NW WA Meet / BS Thread

I was going to go with Cooper ST MAXX when I get mine. I love the look of them, and I want tall and skinny.

 

I've had my Duratracs for a long time and love them. Ill probably get another set of them when they wear out.

The ST MAXX is the other contender - they are a little heavier though.

 

I've gotta wait to do anything until after this house is finalized

Just a $30k problem with it though. Don't know what I want to do.

 

I'm about to get ST Maxxs for my 3rd Gen T4R. Want to try something other than BFGs for once.

 

About to order a set of 255/80/17's for my 4Runner. Hoping for good results with them.

 

Ill have to look at the Coopers and the Duratracs more it sounds like!

That doesn't sound good!

 

Siding is bad. Waiting on my realtor to do a counter offer/gauge where the sellers are at and how much they are willing to part with the place at.

 

That doesn't sound good. Hopefully the sellers knock a good enough chunk off to make it worth while

I get ot replace the roof on my place...only owned it since august 2011. Was built in 2001. Owner went cheap on the roof and dint put flashing in the valley's. Ended up leaking under and through the roof and through the drywall in the garage. Thankfully not a bad spot for the leak.

Was funny cause when I bought the house both my dad noticed patch in the garage in the same area. We figure it had leaked before and the previous owner just did a cheap-o fix of some sort and patched it up.

Just annoying cause the guy builds homes for a living. He built like 10 homes and rented them out and was selling 1 a year for retirement when I bought mine. Ive found all sorts of things he cheaped out on. Plus things he said he would fix and either did it super cheap or not at all

 

That's why I paid for a good inspector. She noticed the siding before she even started a thorough inspection! And it had a fresh coat of paint to hide things.

Roof is brand new. Inside is mostly new. Water heater is new. Furnace is from 93. Deck needs some work, but I don't mind doing decking. Did it on my old house too.

 

I just worry now whenever someone says something like "they freshly painted it". Makes me wonder what else they hide.

 

Exactly. I know they didn't clean up the inside before they painted. There are still cobwebs in the corner that were painted over. But, it was a flip. The house is still nice. And the little items aren't that bad for me to do. I think we have a plumber or two here on the forums that can fix 2 things for me.

But siding that was hidden... that's a no go for me. We have until tomorrow at 9pm to have everything in.

 

Well hopefully it works out for ya!

Im thinking ill go with the Cooper ST Maxx's. More I read the nicer they seem. Good reviews in all conditions really. Slightly heavier than the nitto's and duratracs but not really (seems like ~5lbs more per tire). Now to figure out rims...that will take a bit longer I feel

 

I had Cooper STTs on my last Dodge diesel and I loved them. I wanted them for my Tacoma but I was scurred of the weight penalty on them. I went with Duratrac's and I have been really happy with them. The snow capabilities are no joke

 

What type and size are you looking for? I LOVE the SCS stealth 6's. My second option is also through them in the 8's.

After that, I go to steelies from Wheeler's offroad.

 

Well the weights I found for the Duratracs and ST Maxx in 285/75/R16 is so close I doubt it would make that much of a difference. Duratrac is ~55lbs and the ST is ~60

Im not totally positive on all the specs other than 16" rim and probably 8" wide. Backspacing and such im not sure yet.

As for which one...not sure either. Leaning towards something black is about all I know for sure. Ive liked methods, pro comps, and the TRD beadlocks so who knows what ill end up with

 

I hope they inspected the heat exchangers well if it's a gas furnace, their life expectancy is 16-20 years. Electric furnaces can run for decades.

I'm going with the cooper tires over the duratracs only because the size, I want the skinniest tire in a 33" I can find.

 

Well ordered the Cooper's. Everything ive read is positive about them. But managed to screw up the purchase by forgetting to enter the promo code lol. But canceled right after i ordered to hopefully ill be able to just reorder later tonight!



At least the furnaces arent terribly expensive. 2k gets a decent one. Either way one thing i learned from buying my place is to set a good 5k to the side for things that come up.

 

They are replacing the siding with a contractor of our choice, vinyl siding, and color of our choice. Same sales price! Now, I'll be having a fence building day sometime this spring...

 

Nice! Sounds like a win for you!

 

I saw you last night in Renton Highlands, Greenhatter. Your truck makes my pants tight.