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Originally Posted by likaroc13
Wheel/tire combo turned out nice! I'd say you made the right choice for sure. I agree with you about the grille needing some attention.
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It's definitely on my list. No doubt you'll be seeing something happen in the future.
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Originally Posted by Stoney
Very nice and clean. The center caps do look better.
How about the mirrors? Leaving them black or going to chrome?
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I'm still undecided. Mine are kind of crappy with scratched glass, so I'd like to do something soon. Since I still haven't gotten door panels on the truck, now is the best time to swap them.
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Originally Posted by MalibuSSwagon
Kevin, I am quite jealous of the nice rust free trucks you have available got there. Here in New England, rust is a constant battle. I just had to shell out an extra $60 I didn't budget in my front end rebuild for a new upper control arm to replace a rotted out on my C10.  |
I have never been able to understand how guys in the rust belt keep their spirits up. Constantly running a race to try and improve your truck faster than nature destroys it would be a deal killer for me. I'll do mechanical work until I die, but continuous rust repair simply isn't something I'll do.
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Originally Posted by 83GMCK2500
 Those look great on your truck! Did you mount those by hand with a pair of spoons? It's funny, my least favorite center cap for PY0s are the ones that come on them, I like GMT-400 & GMT-900 caps on them best.
Yep, I need tires for my flatbed soon, will have to figure out how much spacer to get for mounting 255s as duals.
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I do mount my tires with a pair of dirt bike tire tools. Its 100% technique. When you do it right, it only takes 30-45 seconds to do and there is no excessive force involved.
I'm definitely grateful from the DRAC link. Its important to me to have accurate speedo/odo numbers since I'm a freak about figuring true fuel mileage and don't like to stress over what speed I'm "actually" going when John Law is around.
I'm afraid my pictures of the tires have failed to really show how tall and skinny they are. I pulled the truck out into the driveway and snapped this shot. Keep in mind, that's a 285/75-16 on the back, which is a very large tire. The originals were 245/75-16, so the backs are already very much oversized. The new front tire is significantly larger even still. But still skinny...
Then I dug off into the rearend. Apparently the previous owner liked to keep his chocolate milk stored in the rear differential.
I'm confident in saying that this is definitely going to get much worse before it starts getting better. That oil in there is a sign of ugliness just waiting to be found when I get deeper in there.