Florida B.S. Thread

haha, yeah. they had more 1.25 inch square tubing in stock, but it was either paper thin, or 12 guage, which is wayyyyy overkill (and heavy) for something like this.

i figured i'd order a little more than i think i will need, just to be safe. and also, i'm sure i'll figure out some other use for it in the near future .

 

I cant find tires for the Jeep to save my life. The stock size is 235/67/17 and I cant find anything that looks good enough in this size. I like the looks of the Hankook Dynapro AT's, General Grabber AT2, Nitto Crosstek, Cooper Zeon, and another that has seemed to slip my mind. Any ideas/input please?

 

holy crap, that's expensive. i'm paying $1.10 a foot, so with tax, 72 feet will be $83.95.

that's according to my last reciept though. he said he'd give me a small discount for buying so much. it's a small steel yard, so i gues 72 feet is considered a decent size order.

 

Yeah, it's easy enough to find a use for.

Since it's a jeep, check out Carlisle tires.

 

Well I got it through Fastenal because at the time I had no idea where to get it other than them.

 

I also got to lay eyes on some neat stuff at that wings of dream place. I got to see the umbilical cord used on one of the Apollo missions. It's amazing to think that it had been on the moon 50 years ago.

 

ah, gotcha. i'm fairly lucky, because both here and in virginia, there a good steel yards within a 10 minute drive of my house. the one here is only about 4 minutes away......it's dangerous.

 

haha, well at least the danger is limited as far as it being relatively cheap.

 

this is true.

how'd you get a 40' piece of steel home btw? they deliver it? i was nervous enough with a 30' piece on my roof rack last summer.

 

It was 2 20's. I used the lawn trailer and had the front in the trailer and the back on top of the gate.

 

ah, good idea.

i brought the trailer to pick up the second batch. makes it a lot easier. and i got to test out it's roof rack

 

Nice. Just don't stop short

Have you seen the "king taco" with the big block in it?

 

i have not...link?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YVsKhV2EmE&feature=player_embedded#at=34

There are a couple threads on it. If it were lowered and linked then it would be unbelievable.

 

Jason, you lil shit, those tires are for golf carts, ATV's and trailers.
I'm being dead serious about tires. The driver side's tread is all screwed up/has patches and the passenger front has a busted belt.

 

haha. Gotcha.

I'm not sure why you need something with a cool tread though. Get some michelins and you'll have them forever.

 

x2, and plus it isn't a real Jeep

 

lol, true true.

To correct myself, supposedly it's 17 to fly solo nowadays unless it's a glider or balloon. I'm not sure when they changed it but it was my dad that told me it was 14 and he hasn't flown solo since the 80's haha.

 

Michelen Cross Terrains are good tires. Have a look at the Nitto Crosstek they look good and they are Nittos

How bout these:
http://www.tirebuyer.com/tirebuyerw...ameter/17/tireCatalogView_selectedItem/166714

Yah it may not be a Wrangler but its still a lil beast when it comes to off road. I will have to get my live address working again so I can send the flexing pics

 

ah, my mistake jason. i have seen that, but not that video speciffically. i can't imagine how much fun it would be to drive a truck that light, with so much power.