What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Bro, you don't need screws to hold the tires on!

 

& My tires starting to get lil long in the tooth. So just picked this in mail today.

 

I have been eyeballing those 2 also...

Yeah, I did the same on my B-red, adds a little flavor to the interior...

Believe it or not, the right rear is the most common to pick up an object in the tread, right front is next, then the left rear, reason being the right side is closest to the edge of the road where most of the crap is, and then the front (when it doesn't go into the front tire) tends to kick up the object and it has nowhere to go but in the tire, the rears, more so the R/R are/is the ones that picks up odd ball stuff like house keys, bungee S hooks, tools etc etc etc...Front typically only pick up sharp objects such as nails and screws, but I have seen AA batterys go through the good tread on the rear tire as well as plyers handle first just to name a couple, I have seen about everything go into treads over the years... lol

Tire still looks good, nothing screams unsafe, just from the picture it seems to be getting a little low on tread, maybe around 5-6/32, if so, time to start budgeting for tires depending on how much you drive... 4-5/32 is where you start loosing your wet weather traction, and at 2/32 (on the wear bars) DOT states you are unsafe...

 

I'm chasing a clunk and kind of hoping this is the solution

 

I gave her a well needed bath. And then it rained. Shite luck.

 

It's the tire compound. The last set of those I had completely dry rotted after 2 years and were worn out at 30k. I won't buy those anymore. I'm hoping my K03's last beyond that.

 

Where do you see the dry rot? So I know what to look for.

 

Look close between the treads. Dry rot starting on carcass.

 

255/80r17 Falken Wildpeak at4w replaced my 265/70r17 KO3.
I am happy with them so far.

 

I see it. thanks

 

I like to keep it simple and basic. Tinted the windows and put LEDs inside and for the license plate lights. On my second round of tires I went with Super Coopers. Ran into such a good deal they sat in my garage for almost a year until I needed to mount them. Might stay with Coopers too, heck of a tire so far.

 

That is acceptable cracking, nothing to worry about at this time, those tires will wear out before the cracking gets to bad unless it is rarely driven...

Here is what a very respected retired tire engineer has to say on the subject of tire cracking/aging, his site id full of very informative real info about all things tires...

https://barrystiretech.com/TireAging.html

His main page...
https://barrystiretech.com/

 

I absolutely believe it. My previous set of tires were Nitto G2 Terra Grapplers and I put over 110k miles on them in the past three years. They never needed rebalancing and wore evenly. Much is attributed to rotating them every 5k miles, which was practically every month. I got my money's worth, but I didn't get them down to the wear bars. Most of the offroading they saw was for work, and only a little wheeling. They were showing dry rot cracks. Texas sun/heat will do it. But I plugged each tire at LEAST once and every puncture occurred on the right hand side of the vehicle. I was happy enough with those Nittos that I bought a set of G3 Terra Grapplers hoping for similar longevity and performance.

BTW, my son has KO2s on his 2nd gen TRD OR. I had a set of those on my Jeep and loved them, too. I sold the rig with those tires on it so I don't know their life expectancy. We'll see how well he milks them. We're pretty religious when it comes to tire maintenance (basically pressure and rotation) so I bet they'll be fine in the long run.

 

Welcome to TW!!!

Wouldn't mind seeing some pics of your truck, if nothing else, nice to see another B-red 3rd gen... lol

 

Added a little more orange to the interior by getting these gas/brake pedals that were on sale and then painting them

 

Made some changes so I could park in my garage again. First world problems, ha, wait, are we still a first world?

Extreme Terrain had a 50% off deal on some Methods that I've been eyeballing. So I snagged those and then got some smaller tires. Dropped from 35's back down to some 285/70R17's. Also had to pull off my awning and shower tent but those rarely got used anyway. I'm curious to see if I miss them.

 

If you air up 5 PSI will it still "fit"?

 

Nice! I leafed through your build thread, but didn't see it- what suspension are you running? I see the airbags. Any rubbing at all at full lock, or articulation? I'm looking at this size and tire, but don't want to do a cab chop. I've got OME mt64 suspension up about 2". Thanks again, truck looks GREAT!

 

What PSI total are you looking for? I should be around 36psi there and your tires may be different? Those are BFG KO2's.