Posts by Anx1ous

  • ** DEJA Member Appreciation Trail Ride @ Rausch Creek - Sat May 17 2014 **

  • What have you done to your Jeep today?

    Quote from Solomi

    Drive it to work for a week before you hit the trail. you'll be happy you did :)


    I agree with Sal. I took mine on the trail with ZERO wear. Freshly mounted and onto the jeep to anthracite. The side walls didn't flex at all even at 12psi, and the grip was crappy. They weren't even broken in after the whole ride. After lighting them up on trail 5 hill climb next RC trip, they were gripping nicely and the sidewalls would actually flex to allow the tire to conform to changing surfaces.

  • Lift deal..

    Looks plain dumb to me. So you get a lift and you still have to sit on a stool under the car? I'm not sure how high that thing goes (or if I would even want to take it there). Looks sketchy at the least as far as stability goes. When it comes to a lift, you are going to be under it all the time. I would get a piece of equipment you felt VERY confident with.

  • Tire pressure

    I have 37"x12.50x17R MTRs on the street jeep. I run them at about 20psi. I get good wear and contact :shrug: . I have 10" wide wheels FYI.

  • tire opinions (yea, i know...)

    Quote from Quantum73


    Consider Toyo Open Country MT's. Excellent tire in every terrain I could throw at them, extremely durable, and my 37x13.50r17's were so well made they never required balancing.


    Interesting that you liked those tires. I absolutely hated them on the trail. I did have them on an offroad only jeep so I don't really know about their on road performance but my gosh they were total trash on anything that wasn't dry hot rock. if you got a bit slippery or wet they wouldn't do a darn thing for me. I had the privilege of running them before and after the total chop down and rebuild. I can safely say they performed equally as bad with ORIs on all 4 corners as they did on the clayton kit.


    Quote from MellowYellow


    im a fan of Nitto terra graplers. had them on my FJCruiser (58k miles and still decent tread left) and have them on my JK with 26k on them and more than half tread. even wear and great traction IMO.


    I had terrible luck with Nitto tires. Wore EXTREMELY fast.


    I have a set of Goodyear kevlar MTRs on the street jeep. 37x12.50x17. They make a bit of noise, but look bad ass, wear nicely, and have done decently on the trail as well.

  • New Tires and Wheels

    Quote from 2000sahara


    Instead of using a chart your better off searching for a gear ratio calculator. Find one that takes into account as many details as possible. Tire size, adjusted tire size, transmission type, trans gearing, engine type etc. The more parameters you have the closer your accuracy will be. That being said there is no replacement for someone with actual knowledge of the setup your running. You just have to weed out the some of the info from all the web wheelers out there that continuously pout off incorrect crap that their cousins brothers drunk uncle told them. Like you stated before some will say 456 and some say 513. Some may have the newer engine (3.6l) others may be running the older one (3.8l) which could make a big difference in power and drive ability. Some may have a thousand bolt on accessories weighing thier already underpowered rigs down, in which case they may need 513s to get it rolling. It's all just a learning process. Do your homework, get opinions, take the good with the bad and find something that works for you.
    -Ed


    On and Anxious.... You go right ahead and keep stalling out on every other rock. I'll see you at the end of the trail. :mrgreen:


    I'm going to cry in a corner now.

  • Jeep for a New Driver?

    As one of the younger members of the club, I can say that my first vehicle was a 1998 TJ 4 cylinder with 5 speed manual transmission. I personally loved that wrangler as a first car. It teaches everything a young driver should learn. How to shift and read traffic and become a defensive driver. How to brake properly in slippery conditions since there was no ABS. And all repairs and maintenance were cheap/easy and taught a lot about how vehicles work. In the end though, any kid can get in any vehicle and drive recklessly and endanger themselves. Responsibility and careful/defensive driving techniques are really what will keep your son/daughter safe.


    Spend some time in a parking lot learning shifting and hard braking techniques. ABSOLUTELY NO PHONES WHATSOEVER. The rest is up to how responsible the driver is. For what its worth, if I ever decided to have children, I would feel comfortable letting them start on an XJ or TJ as a first vehicle.

  • Daves Offroad Supply

    I bought a set of racelines off of Dave. Great customer service here. He also came in with the best pricing on a replacement d60 alloy axle shaft and had it on my doorstep in 2 days. Nothing but good things to say about this company.

  • gas mileage

    Quote from Keith_C


    I don't really get how you calculate "miles per tank" unless you fill it and drive it until it dies.


    Gas tank gauges are notoriously inaccurate.


    I would think you could calculate your difference in mileage between fill ups, and then look at the pump when you are filling and see how many gallons you added. Calculate difference in mileage, then divide the mileage by the amount of fuel added? That would give you MPG. then you can calculate miles per tank by multiplying by the gallon capacity of your tank.


    FWIW, I get about 10mpg on 37's with 4:10's on a 2003 rubicon tj with 5 speed manual. Needless to say it doesn't travel far :roflmao:

  • No more solid axles?

    Quote from KnoxRents


    I was skeptical seeing the Ultra 4 cars with IFS but Shannon Campbell and a few others have proved that they can handle both desert and rocks.


    I prefer a solid axle in a Jeep for a few reasons but admit IFS has it's benefits.


    He has proven they work for sure. However, they are extremely pricey to build stout enough to handle abuse. Also, his rig weighs slightly more than a bag of feathers.