Eastern Sierra Build and Adventures

Camping in one of my favorite areas... Alabama Hills, CA

 

Lots of precip here in the Eastern Sierra. This was a few days ago right before the freeze and multiple feet of snow. I also lost my front plate at some point. No worries though, I will be putting my fire plates on a @Pelfreybilt at some point.

 

The lady crafted me up a glove box organizer for all my manuals and insurance/registration non sense.

Looking to get the first major steps going over the next few months. Probably in the order of.. Suspension, Front and Rear @Pelfreybilt, and camper shell. Tires will come at the point this ones need replacing.

 

Well wheels ended up being first and I am waiting on a couple days off work for the suspension purchase and install.

 

leaves me guessing tire size, cool combo

 

Haha 255 / 85 / 16 on Ray 10's.

Not mounted yet but I had to see what they would look like together just setting the rim on the tire...

 

i was thinking 255/85/16, didn't want to hazard the guess in print, wrong so often with that. I run 255/85/16 ST on F5, i like the tall sidewall. I've taken out all the plastic around the front fender and did a cab mount chop, pelfreybilt bumpers. white/inyo mtn region is a fave destination.

 

Yea I definitely spent a bit of time deciding on tire size. But overall I wanted the most ground clearance as possible. So taller the tire, higher the diff is off the ground. Plus a thin tire is apparently best for snow up here and prevents additional rubbing. It sounds like some people have gotten away with not much trimming with 255's but we will see I guess.

 

Spending some of its last days as a stock vehicle.

 

Finding puddles after some much needed rain in the Eastern Sierra.

 

Can I bother you by asking what lift you went? Is that the Icon stage 2? AAL in the rear? Did you do anything else like driveline spacer or front diff drop? Also which offset on the SCS wheels? Truck looks great... its nice to see a different color of wheel then black, also the taller sidewall tire setup is great.
EDIT: I see on their website the offset is -12mm with a 4.0 bs