Now I plan on using the tailgate window switch as a rear curtesy light switch.
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Back In the Saddle Again
- Thread starter K5Devil
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Best blazer mod there is IMO.
Got the spindle nut kits in and key ways.
Just waiting for my bearings/seals from ORD and my disc brake set up from Ruff stuff. Then I need to find a drive shaft or I’m consider a conversion joint for a bit. Going to try and throw the shackleflip and the axle in all in a weekend so I can drive to work Monday. Drove by the shop working on my Tacoma and it’s in the bay finally. So I should have my daily back soon. I’m looking forward to the saved $ on gas lol
Just waiting for my bearings/seals from ORD and my disc brake set up from Ruff stuff. Then I need to find a drive shaft or I’m consider a conversion joint for a bit. Going to try and throw the shackleflip and the axle in all in a weekend so I can drive to work Monday. Drove by the shop working on my Tacoma and it’s in the bay finally. So I should have my daily back soon. I’m looking forward to the saved $ on gas lol
crap I forgot about new wheels lol
I love the look of the old smoothie steelies and the old D-window steelies. Can someone school me on bead locks and is it possible to build a beadlock out of the old steel wheels? I’ve never wheeled in terrain like this. Back home it was mainly mud and chainsaws to cut fallen over trees off trails. So, I’m pretty green when it comes to the desert stuff.
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DIY4X has kits to convert a regular steel wheel to a beadlock.
Honestly it’s going to be overkill if you aren’t going crazy hard buggy trails to have headlocks. Regular stuff at 15-20 psi goes just fine without the need for a beadlock.
If you are planning on running under 10 psi when wheeling then yeah put beadlocks on it. Otherwise I’d focus money and time on other things.
Honestly it’s going to be overkill if you aren’t going crazy hard buggy trails to have headlocks. Regular stuff at 15-20 psi goes just fine without the need for a beadlock.
If you are planning on running under 10 psi when wheeling then yeah put beadlocks on it. Otherwise I’d focus money and time on other things.
Agreed. I usually run 15-20psi wheeling and haven’t had an issue. This is in wheel sizes from 17-20” and tires from 33-38”.
From what I hear the trails out here are pretty brutal and rocky. I havnt been real far down bison and haven't been on any others so I don’t know how crazy it gets. But I know we have plans to take bison all the way across the hills to the bunker bar out here in the future. I have no idea what I am in for but almost everyone here has beadlocks, trusses, links etc., or take buggies but many people could be saying it’s tougher than it really is that’s what I don’t know.
I know more than one person that has had to turn around half way through because they couldn’t make it over some obstacles. One was a lifted Cherokee and the other was a LWB Chevy pickup. I guess I just need to get out there and give er’ hell lol
I did the smart thing and looked it up on YouTube. Doesn’t look too difficult. There is a couple river bed washes that look pretty gnarly. Definitely have to get out and scout some lines.
Contemplating HMMWV wheels. Running a DRW hub so they don’t need to be recentered. 
Aren't HMMWV wheels 16.5 ?
Yup
Yes, and military surplus tires come in 37” 16.5 and you’d never have to pay to have tires mounted again! Lol
And are old as f stiff as f. Ask me how I know
Can always pony for iroks later too.
They have different grades you can buy from what I have seen on the surplus market online. Depending on load range etc., how much tire pressure is he running on those? I have heard some bad things about the tire patch when crawling like they don’t flex enough even aired down. But it’s almost worth it because the H1 wheels look so bad a**
28 in rear and 32 in front
Edit for street. @ 20 psi for off hwy
Edit for street. @ 20 psi for off hwy
You wanna sell your hardware?
