Colinb17's kinda sorta build thread

gaurd dogs FTW!!!!!! love my 265's on my work truck and my 315's for the tacoma ship 2mro morning

 

they measure 16/32'' at the lowest point i could find. originally 19/32''.

so with 2-3/32'' wear per 10,000 miles, and the wear bars being about 2/32'', these should last somewhere between 50 and 60 thousand miles when accounting for tires wearing faster as they age and lose moisture.

so pretty much, your tire pressures are right on for good tire life.

 

Sweet, thanks for the info. The discount tires shop pumped them to 34 front/36 back so I added a bit more PSI to them when I got home. I'm surprised these are so grippy yet last a decent amount of miles. The guy I got my alignment done at was telling me he was digging the tires and how soft and grippy they felt and tried to tell me not to expect a lot of life out of them. I told him they probably average about 50k and he wouldn't believe me haha.

35's :O? Did you wait 6-8 weeks?

 

they are indeed very soft and grippy tires, which is why so many people are coming to love them (other than they are dirt cheap of course).

part of the reason they last so long though is that short of a super swamper or other interco tire, they have a deeper thread depth than just about anything out there.

 

i waited 3.5weeks for 315-70-17's plus a week for shipping the 16in ones are 6-8wks

 

Oh, didn't know that. I can't wait to really test them next month at a trail run a local guy set up. Going to be airing them down and seeing how sticky they are What PSI did you air down to usually for dirt/rocks, no sand or mud? And does it differ between 17/16 sizes? I've never had a 33" tire before so I'm going to guess 15psi is what I'd want.

Oh, not so bad.

 

i have automatic tire deflators set to 15psi. they vary +-1psi, so if you're setting them by hand, 14-16psi has worked well for me. i've run as low as 6psi in deep snow. with 16s, you may want to keep it closer to 8psi for real low pressures, since the slightly larger sidewall will roll the bead easier.

 

15psi is a safe bet my friend

 

Sweet, thanks guys.

 

That's a sweet idea and placement. The only draw back is you would have to make sure you park your truck in the direction theat gets most sun light. But that's not that hard, I would much rather have it there were no one can steal it or get damaged wheeling

 

Random thought. I have a sunroof that I don't use. Do you think there'd be a way to incorporate the solar panels to be mounted under the window so access to sunlight is more easily achieved?

 

under a sunroof would be a great location. all you have to do is figure out how you want to mount them.

 

finally got a blue sea aux fuse box today to replace my homemade rig. got the 12 fuse version with the grounding buss. see if i have tome to make a mount tomorrow and get everything re-wired.

 

That should get all those wires cleaned up pretty nice haha

 

hopefully

i'm about to add a lot more too come wednesday, so it's just in time.

 

can you say trail cameras

i'll be able to spot myself now.

3 waterproof cameras
"-135 degree viewing angle macro lens with 'mirror' image
-9 IR LED'S night vision and excellent low lux performance
-Built-in distance scale lines with trapezoid electronic ruler function"


a 3 way AV selector to switch between the three cameras


and a 7'' monitor to mount to the dash

 

Where did you find that?

 

i just ordered from Amazon, but the cameras are technically back up cameras. the 3 way selector is for plugging multiple video games/dvds/etc into a tv, and the camera is just a generic 12v automotive display for an in-car dvd setup. you could probably find most of the stuff at best buy or radio shack.

 

That camera set up would be awesome! I will be following this for sure.