[3TV]

Here is a before and after picture of the truck my wife has been driving for the last two years. The warranty is essentially up, so we put a Rancho 4" lift and a set of 33" tires on the truck. It works great, and makes you feel like you just got a brand new truck.

Here is what we started with.

The install wasn't too bad, well except for one CV boot that needed replaced.

And here is what we ended up with.

3TV

 

[GRIZZLYWIZARD]

Lookin' good 3TV!

 

[MonsterGrizzly]

thats pree cool, but imma ford man, and are those all your tires on that shelf??? lol

 

[BATTLEGUN]

Once again, impressive 3TV. I wish my wife had your wife's sense of adventure. Boy, I hope my wife don't read that post!

Oh, Monster, yeah, that 3TV''s collection of tires. He's pretty much got any riding condition covered. lol

 

[GRIZZLYWIZARD]

Once again, impressive 3TV. I wish my wife had your wife's sense of adventure. Boy, I hope my wife don't read that post!

Oh, Monster, yeah, that 3TV''s collection of tires. He's pretty much got any riding condition covered. lol

Yeah, and his own tire changing machine as well.

 

[Mack450]

Hey 3TV, What tires did you put on that? They look kinda like Wrangler MTR with Kevlar.

 

[3TV]

They are Wrangler MTR with kevlar. A few weeks back I was out four wheeling with a friend of mine, who is the editor of 4-Wheel Drive & Sport Utility Magazine. We were in the Jeep and were having a hard time getting up a near vertical rock ledge because I couldn't keep the Jeep's front end on the ground. My friend told me I needed a lighter spare tire, because all that weight on the rear of the Jeep was contributing to the wheelie problem. I have 37x13.50R-17 Toyo Open Country MT tires on the Jeep, and if I switched from one of those tires as my spare tire, to a 35x12.50R-17 Goodyear MTR with Kevlar, it would weigh 70 lbs less. I decided to take his advise, and switched spare tires. The difference in weight on the back of the Jeep was remarkable, and I could tell a difference even in just around town driving, by not having so much weight so high up and so far away from the center of mass of the Jeep. That was my first experience with the new light weight Goodyears, and I decided to try them on my wife's truck. It only has a 5 cylinder engine, so doesn't have an over abundance of power, but I'm happy with the tires so far. They don't seem to kill the power like I was afraid bigger tires would. And they seem to grip well offroad as well.

Oh, and I don't have the tire changer any more. I bought it for $600, so when someone offered to buy it from me for $1600, I sold it.

3TV

 

[Mack450]

Very cool. I am considering putting on 33x12.5x15s on my Xterra in the MTR with Kevlar. Or maybe Wrangler Duratracs...IDK yet. Big difference in price LOL.

How are they on road? Nosey? Wobble?

 

[Gunny]

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Oh, and I don't have the tire changer any more. I bought it for $600, so when someone offered to buy it from me for $1600, I sold it.

3TV

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[Cadman]

Now all you need is a Warn Winch with ARB Bull Bar.

 

[3TV]

The MTRs with Kevlar do make a little noise on the highway compared to the OEM Dunflops that were on the truck before, but no worse than any other mud terrain tire, such as Toyo's, BFG's, etc. They do track nice and straight though, which is better than most offroad tires.

If ARB made a bull bar for this truck I would be all over it. Pretty much no one makes anything for it, except for few small companies like Kennetech (sp?) manufacturing.

 

[Cadman]

Your right, they don't. I had that bumper on my Toyota Tacoma, it was a beast.

 

[Koko]

Looks great 3tv! Nice work!

 

[1Bad1000Xxc]

That looks quite nice. I have a friend with a Tacomma with those same wheels. How does the wife like it?

 

[3TV]

She seems to be happy with it, because this means we will be keeping the truck for another few years, and she has always enjoyed driving it. Her second favorite vehicle was a Dakota quad cab pickup, so for whatever reason she likes these little four door pickups.

The truck actually drives better than stock now. It has the same torsion bars and same rear springs, so the spring rates are the same, but the Rancho shocks are way better than the worn out pathetic stock shocks were.

 

[MonsterGrizzly]

She seems to be happy with it, because this means we will be keeping the truck for another few years, and she has always enjoyed driving it. Her second favorite vehicle was a Dakota quad cab pickup, so for whatever reason she likes these little four door pickups.

The truck actually drives better than stock now. It has the same torsion bars and same rear springs, so the spring rates are the same, but the Rancho shocks are way better than the worn out pathetic stock shocks were.

ohh thats cool... what kind of truck do you drive? or you drive a car??

 

[3TV]

I drive a six year old Jeep for most of each summer, with no top or doors on it. It now has 37" tires and detroit lockers, but is still my daily driver for the most part. In the winter, and for towing the ATV trailer on weekends I drive a half ton Dodge pickup truck.

 

[MonsterGrizzly]

I drive a six year old Jeep for most of each summer, with no top or doors on it. It now has 37" tires and detroit lockers, but is still my daily driver for the most part. In the winter, and for towing the ATV trailer on weekends I drive a half ton Dodge pickup truck.

ohh sweett sweett, you break any drive shafts on it, or are you not hard driver with it?... i heard that jeeps have brutal drive shafts

 

[3TV]

The Jeep has a Ford 9" front axle, a Dana 60 rear axle, an Atlas II transfer case, and custom driveshafts with one ton (1350 series) u-joints. Its pretty stout, but the one part I have managed to break is a rear driveshaft CV joint. I broke it while getting on the throttle pretty hard trying to climb a big ledge in Moab, UT.

 

[MonsterGrizzly]

The Jeep has a Ford 9" front axle, a Dana 60 rear axle, an Atlas II transfer case, and custom driveshafts with one ton (1350 series) u-joints. Its pretty stout, but the one part I have managed to break is a rear driveshaft CV joint. I broke it while getting on the throttle pretty hard trying to climb a big ledge in Moab, UT.

oh wow man... you really know how have fun :rockon: