Chandler's Battleship of Doom

Glad were on the same page

 

I just sold my 33"s tonight so looks like 35"s will officially happen in the next couple weeks. Woohoo! Not looking forward to making more room for them. #Longtravelproblems

 

Ugh can't wait until LT.. Just a few more months. You going with MTR's?

 

I doubt it, I see too much snow and ice for the MTRs. Infamously scary on hardpack and Ice. Looking at Stt Pros since i really like them in the 305s i have now and the new MTZs. The Canadians swear by the MTZs... I would love to run the MTRs but have seen their shortcomings firsthand.

 

Fuck yea! Least your have more caster than us non LT folk, but you'll be rubbing in many more places at full bump

 

At least I wont be rubbing on my fenders!

 

Finally found a used pair of bushwackers, gonna pick them up on monday. Just need a find some quality paint so I can color match them

 

you just broke my heart...I hate those damn things.

 

Oh trust me I'm not a fan of the exposed bolts or the lifestyle around bushwackers but my rear flares are not coming back to life and a bolted on flare will allow me to stop worrying about my flare giving out on the highway only to be claimed by a 18 wheeler. I originally planned running bolts on the back side of my factory flares and using fiberglass to hold everything together, but I really wasn't excited about that undertaking

 

Man i feel you, I wont ever give in though. There's a certain high profile tacoma that i think ruined his truck with a set of bushwackers. He doesn't use it or it's components anyway so it doesn't matter. haha There's always the idea to just go with the most mild fiberglass bedsides available....

 

Hahaha, Im hoping once color matched they will blend in well. If McNeil made a matching set of rears, as in I can still have my topper but with wider flares I would be game I don't see that happening anytime soon

 

Dammit, now I have to make decisions and stuff.

Thanks for the pictures, was a fun day even though it got sketchy for a couple minutes.

Unsubscibed.

I'm told that McNeil is going to make matching profile flat top bedsides as well, so I've been watching his site for updates.

 

knew I wanted 4.56 gears

 

HA! Been rolling without rear flares for over a year now. You get used to the flareless look after a while

 

Its just so obvious that something is missing, and you can see the rust from where I cracked the paint. Looks ugly

 

I'm wanting to cut both and get them installed but I'll see how it goes next weekend.

 

Yup take the time to trim your fenders instead of ruining them like I did because I was lazy

 

Thanks for the little chart. It'll make my re-gearing decision much easier. Are you auto or manual? Btw awesome build! Don't know why I haven't been sub'd earlier.

 

where did you pull these actual numbers from or did you get your tire numbers mixed up typing?

im using grimmjeeper and the numbers are coming up differently. A750e transmission for the 2nd gens. using true tire sizes as well

At 70mph and 5th gear
3.73: 31s @ 2034rpm, 33s @ 1914rpm, 35s @ 1805rpm
4.56: 31s @ 2491rpm, 33s @ 2340rpm, 35s @ 2206rpm
4.88: 31s @ 2666rpm, 33s @ 2504rpm, 35s @ 2361rpm

At 70mph and 4th gear
3.73: 31s @ 2830rpm, 33s @ 2658rpm, 35s @ 2507rpm
4.56: 31s @ 3460rpm, 33s @ 3250rpm, 35s @ 3064rpm
4.88: 31s @ 3703rpm, 33s @ 3478rpm, 35s @ 3279rpm

 

I used the same site, even double checked transmission ratios. What we used different is transmission code...