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Old 05-18-2003, 10:00 AM
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good sign

look what i ran into on my way home on friday. i saw this sign and thought, damn why dont i have a snorkel?

i had to get the pic after i crosses the bridge. the water i went throgh was up to my hubs, i have 285's.


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Old 05-18-2003, 10:22 AM
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Nice, I clean my tires like that, as well! I love high water and flooding signs...like a bee to honey...muahahaha
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Cool!!!!!!!! By the way, NICE truck.
Old 05-18-2003, 12:45 PM
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I love high water and flooding signs...like a bee to honey...muahahaha

same here, i got home then turned around to go and find any more flooded or washed out roads to play on. i love being able to go most anywhere. i learned today that i really really want a locker. i had trouble on some hills on my normal trails. at least i think a locker would help get up the slick hills. All this rain has turned all the dirt into mud . clay + rain= grease(undrivable)

By the way, NICE truck
Thanks, i try and keep it nice
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There is a dirt road near here that always floods in one spot, I had water upto or past the top of my rims once. It stalled my buddys Cherokee.

Water sure is fun to cross. Nice looking truck too
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What's this water stuff you guys keep talking about?

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There is a bridge near my house that floods everytime we get a heavy rain. The river just flows right up and over it.
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The other night I was taking my girlfriend home after graduation at like 5 in the morning. There was sooo much water on the roads . At one point the road was flooded for almost a mile. It was fun except when I hit a spot about as deep as my hubs going 40mph, Woosh! water was everywhere I couldn't see anything. It was damn cool though
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Originally posted by OicnaiC
The other night I was taking my girlfriend home after graduation at like 5 in the morning. There was sooo much water on the roads . At one point the road was flooded for almost a mile. It was fun except when I hit a spot about as deep as my hubs going 40mph, Woosh! water was everywhere I couldn't see anything. It was damn cool though
I know this kid with a Blazer, there was all this water on the road, so after we went through it once, he turned around and went back through it at like 35-40, sucked water right through the intake, hydrolocked the engine hehe. It was fine when we hit it at like 25...it was a bitch getting it out of the water, too.
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Runnerboy97 - Very Cool Truck!

Is the 2.5" lift due to the Bilsteins or spacers or a combination of the two? I've lifted my truck about 2" with a set of HD OME springs and shocks - what would I need to do to raise the body/suspension enough to fit 285s similar to yours?
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YEs the 2.5" lift comes from the spacers and the downey springs, i know most people can fit 285's with 2" of lift, but clearances are tight. I still get rubbing sometimes at full turn, but thats due to the backspacing of my wheels.
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So you'd recommend another 1/2 to 1" of extra lift before fitting 285s? What is the best / easiest way to achieve that?

[ BTW - I'm still drooling over your tyres! They look so cool! ]
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I would get other opinions about exactly how much lift should clear 285's. Anyone want to chime in onthis topic. I know some poeple will know a lot better than me about what works best.

Here's a little better pics of the tires and wheels taken in my driveway.
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Stop rubbing it in!
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