RichardT's 95 Montero SR Build Thread
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RichardT
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Thanks man
, that bumper is pretty heavy, I'm gonna have to crank my torsion bars some more to even it out again. I saw in your sig that you have the OME torsion bars, are they thicker than stock do you know? I know our years are different, but I was just curious, thanks.
RichardT
Adventurer
Yes the OME torsion bars are a lot more stout than the stock bars. You can see the difference in the pic:
Thanks for the info, and pic to demonstrate, much appreciated
RichardT
Adventurer
My Monty finally has a new set of shoes :wings: I don't have any action shots, heck I've had these for 2 weeks, but i've been so busy preparing for my final next week, that I haven't even had a chance to get on the forum here, let alone post these pics.
I ended up goin with the BFG KM2 33x10.5's, and thus far I'm happy with it, can't wait to head out to a trail and see how she feels, I'm sure it'll be a slight difference from my 31'' slicks I had prior
One funny thing though, was when I was calling around about these tires, I was talking to one salesman, and told him I needed 5 tires, he asked, "Are you sure, you need 5?", I said yes, so he paused and then asked, "whats the 5th one for?......A spare?", so I replied back, "no, it's for a unicycle...."
I ended up goin with the BFG KM2 33x10.5's, and thus far I'm happy with it, can't wait to head out to a trail and see how she feels, I'm sure it'll be a slight difference from my 31'' slicks I had prior
One funny thing though, was when I was calling around about these tires, I was talking to one salesman, and told him I needed 5 tires, he asked, "Are you sure, you need 5?", I said yes, so he paused and then asked, "whats the 5th one for?......A spare?", so I replied back, "no, it's for a unicycle...."
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off-roader
Expedition Leader
Nice. Yes some salesmen are STUPID...
off-roader
Expedition Leader
On second thought he was probably just going with the flow. There are so many vehicle posers these days that getting 4 tires w/out another for the spare is probably more common than would make sense.
At least he didn't insist that it wouldn't fit.:smilies27
RichardT
Adventurer
Looks good mate!
Silverwulf
Adventurer
I'm really digging what you did with the bedliner on the bodykit. Man, I need to get me some tires, like STAT.
RichardT
Adventurer
Thanks man! I've actually had some friends ask me if I bought a new truck:smiley_drive: And everyone has said that it looks way better now than it did when it was two-tone. The new tires are awesome (on the road) so far, I can't wait to get them out on a trail, and actually see what this bad boy can do, now that it'll have some teeth on the trail. I have my final next week, and then I have 2.5 months off (aside from some online classes, I'm a glutton for punishment, what can I say) and I'll be painting the rest of the truck during that time off. I'm gonna sand it all down, and paint it flat black (aside from what I already did in bed-liner of course) along with trying to freshen the weather stripping etc..
Although the painting will be my priority(including the rims If I can get around to it), I'm hoping to do a storage system/camp kitchen/sleeping platform in the back, and I also want to make a custom platform that comes off the hitch, and is secured to the spare tire, this will be to hold a couple of jerry cans, and maybe some other gear as well. We'll see how things go, it would be nice to get it all done.
RichardT
Adventurer
I have a few photos from a recent outing, we went up to the top of a the tallest local mountain, called Saddleback mountain to view the recent eclipse, I was up with my wife and son, so I couldnt get into anything to crazy, and we were in a rush to get to the top, so couldn't stop anywhere for any fun, but while we were at the top watching, I moved my truck, and found a nice sized rock to test my tires out on. Needless to say, I never wouldve been able to do this before with my "slicks"
I probably could've gone up higher, but as it was, I was having a hard time getting in to the truck, lol
I probably could've gone up higher, but as it was, I was having a hard time getting in to the truck, lol