RelentlessTaco's build up

not "a" - it messes up the flow of the truck, so it's down to b or c. i think you should look into something like C, but maybe cut down the amount of black on the fender flares - doing it the width of the whole flare sorta breaks up the lines of truck. otherwise, the lines on B look the best.

 

Paint the bed rack and do the BHLM and you will be good to go.

 

hmmm. Decisions decisions

 

B; Either way it looks great!

 

B foo. Would it be paint or bed liner?

 

I'd probably use that Rustolem spray on beliner like you used on your bumper. I painted my front bumper and rock sliders with that stuff and I like it quite a bit. Stuff seems like just tough textured paint really. I'm going to be making another bumper just like I built yours for my own truck this week and thinking I'll coat it with that stuff too, my old one is sold and getting shipped to Georgia this week.

 

I think that stuff is gonna look bad ass on there. I cant wait to see the bumper you are gonna make, I have a feeling it will be better than mine was. That bed liner stuff is bad ass, I was thinking about painting everything I own with that stuff haha.

 

Yeah, the next bumpers I make should be even nicer. I drew out the plans and took them to a CNC waterjet cutting shop in town for them to cut everything out for me, i'll have them make all the mounting holes slotted so there is like a 1/2" of available adjustment since it seems all trucks fit a little different. It'll be nice having everything just fit together perfect and only having to really worry about making the welds and finish sanding look nice. I've also become somewhat obsessed with that bedliner stuff! lol

 

Okay, so I need some new tires. One is to the wear bars, 2 are at 10% and the last is at 15%. I dont want to bankrupt myself on new rubber, and I like the tread pattern of these new Fierce MT's, but the sidewall is a little... bro. It's got barbed wire on it. They've got great reviews everywhere i've seen. So, do I just get them and try em out since I can get them for the cheapest of any of the MT's I like(like $900 vs $1200-1600), or just try running my bald-ass tires a bit longer to save money for more expensive tires like Nitto Trail grapps, Cooper STT's, Toyo MT's, etc?
Here's the Fierce's (made by goodyear)

 

Bump for opinions on the tires. ^^^





Also added this today:

 

Its a good lookin tire, I wouldnt really care whats on the sides aslong as its a good tire.

I got (5) 285/75 STT for 950 shipped from http://www.treadepot.com/index.html

 

Thanks man. Treadepot is actually where I found the screaming price on these. They're the cheapest 35x12.50x17 on their site (or any other site for that matter)

 

Save up and get STT's. My ex has them on her truck, my buddy has them on his, and ive got the ST's on mine. There a freaking sweet tire, thats my next choice when i get my lift i hope by august.

 

Wow, 35's on a 3'' lift!

How does it ride gear wise with the 35's?

I'm thinking of going to 35's but I don't want to have to regear.

 

my stt's only last 12k and threw chunks out of the treads first time i took them on a gravel road, my next tire are definitly going to be the nitto's

oh and barb wire is bro lol but tread pattern is awesome on these but you've already heard my opinion haha. i'd say get them unless this means no tube bender in the near future then i say wait lol

 

yes, JD?

 

For gearing, it actually isn't too bad with my 6 speed. With an auto it might be a different story though, cant say for sure. But I can still run 6th gear no problem on the highway, however I do find myself down shifting a bit more than with my old tires (only 32's). My gas mileage only seems to have dropped about 1mpg overall (not bad at all for 35's IMO) and the truck can still get with it just fine when I want to. I'm looking at just bumping my gearing slightly in the future- Some used 4.10's out of a 2nd gen 4cyl 4x4 Tacoma as I believe it will bring back a little pep and maximize my gas mileage (equivalent to stock w/ the 35's is around 4.26 gearing so 4.56's will gear it lower than stock which has real close-ratio gearing already IMO so I dont want to go shorter).

 

Just spying on your truck. I completely forgot about your mats and TW sticker

 

damn skippy! Ha when am I gonna get that shit? lol