The Pumpkin "Build"

David1tontj

David1tontj

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Armydog said:
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Hopefully theses bald Mickey T's will be on the way to the recycle pile in 7-10 days.....
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Bald?? Haha. I've driven out to Guys houses from Craigslist that said the tires had 95% tread..... Guess what, they were way less than the ones you have!! Heck, for craigslist standards, your Baja claws are brand new!!


Armydog said:
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New sneakers waiting for me by the garage door, thank you Brown Santa!!!!
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Very nice!! Still 35s?
 
Armydog

Armydog

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Yeah I stayed with 35's. Partly because of advice from here....... and mostly because I wanted to stay with 15" wheels and was very limited by tire size available.....especially because I wanted Mud Grapplers.

If it ain't broke don't fix it I guess, I like them.......
 
David1tontj

David1tontj

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Armydog said:
Tango! I think so. Got 40oz of Dyna-Beads in the mail today. I just have to try these out myself.
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You're going to hear a wide variety of reviews on that topic. I can already tell you though- I don't think 40oz is enough for 5 tires. Too much is ok, but not enough is worthless. I think I had like 12-13oz in each tire when I ran it.

Hope you're okay with the noise- it's what drove me away from the balancing beads.
 
David1tontj

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Here's a video I took from the bbs in my wife's rig long ago. She hated the noise and eventually I got rid of them in the jeep for noise reasons as well. You hear them at certain speeds ( parking lot speed) when they are just curling over and bouncing off the rims.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/p8zYYYoMJIk?feature=oembed

You hear it when I went over the first speed bump, and again when coming to a stop at the end.
 
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Armydog

Armydog

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We shall see how the Dyna Beads work. I can hear them but the tires are loud (a plus to me) anyway.

Why? Just cause I like to try stuff for myself. If they don't work or I don't like them I can get everything spin balanced. On the short highway ride back to the kennels they seemed smooth up to 65mph or so......

We shall see
 
Armydog

Armydog

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Spudcannons said:
Looks great! How well do those balancing beads work compared to weights?
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It's a little early in the beta-test. But so far it rides very smooth and steady for what it is.....a lifted 05 TJ. The tires SEEM to be perfectly balanced. This may be due to the Dyna-Beads or because Nitto makes a kick ass tire! Either way, day one and I am happy. I will update this thread if my opinion or observations change and my opinion is only worth it's weight in dog shit so take it for what's it's worth....
 
MR.Ty

MR.Ty

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Armydog said:
14.5" wide. Plus I'm still running the 2" spacers due to the crappy steel wheels with stock-like offset. It's ok though, I like getting rocks thrown at me from the front tires!!
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Lol! This comment had me going.
Your TJ is looking great!
 
Armydog

Armydog

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Anyone need a stock front axle shaft off a 05 TJR? Free if you pick it up or ship on your dime..... I think it's the passenger side. I will check if anyone is interested.
 
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