Vintage Grumble Posted May 9, 2014 Author Share Posted May 9, 2014 My luck has been stroked. Turns out the are fucking perfect. Super happy with the deal I got too, pretty much brand spanks, but near on $300 cheaper, ZEOW!. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB8-TypeR Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Did they tyre shop laugh at you like they did when I fitted large tyres to my CR-V? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted May 9, 2014 Author Share Posted May 9, 2014 Haha, nah they didnt know what they were going on. Pretty stoked with the fitment, back end is sitting at ride hight. Thinking I may be able to get away with just springs and shocks to jack it up, dont think i'll need any sub frame spacers or anything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 do they foul your guards at lock when fully compressed? cos you know you gon flex 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 That looks soo badass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB8-TypeR Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 They are gunna be pretty noisy on the road, even my Bridgestone A/T are pretty loud on our shitty roads. You need to take this along the dunes from Taiwhakaea to Thorton along the dunes, M/T will help you dig holes but its a pretty easy off road track. CR-V does it mostly in 2wd. Its easier to go that way rather than start at Thornton as there is a little bit of a soft rutted hill that would need to be climbed, much easier to go down it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 just let tyres down to like 10psi when off road, esp in sand. will be sweet on this given how light it is. they wont be that rowdy. I dailyed with noisy M/T tyres for a couple of years. no danger, you forget about it fairly swiftly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted May 9, 2014 Author Share Posted May 9, 2014 do they foul your guards at lock when fully compressed? cos you know you gon flex No idea, will find out tomorrow I guess. STOP, HAMMER TIME. They are gunna be pretty noisy on the road, even my Bridgestone A/T are pretty loud on our shitty roads. You need to take this along the dunes from Taiwhakaea to Thorton along the dunes, M/T will help you dig holes but its a pretty easy off road track. CR-V does it mostly in 2wd. Its easier to go that way rather than start at Thornton as there is a little bit of a soft rutted hill that would need to be climbed, much easier to go down it. Where the hell is Taiwhakaea? We did the golf course to Thorton trip a few weeks ago in J5's lux and Bens brumby. The brumby did pretty well, was just too low, and got stuck a few times. I nearly made that trip in a 2wd lux once, got stuck trying to avoid scratchy bushes as it was a work ute, lols. just let tyres down to like 10psi when off road, esp in sand. will be sweet on this given how light it is. they wont be that rowdy. I dailyed with noisy M/T tyres for a couple of years. no danger, you forget about it fairly swiftly. I wont be doing long trips in this very often, so not worried about road noise and the such. From the reviews I read, the tyres are meant to be pretty damn good all rounders tho. Cant wait to go for a hoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 yeah man, they wont be that rowdy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 You can 4wd round the toxic lake behind the sawmill in ktown for your lunchbreak Vids of getting airborne plz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Do some shopping on Aliexpress too and get a cheapy winch plus some LED spotlights for a roofmounted lightbar 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Can buy cheap led light bars here in indonesia. Next time im here I could check them out for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Double post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted May 9, 2014 Author Share Posted May 9, 2014 LED's? You've changed Steve, you've changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Mate leds on errthang over here. Yiu can buy dash mounted cop lights and sirens too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted May 9, 2014 Author Share Posted May 9, 2014 Now we talkin! My brother used to have a huge WRC spec light rack for his rally starlet, i'll see if he still has that, lewlz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted May 10, 2014 Author Share Posted May 10, 2014 Did a fair bit more descumming on this, then slapped the front seats and belts back in, and went for a wee drive. Apart from a dodgy shock or two, the front discs being rooted, and the wheel alignment being LOLably far out, I am VERY happy with how it went. Didnt try anything too hard core, but it seems to be very capable off road, better than my old surf I reckon. Had it pretty twisted up and never heard the tyres touch anything, so clearance seems good. Was also quite pleased with how high it sits on the new tyres, has pretty good ground clearance as is. Another bonus is the CV's seem to be fine, so will clean them up, slap new boots on them and bam, done. Just needs a little bit of a tune, and the timing set, but apart from that, the motor/gearbox/diffs and what not all seem sweet as. So yeh, pretty happy with it so far. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Hurry up and buy crazy Colins one for spare so you dont have to worry about being rough with it and breaking things Cause even glass for one of these things would be hard to come by Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted May 10, 2014 Author Share Posted May 10, 2014 Hmmmmmmm, I was thinking about not buying it, as I dont really need anything off it now. It will likely still be there in 10 years time anyways, lols. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 You will regret that decision when your gearbag melts and hes sold it to some other tercel weirdo or 4wd a branch thru your windscreen etc and find glass is made of unobtainium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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