Yup right direction for sure
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'81 K5, "BlaZeus"- How to NOT build the ultimate budget K5; 3 & 4 link build
BlaZeus
The Real Mateo
What are yall's opinion on the 16.5 h1 beadlocks with the 37" tires for mostly dunes and dirt trails and occasional crawling? I've heard the sidewalls are super stiff so terrible for airing down which would suck for out in the dunes and crawling, but they are cheap. Any other insights/opinions/thoughts/suggestions? Or should I stay with my 16" rims and just get 37/39" tires for them or get 17" 8 lug rims and stay with 37" tires that I have which are all mismatched but have decent tread? Thanks!
Richard got around pretty good in fire truck on that wheel tire combo.
Keep your wheels for the just in case you loose a source for the military tires
BlaZeus
The Real Mateo
Okay I will. What do you think about them for desert/dunes type stuff? And should I get them with run-flats?
I love love love my H1 beadlocks.
I have the 37" Goodyear military on just normal rims on the Jimmy. They aren't bad. I have aired em down to 10 or so I didn't think they were particularly stiff.
All that being said I would roll with 17s on the Jimmy if I could afford em. Just tons more selection
I have the 37" Goodyear military on just normal rims on the Jimmy. They aren't bad. I have aired em down to 10 or so I didn't think they were particularly stiff.
All that being said I would roll with 17s on the Jimmy if I could afford em. Just tons more selection
Really heavy wheel for go fast stuff.
Martin
Martin
I agree.. Weight isn't great for fast..
You could get some H2 wheels with stauns if you want a double beadlock option in a 17" wheel that is also lighter
Heavy wheels and tires just keep you planted on the whoops and make sure you don't float away
That's my argument anyways. My new tires are so effing heavy lol.
Yah floating away is a problem with our rigs fo sho
BlaZeus
The Real Mateo
H2 wheels with stauns? Never hear of dem stauns?
That's what I was thinking.....Heavy wheels and tires just keep you planted on the whoops and make sure you don't float away
That's my argument anyways. My new tires are so effing heavy lol.
BlaZeus
The Real Mateo
Also, I accidentally cut into one of my fuel hard lines(I know, I know, clutz! 
) and patched it with some JB Weld. Will this hold up for now just driving the truck into and out of the garage? Or will the fuel react with it and break it down into nothingness/pressure of fuel system break it? Aka it won't work. 
) and patched it with some JB Weld. Will this hold up for now just driving the truck into and out of the garage? Or will the fuel react with it and break it down into nothingness/pressure of fuel system break it? Aka it won't work. 
Also, I accidentally cut into one of my fuel hard lines(I know, I know, clutz!
I would replace all the hardline. A spool of hardline is only 30 bucks or so. If you are running a mechanical fuel pump cutting the tube and sleeving with rubber line would be fine, but just a bandaide and another leak point. To get in and out of the garage should be fine but I wouldn't trust it more than a few feet.
Yah getting it in and out no biggie. But fix it before it goes back to driver status.
Cause you don't wanna burn your rig down
Cause you don't wanna burn your rig down
BlaZeus
The Real Mateo
Yeah definitely not a permanent fix but just a band aid for a couple days while I pull it into the garage for the next couple days of rain and welding all the new tubing to the cage. Where would y'all recommend I get a new fuel hard line? Can I just use a universal fuel hard line that any parts store will have or do I need a line with the same diameter as the stock line? I am running rubber line from fuel cell to in-line electric fuel pump and then from pump, rubber line to hardline which runs all the way to the front and then at motor mount to rubber to fuel filter, rubber from fuel filter to carb.
Well thats what I would be worried about is cutting and welding with a gas leak.
It's JB welded only stuff in the world better is duct tape and the stuff that makes screen doors float
Zip ties.
