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My Ride (Work in progress) - doom on you - 08-01-2014
Just wanted to share a pic of my zombie ride
![[Image: 862224174.jpg?1406948922]](https://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/862224174.jpg?1406948922)
![[Image: 862224420.jpg?1406949081]](https://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/862224420.jpg?1406949081)
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RE: My Ride (Work in progress) - The War Wagon - 08-02-2014
Needs more tire.
![[Image: swamper_thornbird.jpg]](http://www.rckuwait.com/images_large/swamper_thornbird.jpg)
37's", I'd guess.
Welcome aboard!
RE: My Ride (Work in progress) - doom on you - 08-02-2014
got my eye on some... these are brand new on truck. Next is either step rails or the roll bar with lights
RE: My Ride (Work in progress) - The War Wagon - 08-02-2014
What size have you got on there? I wish my RC had 16" wheels - would solve a little more axle wrap/hop issues.
Lotta good ideas for Gen.II - III - IV trucks here, btw.
http://www.dodgeoffroad.com/index.php
RE: My Ride (Work in progress) - NuthinButJHP - 08-05-2014
stock rams can fit 33-35s. Thornbirds suck! Remember with larger tires come larger gears and rears. A vehicle equipped with 3.55 will have trouble with anything bigger than 33s. But a vehicle with 4.10 wearing 37s will have a final gear ratio of 3.55- moral of this story........bigger tires mean less towing ability unless you regear.
RE: My Ride (Work in progress) - The War Wagon - 08-05-2014
What's wrong with Thornbirds?!?! Since Mickey Thompson stopped making sidebiters about a generation ago, they would seem to be the next best thing - particularly for crawling around sw PA.
RE: My Ride (Work in progress) - NuthinButJHP - 08-05-2014
they are bias ply so they deform and won't balance. the center tread does not clean well and the wear extremely fast.
RE: My Ride (Work in progress) - The War Wagon - 08-05-2014
(08-05-2014, 01:19 PM)NuthinButJHP Wrote: they are bias ply so they deform and won't balance. the center tread does not clean well and the wear extremely fast.
Well POOP! And here I thought they were radials.
Hard to FIND a rig that'll run bias ply tires anymore. I ran 'em on my '79 Bronco, but even IT was built with radials in mind.
My RC is now "old" - it was old tech even when it was NEW... but it's certainly not designed with bias-ply in mind.
RE: My Ride (Work in progress) - NuthinButJHP - 08-05-2014
get a set of hmmwv rims (double beadlock) recenter them and run military 37x12.5R16.5 Goodyear military tires.
RE: My Ride (Work in progress) - doom on you - 08-10-2014
not sure what size, will check when I get back from the People's Republic... thanks for the link, will have to check it out!