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well thats no fun
 
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well thats no fun

lol sorry. but i really have always liked them
 
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yea me too, i just didnt have the money to spend almost twice the money on them.. 184 vs like 320.


hurry up and get em on.. i want to see this
37x14.50 Toyos woulda been nice too
 
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i cant order them right now.

spent 700 on trans parts this week
spent another 700 on a welder this week too.

i need new ball joints and hub bearings too. plus i want 4.88s installed before them.

after christmas i hope or until the MTRs are trash which ever comes first.
 
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hey, quick q, did u keep your ranger axle and get a 31 spline carrier/shafts, or did you get an explorer axle?
 
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explorer axle.

you cant fit the 31 spline shafts in the ranger 8.8 axle (not including the level 2)

mine is a 91 explorer axle with 04 ranger brakes from a level 2. i didnt care if i had discs.
 
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o0, well 1/3 the reason i want 31 spline is disks, 1/3 is the Ox locker, and 1/3 is chromoly shafts, maybe... if i manage to snap a stock one

anywho gracias, i remember seeing a pic of a 31 spline carrier, and wasn't sure
 
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i vote 245/75/16 goodyear wrangler rts tires.
 
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i may sound stupid but i must ask, what does "cupped" mean?
 
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some kind of wear pattern? ya got me..
 
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I'm not good at explaining it but here are two articles for you. My dad had some Pathfinders on his truck and they were balanced properly and his shocks were fien but some how they became cupped.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-tread-wear.htm

http://autorepair.about.com/library/a/1a/bl774a.htm
 
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^^k, thanks, that helped out, The More You Know!, that picture of that guy with the drill in the first article looks funny
 
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really?
I vote Mud grapplers. High quality. From what i've been told Nitto is Toyo's sister company and Toyo had some input on the grapplers. If they are as high quality as my toyo's you'd love em.
 

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Update.


I decided and just bought 6 mud grapplers.

37x13.5x17
 
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Hell ya, what are you gonna do with the extra 2? Just have 2 spares?
 
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I decided and just bought 6 mud grapplers.

37x13.5x17

Where did you order them, i'm eyeballing the same tire and looking for the best deal on them
 
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He got them from Camburg off of a SEMA truck
 
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yep like Trent said... so they have been mounted.
 
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They're still brand new tho right?
 
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yes, less that 50 miles i think he said
 
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Sweet, thats a great deal
 
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Originally Posted by zabeard
the width is something i cant make up my mind on. i like the width but it really isnt going to help anything at all. lol

you think the 12.5 wide will look funny on my full width axle ranger? i really dont want to narrow the D44.
i had wide tires,and as for skinney verses wide for an every day driver,i vote 12.5
 
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nitto is pretty true in tire sizes. so a 37x13.50 is pretty close to that, not oversized like most

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actual size on their site, 37.05 height, 14.27 width.
 
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I was thinking about getting the nitto's but everybody and their dog has them around here, but that is going to look sweet.

On with the pics
 
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I thought that you were going to buy Cooper STT's?
 


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