he told me about the 100 has turned out to be true except for one thing. The power SUCKS and is intolerable with 35's and no gears. But, when you wheel it for free who can complain! LOL! I'm going to put a new head unit in for him for free. The stock unit sucks.
 
Thanks for your words of wisdom John. I know for a fact that I couldn't run the 35s that I'm running without serious issues if I didn't have all of the mods done that I listed save for the UCAs. Everything else was absolutely necessary to make the setup work. There are many different tires out there that qualify as "35s" and just as many actual dimensions with regards to height and width. I chose a rather wide tire and the mods needed reflect that.

Look up The Fuzz's thread to see what 35s and no spacers can do.
 
:rolleyes: meanwhile... Back at the beach

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