OME Dakar medium or heavy for RTT, Bed Bars and Gear?

Looks good Max,
I bet that rides great!

 

Looks like we have the same dilemma but I’m not sagging YET. kind of a bummer after talking to ARB on the phone and them telling me a 200lb constant load would drop them maybe a quarter inch.

 

Thanks dude! Just have to sell off all the pro take offs now. The stock parts are beginning to pile up lol

 

Deff do the HD's. I went MD to start and ended up adding the HD AAL. Much better ride now.

 

I ended up doing the exact same thing haha

 

I ordered heavys but pulled the middle leaf out to make them mediums, since I didnt yet have my rtt. Now that I have my Rtt, I am planning on adding that leaf back and doing the ubolt flip and adding timbren bump stops.

Havent had any squeaking issues, but its only been 6 months. I use woolwax (similar to fluid film) to combat corrosion here up north, and made sure to spray the leaf packs well. Cant say for sure thats the magic cure, but its been silent thus far.

 

Ill be doing the same thing shortly. MDs right now. Maybe I’ll get a bumper to bring the front end down.

 

Sounds like you’ve got it pretty well figured out. If you remember, I’d love to see a photo once the leaf is back in of the truck and the flip kit/bumps

 

Your rig looks so clean dude. Gonna look even better with just a little rake. How much weight are you hauling? I’ve got a CBI bumper, sliders and winch on the way, hoping that brings my front down a half inch or so but my springs are already 600s instead of the standard 550 do we’ll see

 

I gotchu

 

So far just what you see. Flying overseas for work. When I get back I’ll be installing the same. Debating the ARB bumper or BAMF. Maybe I’ll start a thread do help me decide. Haha. This is the funnest money pit ever!

 

Here you go.
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Hoping to make the jump to 33s very shortly; still sitting on 31s.

 

Looks great dude, you’re going to be sitting so nice on 33s. You going with 285/75/16 or 295/75/16? Digging those bump stops too

 

I vote BAMF! ARB for pure functionality but the BAMF just looks so good. Think you’ll need to swap springs up front to deal with all the new weight?

 

I think I might go 255/85-16

 

So that would be narrower but actually a true 33 inch right? Have you seen how 295/75 16s look? Some how they’re not a whole lot bigger but look so meaty

I stole this photo from the 295 show of thread and it sold me but I’m easily peer pressured lol

 

Damn these do look meaty.

255/85s are narrower, sometimes called skinnys.

Long story short, I put a gouge in my sidewall on my 31s and I have a long distance trip coming up. For a portion of the trip, I will be pulling a trailer. Im ok with the gouge around town, but Im a bit puckered up about a long distance trip on the freeway due to blowout potential. I found someone local selling a set of wheels and like new km3s 255/85 mounted on them; decently priced. Im working that deal out so i can swap those on for the trip, and put my old ones back on for local driving. They still have 45% tread and the wildpeaks have treated me well up until now. And when those are spent, I will have the Km3s waiting to go on.

 

Yeah if I had a chance to get some good tires for cheap I’d do it. Those’ll look good and probably perform more or less the same. Plus not blowing up on you is nice too lol

 

Just looked at my HD Dakar's after 5k not impressed. Only packing a snug top rebel.

 

Holy shit, that’s surprisingly not good. Guess I’ll keep an eye on mine. Did you notice any difference in ride or height overtime?