The Lair

Be very careful with the HF heat guns. They are known to catch on fire

 

He did not! He’s going to college learning how to work on cars

 

You must be bored lol

 

I was reliving the glory days of The Lair.

 

STT's are out of the running. They are only available in Load Range E in 265/70/17...which is overkill for our trucks.

I will have to check Nitto's out.

I want an aggressive look, but with good road manners, durability, and all season performance (including snow). I just wore out my second set of KO AT's. They are a great all around tire, but the Duratracs are so nice looking!

Both options are a available in Load Range C, but Duratracs are about 40 more per tire...

 

the Pros have very good road manners but you have to keep them rotated / balanced every 5k

 

Go with the Duratracs or the STT Maxx. Those are the 2 I would be comparing. They are snow rated and both have the ability to stud them if you desire. Also MT tires like the Pro aren't the greatest in the snow. They do ok better than most car tires. Also MT tires will get noisy over the wear and need more attention to maintenance to keep them wearing nicely.

 

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Just been busy with this whole move. Haven't done anything to the truck aside from the softopper. Going to give my leafs some love soon and remove two leafs because they're stiff AF and lifting my rear like 5"-6". I just measured my hub to fender and I'm at 28" lol

 

Let me get 2 of those inches.

 

I will be removing two leafs per pack so I could theoretically give you a pair...but one pair is claimed and I'm keeping the other as a back up in case I need to put them back in.

 

Honestly since were going to throw hangers on mine, it wouldnt be a good idea to put any more leafs back there or I'd be stinkbugging like @ovrlndkull

 

I mean they really only lift the rear maybe 1/4", it's pretty negligible. You have an open bed with just a HC + swingout, right? It probably wouldn't be a terrible idea to add an AAL in there, assuming you have medium duty dakars.

 

I have a cap on there, and I added the AALs in there about 4 months ago.

 

I'm at normal rake now!!!!

 

Oh you already added the Dakar aal? Yeah you’re good then.

 

Broke in the garage today and remove two leafs per pack. While it was apart I cleaned every leaf, removed and regreased all leaf bushings, and used WD40 dry lube in between the leafs.

There was A LOT of dirt and grit and sand in the leafs, because of the fluid film. I’d only used it twice in there to quiet them down and it trapped a lot of stuff. Because of that I’ll never recommend that again, and to use a dry lube.

Before I had a hub to fender measurement of 28”....which is almost a 6” lift. I’m now at 25.5” so back to a 3” lift. Rear end rides a lot smoother and no more driveline vibes, unsurprisingly.

 

Aka Just the tip.