Illinois Chapter September 2018 BS thread
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You can see in this picture how it was wearing the tires, this one only has about 7,000 kilometers on it and won't be long before the core is showing through. So will be ordering a new one next week when we go to Dryden..
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It rides nice which is all that matters to me, I want to put new shocks on the back now too. Those cheap Mexican shocks I got with the suspension package from CPP are garbage. When I removed the front shocks one of them wouldn't even expand to it's extended length..
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It was just the outsides of the tires both sides, there is a brand new tire on the right side and you can see that it was starting to wear and why I stopped driving it until I could fix the problem. those narrowed control arms that was supposed to save the day only got the tires to fit in the wheel wells. You never knew there was a problem until you got in tight quarters like in a parking lot. One wheel was always dragging.. not anymore...
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It was just the outsides of the tires both sides, there is a brand new tire on the right side and you can see that it was starting to wear and why I stopped driving it until I could fix the problem. those narrowed control arms that was supposed to save the day only got the tires to fit in the wheel wells. You never knew there was a problem until you got in tight quarters like in a parking lot. One wheel was always dragging.. not anymore...
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It was the damn exchange rate that killed me but it had to be done. I didn't build the truck to sit in the garage...I have a few more things I'd like to change on it too, gauges and stereo and clean up the wiring under the dash...
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That sounds like a great Winter project. How does it drive?
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Evening Rick and John. Looks great now the bad part is taking out of the garage and getting all the purty clean parts dirty.
I like the suspension upgrade!
I like the suspension upgrade!
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It drives great and steers real good in tight places, something it didn't do before. Drove it down the highway and let go of the wheel and it stayed straight without any wander, should be even better when I get a proper alignment...
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It's very similar to what I have on my pickup except this place does custom track widths.. which I needed..and it's bolt in
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