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[Bmadda]

Too big for this old man's taste but thoses STTs are awesome off-road tires!!!

Ya...never had them before, but I'm really impressed! especially aired down w/the beadlocks to single digit psi...really GRIP!

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[OBX_SoFl]

4play 20” 4P50 brushed, black, forged wheels. 37x12.5 Nitto Ridge Grapplers with 3” Zone Adventure Series lift. Going more tech with some aspects of heritage with badging and eventually custom graphics. A ton of DV8 stuff, exhaust, and light bar being installed this week. This is addictive… like worse than my old Wrangler. .

 

[Benzito]

Boom

Go bigger.

 

[Outerbanksy84]

I hear ya, but I would want to change my gear ratio. I only ordered the 3.73, bigger than 33” tires and I would be underpowered and losing too many MPG. End of the day, this vehicle will never see a trail. I’m installing a fully electric convertible top, it’s all about Beach vibes for me.

 

[Turbo24]

Toyo AT3’s 285/75/R17
Method 305 w/ 18mm offset

The ever so slightest rub on the crash bars when reversing fully locked. It doesn’t rub until you hit a bump. The perfect amount of poke for me. No lift.

 

[MCTLove]

Mickey Thompson BAJA Legend EXP LT295/70R17 on Warn 17" moonsault rims. 3" Fab Tech lift coming with Dirt Logic coil overs.

 

[Freedom5]

17x9 -12 & 37/12.5

 

[mpeugeot]

I hear ya, but I would want to change my gear ratio. I only ordered the 3.73, bigger than 33” tires and I would be underpowered and losing too many MPG. End of the day, this vehicle will never see a trail. I’m installing a fully electric convertible top, it’s all about Beach vibes for me.

I think that you could run bigger tires and not be "under powered" mostly because of the 10 speed gear box. It has so many ratios, that staying in the power band in sport mode is not difficult.

I am running what would nominally would be considered a 34" tire (33.5" actual) with the 4.27 gears and V-6. I personally know someone running 35's with the 3.73 gears and 2.3 engine who isn't complaining about power either.

Gas mileage will be affected more by the size and weight of the tire, but it really does not matter which gear set you have as you could manually shift it to the most efficient part of the power band having 10 gears. The key is to minimize boost and minimize bsfc based on volumetric efficiency of the motor when off-boost (probably going to be 2200-2300 RPM).

BTW, gas mileage is most affected by speed and aerodynamic load, which is considerably worse with the top down on most vehicles. So unless you are putting on miles like me (3600 miles/month), it is not really worth chasing mileage too much.

 

[Outerbanksy84]

I think that you could run bigger tires and not be "under powered" mostly because of the 10 speed gear box. It has so many ratios, that staying in the power band in sport mode is not difficult.

I am running what would nominally would be considered a 34" tire (33.5" actual) with the 4.27 gears and V-6. I personally know someone running 35's with the 3.73 gears and 2.3 engine who isn't complaining about power either.

Gas mileage will be affected more by the size and weight of the tire, but it really does not matter which gear set you have as you could manually shift it to the most efficient part of the power band having 10 gears. The key is to minimize boost and minimize bsfc based on volumetric efficiency of the motor when off-boost (probably going to be 2200-2300 RPM).

BTW, gas mileage is most affected by speed and aerodynamic load, which is considerably worse with the top down on most vehicles. So unless you are putting on miles like me (3600 miles/month), it is not really worth chasing mileage too much.

Yeah I had some pause about the under-powered comment. I have the turbo V6, so I agree it's not an issue. I am a city guy and happy with the look and feel. Super quiet ride, a little stiffer handling. I don't understand enough about maintaining the proper power band to get into that with you. I ended up adding a 2" leveling kit to it. All in all, the look reminds me of how my dad's old K5 Chevy sat. Good news is I can always go bigger the next go round and I have some time to read up a bit more on maintaining the proper power and BSFC and volumetric efficiency. Interestingly, the drive over from SD to PHX, it averaged 17 mpg and I was driving 90 mph. On the way back, after the tire swap and lift, it dropped to 15 mpg and I was driving 80mpg as I used the adaptive cruise control the entire journey back. The higher profile definitely increased the drag coefficient and I assume is the main culprit for the loss of MPG.

 

[Big Barney]

Method 305 Machined, 25mm offset. Not crazy about the supplied center caps, but have the flush style on the way. I wanted to swap out the tires but couldn’t justify the cost, hell they were more than the wheels.

 

[Johnny Rebel]

Had an unexpected surprise this afternoon at work. New tire & wheel package from Custom Offsets showed up a day early! Those guys are awesome! Decided to stay late and get them installed.

Wheels are Black Rhino Primm gold beadlocks, 17x8.5, 0mm offset with 37” Mud Terrain KM3’s. King 2.5 coilovers are the only lift installed. So far, no rubbing at all. A LOT more poke than the Goodyear 315’s on stock BB rims.

 

[rgalvinmi]

30 to 35. 4 hours after taking delivery of this base...

 

[VIRUS]

Had an unexpected surprise this afternoon at work. New tire & wheel package from Custom Offsets showed up a day early! Those guys are awesome! Decided to stay late and get them installed.

Wheels are Black Rhino Primm gold beadlocks, 17x8.5, 0mm offset with 37” Mud Terrain KM3’s. King 2.5 coilovers are the only lift installed. So far, no rubbing at all. A LOT more poke than the Goodyear 315’s on stock BB rims.

This looks incredible!

 

[VIRUS]

Don't remember if I posted mine here before.
Rebound Pro 0-offset. Baja Boss AT 37's
Still waiting on spare tire reinforcement

 

[Johnny Rebel]

This looks incredible!

Thanks! I’ll get some daytime pics tomorrow and post them up.

Was kinda hard to pull the trigger on the gold, but they look fantastic on the Race Red in person. Really reminds me of the Honda HRC bikes from the 80’s.

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