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.

 

Nice, I clean my tires like that, as well! I love high water and flooding signs...like a bee to honey...muahahaha

 

Cool!!!!!!!! By the way, NICE truck.

 

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)

Thanks, i try and keep it nice

 

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

 

 

What's this water stuff you guys keep talking about?

 

There is a bridge near my house that floods everytime we get a heavy rain. The river just flows right up and over it.

 

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.

 

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?

 

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.

 

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! ]

 

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.

 

Stop rubbing it in!