yes a 14 bolt would be ideal, however i am talking to a guy with a sterling 10.25 with 5.13s and a detroit, for 3-400 dollars depending on the brake setup (drums or disc)

 

You should just leave the thread alone. You have no constructive thing to put in Carls thread. You don't know anything about suspension, swaps, gearing, axles, cases and tires. So don't waste his time.

What Carl is talking about is a doubler that splits his ratios in half for low range crawling. If you researched things before you post to up your count, you'd know.

I honestly don't think CPD will allow this on the road dude... But I guess we'll see haha

I agree with staying with a 15 if you can. But stay away from a 16in rim. The prices are more than that of a 15in and a 17in rim. If you go bigger, go with 17's and you'll see

That was constructive.

More tires are available for 17" rims past 37's... So he's got a good point there!

 

now now girls.

I still say you get a 14b, melt those gears into an orb of traction and run that. Its not gonna break, and spooled/welded rear axles aren't bad at all.

 

ok. just talked to the guy with the sterling, it doesnt have brakes on it but he has a CNC cutter and will make disc brake brackets for the rear if i bring him rotors and calipers for around 350-400 bucks..

talked with him some more and he claims to be interested in buying my d44 and 9" setup... so its looking like im getting hooked up right now!

 

yeah 16's like what I have now, are really only easy to find tires up to 35". 17's are best after that. thats when you can find all the f350 etc take offs cheap on CL.

 

What type of suspension will you be doing front and rear?
And i agree on the 14 bolt unless you get the 10.25.

 

Carl, I should show you the pics from my buddys jeep with positive offset wheels with 5.38 gears and a detroit running leafs... It's freakin gnarly.

 

63s in the rear. and coils in the front, possibly coilovers down the road but im not sure the funds will allow it... im actually taking 1.5 inches off the body lift to lower it down a little bit, the lower center of gravity the better!

 

most people would think so, i have been wheeling my truck and daily driving it for a while now, except ive learned not to wheel before i need it for anything important.... its held up well so far and with an even stronger setup it will be more reliable.... my whole vision/dream for my truck is to have the most capable DD possible, yes it might be cool to have a trail only rig and a stock DD, however i take pride in my truck and want to drive it everywhere everyday!

 

You don't think the cops will constantly mess with you tho if you've got some crazy exo on the truck, since it'll probably make it look less street legal and more like something that should only be on trails?

 

can't wait to see it carl, i wouldn't worry about the cops, i get looked at all the time from the staters, and local cops 9eugene, junction city, lebanon, corvallis, albany)

 

:( if i had money id buy those axles from you without a doubt. getting them into Costa Rica would be fun.. but i could get my uncle get them inside with a very low tax... o well guess one of this years ill be doing the sas.... oh well


this is gona be a nice build! hope u can get everything soon to watch it grow!

 

hell yeah! thats a good way of living! you never know when ull have to use ur trail rig or have all your junk with you

 

Start thread jack/
What kind of tires are those?
End thread jack\

 

arent they mtz's?

 

No. These look really similar to the new Goodyear MT/R's.

 

New MTR:



MTZ:

 

I WIN...

37x12.5 Maxxis Trepador Comp's

 

YAAAAYYY for Shane!!!!

HOLY SIDEWALL!!

 

We're both wrong... His sig say this tire:



It's a 37" Maxxis Trepador MT

 

yea.. NOTHING like MTZs, I *guess* i could possibly see the MT/R, but they're the one and only TREP! haha, I want a set for my next rig.

The comp ones come with (what looks like) over an inch of tread lol

 

Same member causing drama in every thread...

Build its gonna be badass Carl!

 

Surely you're not speaking of me

 

hey guys, been awhile but i have some updates...

I was able to break the D44 u-joint!!!! kinda my fault for not changing out the u-joints (they were original (30 years old))... ended up snapping the ears off the shaft too. Anyways, got my replacement shaft to throw in before i sell it, but i am officially done wheeling the truck with this setup!!

 

then i did the BW 1354 Manual T-case Swap.. My buddy did his also, we picked up 2 cases and 2 linkages for $160 bucks.. the swap took me about 45 mins w/ a BL and took Ben 2 hours without the BL... here is a pic of us in the OSU school parking garage doin the swap!