Well today was the big day. I went down to Roger Brown's place at 10 this morning to get sliderz and the pan hard drop bracket installed. Steve came down to check things out as well.

Here's a link to the pics.

Here's a preview:

 

So did Roger Brown Make that PanHard bracket for you?

 

Nope, that is a Sonoran Steel product! I just got it 2nd hand, from data here on the boards.

Thanks for quality workmanship Steve!

 

I got your e-mail, a 2nd hand one of mine.

Kewl.

 

 

Fits good don't it.

 

Yeah, it fit up real well. Just a bit of grinding like you mentioned in the write up, and then it dropped right on. I just have to throw a bit of paint on there tomorrow morning.

 

Nice work dude. I like your RB sliders, hehe. did you you get the optional spare air deal in them? or is he making them standard these days? how much did the sliders run you? I'm leaning towards his with the air.

 

More pics: http://community.webshots.com/album/71379098DmgjDn

I hope it works. My old pictures from that album are cached and the new pictures aren't showing up so I can't test it.

 

Kewl.

 

I didn't get the airtight ones, at least I didn't ask for them. Roger has a bunch of different options with his sliders. The main option is standard vs ultimate. Standard = .12" thick tubing, ultimate = .188" tubing on the outer bar. He had an ultimate set he was looking to get rid of, so he gave them to me for the price of the standard set.

You can also get them straight, or with kickouts, and those have kickouts. $195 for standard sliders with two kickouts, then priming, painting, grip tape, and the bolt kit (you can weld them or bolt on after drilling in to the frame), came to $286 with sales tax. Since these were already made for someone that changed their mind, they had already been primed, painted etc.

 

Oh BTW here's a link to Roger's page for anyone interested.

http://4crawler.cruiserpages.com/4x4...le/index.shtml

 

Sweet Tom,

BTW- did you see Keisur's post about no more rubbing with his bracket installed? So when you going to get some 285's?

 

hey are those sliderz welded on or bolted? i think i remember you saying you were holding out for bolted, but not sure....

 

Yep, they are bolted on...

David - I'm starting to shop for tires now. I'd really like to get MTR's, not sure if I'll make the leap to 285's tho. I'll probably be sticking with stock rims, and I'm leery about putting 285's on them. I know some people do, some people say don't, just haven't decided yet.

 

No one in AZ has ever had any issues with 285's and stock rims. Personally if I would have gotten the rims you have, I would have kept them. The 16" steel wagon wheel rims I got were kinda ugly.

 

Nice Tom, nice.

 

Lookin good Tom!

 

I've been wrangling with this a bit myself, but after hearing about so many people running 285's, and that they meet the specs for that rim, I'm not too worried. Guess it depends on what you're going to do. The real advantage to a lift is the ability to run larger tires. The lift itself will not give you any more clearance with your differentials, but running a taller tire after the lift will. I just don't know what kind of hassle it is to recalibrate the speedometer, whether the power loss is real noticeable or not.

Going with 265's is certainly the easiest route, and they'll definetly look sweet. You probably saw Ducky's pictures with his lift and 265 MT's:

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/show...5&pagenumber=1

I have a set of Deuler Revo's with only 6k miles on them, so I'm considering getting new wheels as well. Problem is, I know I'll love the look of the mud tires that the others are just going to collect dust. Ahh, decisions decisions decisions, and only if money grew on trees!

 

Yep, Ducky's sure does look good. In my case, 265's will give me a little more clearance on the diffs, since whoever owned the 4R before me was too cheap to keep 265's on it... I do know one thing....the 245's definitely don't fill up the wheel well enough!

I guess its time to start doing a little more reading on 285's. My other concern is a spare. And whaddya know, the current spare is a 265/70/16 Dunlop Grabber (??). That might not be a bad temp spare if I go with 265/75/16, but for 285's I'd probably want a matching spare. And how do you stuff a 285 up there without losing the hitch? You don't, unless the tire is deflated. That sorta defeats the purpose, unless of course you have on-board air.

$$$$$$$$, its the circle of mods.