RUBBING ISSUES - Nitto Terra Grappler AT 305/70/R17
I know a lot of you have talked about getting 35x17 tires but it's going to require a 6" lift to make that dog hunt. I'm running a (roughly) 3" lift over stock with the DR's. The T/G's are just under 34" and this is what it is like at full lock:
(note the contact with the mud-guard mounting)
So I took off the mud guards since the rub was not against the chopped body mount, but against the mud flap rubber:
It clears, but not by much - maybe 1/3 inch. That was the R/F tire. Because of lighting, you can see it more clearly on the L/F tire:
TIGHTENING THE BEADLOCK RINGS ON THE WALKER EVANS WHEELS:
I've put about 600 miles on the new tires and just tightened the Walker Evans Beadlocks for the first time. Each bolt took about 1 turn to click the torque wrench at 20 lbs. The Gorrila lugs were all tight.
NOW AND THEN
The FJ is cool. I like the FJ a lot. But this was my ride --- in another life:
(photo taken at Camp Billy Machim near Nyland, California - between the Salton Sea and the Chocolate Mountains in 1989 prior to the First Gulf War)
