Corkey's Registry

[corkey]

gonna make my rig look Nasty,, next fender flares so i can run them on the highway too ,
35x12.5x15's, wider than my 285's, ,

 

[Glen4X4]

That'll look really good Pete.

 

[Turdle]

Those are way bigger. Good find

 

[corkey]

Now just to go get them and fit them, probably have to cut a bit, or maybe a bunch,

 

[corkey]

big,

I went and picked up my 35's today, and brought them home ,after figuring out how to pack all 4 of them and a 33 inch spare in the Ex..
It was tight but i made it work, lets just say all i could see in the rearview mirror was rubber,,

 

[cybergasm]

Waiting to see the Tires on the Truck rather then in the Truck

 

[corkey]

i am working on fitting them on right now,,

 

[corkey]

big azz tire time,

So, i went to Manitoba and picked up the tires, so,

on to putting them on,

started at the back put both on,








than on to the front,


pretty tight,



so i cut into the front fender at the bottom,



than i cut deeper into it, and than put the first piece back on , but overlapped it,



once it was welded back in place you can hardly tell from a distance,



once the passenger side was all done, i rolled it out to the sun and got some photos,,







Than i took it out for a drive, handled good , and smooth, next it is going to need an alignment as the wheel shimmies just a bit,,

 

[cybergasm]

Wow that was sheer Brilliance on the Fender trimming

looks good

 

[corkey]

thanks Dave,
it leaves a nice factory looking edge out there and won't dig into the tire,,
also gives something to refasten the plastic liner to,

 

[corkey]

So,

i put on the big tires, i had to try them out,,

 

[Glen4X4]

Looks good, like the fender trimming.

 

[corkey]

Thanks Glen

 

[corkey]

tire clearance is good, i pushed the plastic liner back when i welded the lip back on, after cutting alot off the bottom of it along the contour line,

 

[GRNMACHINE]

Ingenious on putting the lip back on after cutting the fenders! Your Ex has come along way in a short amount of time. Nice

 

[corkey]

Thanks, GRNMACHINE,
with all the help i get from this site, it is nice to give an idea back,

 

[dkchrist]

Very nice!

 

[corkey]

Thanks Daniel, ,

 

[corkey]

Well,
apparently going up to a 35 inch tire will show you driveline issues in a hurry,
turns out i have a bad u joint and didn't know it.
I am going to change both of them as the front one on the rear drive shaft appears to be the stock one the Ex came with in 1996,if it is, it lasted 370,000 kilometers.or 230,000 miles, ,
i know sounds weird doesn't it,,,

 

[corkey]

ha ha, went wheelin a bit today, broke a cv axle,

and the fun, begins, dah tales to follow,

pics too ,