Ok, its been a while since an update and i figured its about time i give one.
I will be getting the cab on the 14th of december hopefully, possibly a bit later. I have begun disassembly of the current body but im not going to pull the rear cap off until i get all the **** out of it and have the new cab ready to go on. Im also about to sell my 91 tempo to buy the tires for this rig as it will be my new dd. I am set on doing 2 inch front lift shackles with 1 inch zero rates from ord, along with a 2-3 inch rear shackle flip/lift from odd with a zero rate as well. I want a 1 inch rake from the rear to the front, this way it'll sit level when loaded up. As i already have 33's on 16 inch procomp wheels with no lift i have no doubt that the 35's i want to run will fit with the 3 inch lift i am planning to run.
The next decision i have to make is whether i want to go with all terrains or mud terrains. I plan on running tire size 35/12.50/R15 as it is cheaper than going with the 16's and i still have the stock 15 inch wheels. I am selling the current 16's with worn bfgs that are on the truck. asking 400 obo for those. I can get 35/12.5/15 Bfg all terrain KO's for 196 per tire shipped which i think is a good deal. i can also get the same size general grabber at2, which also seems to be a good tire, but bfg seems to be one of the best brands. The same size bfg mud terrain is 236/tire shipped but since this is a budget build id rather put the extra $160 towards lifting the truck/ misc maintenance parts i'll need. My real question here is whether or not it is worth the extra $160 for the mud terrains. I plan to use it offroad up in northern mi which is very sandy soil, almost beach like. Much of the driving will be on the street with snowy winters as well as a decent amount of rain. in about a year i will be moving to the upper peninsula of Michigan and the truck will be seeing offroad use daily. I would appreciate any thoughts on tires. (link to tires below)
the other plan for this truck is to swap in an sm465 which will be much easier with the body off. i found a sm465 which was mated to a 205 locally for $150, im trying to get him to sell it with the 205 as it would make life a bit easier. I still need to gather parts for the swap and if i get the trans i will sell the 700r4, which shifts very well and np241 t case to buy the clutch parts and pedal assay.
Planning to have all this work completed no later than january 20th 2013
Also i am looking for the following components and wondering if anyone here has anything lying around:
tire carrier/rear bumper for gm c/k trucks
4wd steering box for 73-87 trucks i good shape (not worn out)
sm465/205 combo
sm465 swap parts such as clutch pedal assay/hydraulic clutch assay
good seats for interior.
And here is a link to performance plus tires with the search for my tires. If anyone knows of a cheaper place to get tires please let me know
http://www.performanceplustire.com/...=317&manufacturerID[]=27&manufacturerID[]=329
