Currently have a 315/70r17 C-load set on my WT, they certainly took some weight to balance but not a shocking amount for a tire that size. Good on you for getting them road force balanced and finding a dud. Wouldn't have been my first choice if the market was flush with C load range options...
Jokes aside, after some moderately toasty aviating this afternoon, I settled in for a shower, but since the water runs up a west facing wall, I had to turn it all the way on hot to get the coolest water. I’m ready for October.
One of the few downsides of living in Texas I suppose. Heat index around 110° isn't unusual here, especially this summer with the damn back-to-back high pressure systems parked over us all last month. Being outside without shade right now, it doesn't take long to approach the line that...
You won't hurt it running 35 psi, but I think you'll find that even that is a bit excessive for the best on-road ride.
Fair warning, the AT3w is a chonky boy, 69 lbs and change.
I'm in that camp a bit, I look at the bronco as a vehicle that's stupid fun for reasons other than being a convertible. I'll occasionally take the front row panels off for the commute home or the middle one as well if the kids ask during the two weeks a year when our weather doesn't classify as...
Not wild about the powertrain choice (guess much like the GX/4r relationship, you have to buy Lexus to get more displacement), but other than that I do quite like it. For my 99% commuting/1% offroading use case, probably makes more sense than the Bronco does.
I don't have any experience in a Citabria without the spades, but the people I've talked to about them consider them mandatory equipment to keep control forces in check. It's absolutely a wonderfully forgiving taildragger, which is great since I go longer periods of time in between flying...
Finally got out and shook off the tailwheel rust. I had forgotten just how much fun the Citabria is, pure joy from cranking the starter until yanking the mixture. Was truly a shame about the clause in the rental agreement forbidding aerobatics.
I'm in the K02 replacement camp as well, by 11k mi the stock GYs had started to howl like worn down mud tires on the highway and one needed half a pound of weight to balance. It was a remarkable difference with the K02s, my only regret so far is that I didn't get them sooner.
That has been the case for a bit, one of the clips is 10x the price as the rest, but it is the correct part number and the correct item came from Ruxer 🤷♂️
I got a crash course in this when a certain chain tire shop removed my rings to install new tires and put them back on without the valve stem clearances lined up with the valve stems (well, four out of five, one they lined up correctly). Thankfully no issues getting them out or back in after a...
If you mean the single point connector on the left hand side of the vehicle, it's a tight fit at the connector, and for whatever reason there's less slack when you reuse the plastic bumper harness.
Ditching the Goodyears was a "why didn't I do this sooner" moment. Had 12k mi on them (and yes, with regular rotations) and they overpowered the wind noise at absolutely every speed. With them gone its now easier to have conversations with my kiddos in the back seat and I don't have the radio...
I can see why the two tops would have a comparable SPL on a meter, but as others have mentioned that doesn't really quantify what it lets in. I've driven both and the soft top lets in remarkably more ambient sound (and that of other vehicles around you). They're not louder than the wind and...