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For some reason my attach photos is broken but I run a 1” traxada and have tons of pics of the truck unloaded and loaded with a trailer
Exactly.
This morning I had an appt at the WallyWorld to have the new Kenda Klever R/T 285/75r18 tires installed. As soon as they rolled em out of the stock room, I was like "HOLY CRAP those are big." I rolled one out to the truck and set it up against the stock 275/70r18 Trashforce AT2's, and the new ones are a solid 2" taller (maybe slightly more, but I realize mounted vs unmounted makes a diff). Snot-nosed pimply-faced WallyWorld kid says, "Thats gonna rub, and if it rubs anywhere, we can't let it leave the shop like that. Sorry, WallyPolicy." Also he tells me that once the tire is mounted, its a huge hassle to get em returned if for some reason they won't work. So I'll told them nevermind, let me get the front lift installed first and I'll come back. But seriously, these tires look absolutely huge. I agreed with the pimply-faced kid when he said they'd rub, cuz hard to believe standing there lookin at em that they ain't gonna. BIG tires. So now I'm focused on trying to figure out just how much front lift its gonna take to: A, achieve the right look (very slight forward rake, or even dead-level) and B, make sure those mammoth tires are gonna fit without clearance issues. If we do end up with a 5th wheel soon, which we fully intend to do, and I get a little sag in the ass end, I'll just deal with it or I'll install airbags to help. Cross that bridge when we get there.
Suppose its a completely LEVEL look I'm after, what then? Traxda offers a 1", 1.5", and a 2" spacer kit. I only wanna do this once. I'm looking at alot of pictures on this forum posted by lots of people who have installed varying lift heights, usually 1 to 3 inches and everything in between (2 and 2.5" seem the most popular) and with most of them, its hard to even notice a diff. For example, one dude will post a pic with his 1.5" lift on 35's, and the next guy posts a pic of his 2.5" on 35's and I'll be damned if I can tell by the pics which is which.
Yes, for the most part the right pull has been dealt with, and interestingly, the more I drive the truck, the less its been a problem. Maybe the tires wearing in a little? I dunno but its barely noticeable now and the steering wheel is only off by a smidge. But dude, seriously, thanks for remembering that. Thats impressive.
About 1700 miles on the Transforce.
Maybe, or maybe he just didnt wanna mount one to see if it fit. I dunno, doesnt matter. I just know that I'm too OCD to have any rubbing, and Im afraid its gonna cost me more moolah.... and it ain't easy getting all this past the wife trying to convince her its needed. Im running out of reasons and excuses.
Good to hear. Im gonna order the 1" Traxda spring spacer this eve and my bro-in-law and I are gonna install em hopefully next weekend, then get the new tires mounted up.
As a matter of fact, yes, they WILL do figure 8's after install. Its what Walmart does. They mount the tires, balance, put the wheels back on, run a cpl figure 8s in the parking lot, then torque the lugs. Ive had at least 10 sets of tires put on various vehicles at Walmart and its what they've always done. They don't do alignments, at least not at any of my local-ish locations. It'll go to an alignment shop for that. Is "Thuren specs" something these shops should know about?
No need to extend shocks
Yup, I already planned to do it that way if I get any grief. Or, I'll just slip the pimply-faced kid a $20 to look the other way.
Thank you! Ill print that out at home tonite.
