hobie237
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I've been reading for a couple days (well, really, on and off for a couple weeks) now, and I'm just getting more confused.
I need tires. My front tires are junk and one has a slow leak that refuses to be found. The rears are OK I guess. I'd like a little bit of extra ground clearance, so I'm hesitant to buy just two new tires, which will then be replaced for something bigger. (unless somebody has some used stock CUCV tires that they want to sell cheap...)
Anyway, I'm only an hour north (maybe an hour and a half at CUCV speed) of TNJ Murray, so it'd be easy to pick up a set of HMMWV tires- no shipping.
So the question is, "what do I have to do to put them on my truck." I've heard that a lot of the steering issues stem from the wheels' backspacing, and can be mitigated with spacers (about 2")- true? Where can I get said spacers?
I know I have the rear clearance for the tires (2500-3500 pound helper springs (not sure exactly which model) jack it up pretty good), it's the front that's a concern. I'll cut the fenders if I have to, but I'd rather not, but at the same time I don't want to go too high. I was thinking about the 1" zero rate add a leaves.
How about the steering? What do I need to do to that? I'd like to eventually go to crossover steering, but right now I don't really have the money laying around. This whole adventure, remember, is an attempt to get good tires more cheaply than just putting slightly bigger/better tires on the stock rims. If I have to do something, where would I go for the parts?
I take the truck off road enough to want better tires, but I always go the "easy line," because the vehicles I go with are Wranglers and an S-10 Blazer. I can drag them out, no problem at all, but them dragging me out, well, I hope we never have to find out whether they could, because I suspect they'd have a LOT of trouble.
I need tires. My front tires are junk and one has a slow leak that refuses to be found. The rears are OK I guess. I'd like a little bit of extra ground clearance, so I'm hesitant to buy just two new tires, which will then be replaced for something bigger. (unless somebody has some used stock CUCV tires that they want to sell cheap...)
Anyway, I'm only an hour north (maybe an hour and a half at CUCV speed) of TNJ Murray, so it'd be easy to pick up a set of HMMWV tires- no shipping.
So the question is, "what do I have to do to put them on my truck." I've heard that a lot of the steering issues stem from the wheels' backspacing, and can be mitigated with spacers (about 2")- true? Where can I get said spacers?
I know I have the rear clearance for the tires (2500-3500 pound helper springs (not sure exactly which model) jack it up pretty good), it's the front that's a concern. I'll cut the fenders if I have to, but I'd rather not, but at the same time I don't want to go too high. I was thinking about the 1" zero rate add a leaves.
How about the steering? What do I need to do to that? I'd like to eventually go to crossover steering, but right now I don't really have the money laying around. This whole adventure, remember, is an attempt to get good tires more cheaply than just putting slightly bigger/better tires on the stock rims. If I have to do something, where would I go for the parts?
I take the truck off road enough to want better tires, but I always go the "easy line," because the vehicles I go with are Wranglers and an S-10 Blazer. I can drag them out, no problem at all, but them dragging me out, well, I hope we never have to find out whether they could, because I suspect they'd have a LOT of trouble.