Petersons Ultimate Adventure Tundra

[01tundra]

Thanks! I doubt I'm going much past where I stopped it for now. I just wanted to get the intake up a little higher to give me a chance to survive this year's UA. If ARB (or the like) ever comes out with a 1st gen Tundra snorkel I may consider it, but I would rather just steer away from anything over 3'-4' deep.

 

[01tundra]

Well.....looks like I'm going to be trying out the new Goodyear MT/R with Kevlar tires during this year's UA. Sure hope they do as well in the rocks & mud (and on the road) as the reviews I've read say they do! This will definitely be an un-biased review since I love my current BFG KM2's and have ran a set of the original MT/R's in the past with not so much love. I'm looking forward to giving these a try and hope they perform as advertised !

 

[Rusty-Ford]

great job on the intake. I just built a snorkel on my explorer recently

As for the MTR's, did bfg drop the UA support and goodyear pick it up? I like the new MTR's and have heard good reviews. You will have to let us know how they perform!

 

[01tundra]

Got the Goodyear's mounted up over the weekend. The sidewalls are definitely stiffer than the KM2's, but they ride good on the road and are as quite. The Goodyear's are a heavier tire for sure, and for some reason they are taller, even though the 37's are listed as 36.8" from each manufacturer. When I put by brand new spare BFG up next to the Goodyear, there was over an inch of height difference. I picked up about 3/4" of clearance under my differentials, I'm sure the stiffer sidewalls also help. I did have to have these balanced, worst one took about 8 oz. of weight. The BFG's have been on my rig for a year and have been smooth with no balancing, but I've also cut two sidewalls in the last year........so there's always trade-off's I suppose........

I also replaced my 100W Lightforce Striker 170's with some new 35W Striker 170 HID's, I thought my original one's were bright until I turned these damn things on!

 

[Rusty-Ford]

Truck looks great as always!
Tires look good too! Hope they hold up better than the BFG's for you!

 

[01tundra]

Here is a link for day-to-day updates of the Peterson's Ultimate Adventure...........for those of you interested in a play-by-play of the Tundra flying apart ! They will update daily from the trails, just look on the lower right hand side of their page under the "Related Blogs" heading for updates.

Ultimate Adventure 2009 | Ultimate Adventure Blog & Opinions at 4Wheel & Off Road Magazine

 

[Rattler]

You guys went by an offroad shop here in MI right on US-127. One of the employees happened to be outside and snapped pics of you going by and I recognized your rig right away. Everyone on greatlakes4x4.com is trying to figure out where you are heading. I figured Drummond Island. The island is a blast.

By the pics on the blog, it looks like you stopped at General Jim's in Clare. I love that place!

 

[01tundra]

You guys went by an offroad shop here in MI right on US-127. One of the employees happened to be outside and snapped pics of you going by and I recognized your rig right away. Everyone on greatlakes4x4.com is trying to figure out where you are heading. I figured Drummond Island. The island is a blast.

By the pics on the blog, it looks like you stopped at General Jim's in Clare. I love that place!

Yep, that's where we were heading - had a blast. I spent way to much money at General Jim's !

 

[Rattler]

Yep, that's where we were heading - had a blast. I spent way to much money at General Jim's !

Ron Fetter said he tried calling you a couple times but you had your phone shut off. I know Pat aka Ironman that was at Rocks & Valleys and he had his shut off too. As a matter of fact, I am heading to his place today hopefully to have him build me a spare carrier.

Drummond is great. We helped the MI DNR resign a bunch of the trails back in May.

I will be stopping by General Jim's this weekend. I need a few suppies for our trip to the UP next month.

Anyhow, sweet Tundra! Hope you had a good trip.

 

[01tundra]

Good times! Did I mention how much I hated mud ?!!!! I spent the entire day Monday cleaning mud out of my radiator and interior, good thing I had the floor sprayed with Line-X. The passenger side is no longer the "pretty" side......lot's of sheet metal modifications.

 

[Rattler]

Cool pics! Whre are they it(if you can say)? A couple look like Drummond. I haven't been to R&V yet (going this weekend hopefully) so I don't know what that place is like really. I know there is a good size mudhole there though.

 

[EXP-T100]

How are you liken the new Goodyears? are you going to change them back to the bfg for the UA? Wait a min yall ran the UA already wow i am slow sometime lol and not BFG??

 

[Westy]

I had always thought for the longest time BFG was one of the main sponsors of UA??

 

[Rusty-Ford]

I can't believe you guys were in PA this year... and i was out of the country!
Hope it was a blast!
Can't wait to read all about it and watch the dvd!

How'd the truck hold out? What's the carnage... looked like a mirror broke in the pics but other than that?

 

[01tundra]

Let's just say it held up a lot better than last year! Yep, my new mirror is now held on with a zip tie........