New Rubber

[Ford02Exp]

if you want some black/chrome bullet rims, check www.jegs.com. The black ones are like $55 a piece.

 

[Donner]

ha!

Sweet lookin Ex!
You just turned me on to the westin bullbar...
I think I'll go with the Black one like Donners though.



Ben

Thanks man. Next thing on my list is some wheels, probably some pro comp xtreme alloy black/chrome ones.

I was thinking how much cleaner ghurst10's looks : Do you have a link for those wheels?

 

[ghurst10]

Yeah: http://www.4wheelparts.com/partLists.aspx?plID=5449&w=2113-21

 

[Kovalchuk]

Since you already have tires... and are likely keeping the same rim size... perhaps painting the stock rims would be a cost-effective choice.

Either way... the new rubber looks GREAT!

 

[stephan]

great looking tires !!!

somehow i just like the short "bulldog" nose of the 02-05....the custom grill makes the nose even look better.. (that upgrade is on my wish list)

 

[ghurst10]

great looking tires !!!

somehow i just like the short "bulldog" nose of the 02-05....the custom grill makes the nose even look better.. (that upgrade is on my wish list)

Thanks a lot. And for the billet grill, be sure you check on ebay. That's where i got mine and it was only about $50, a lot cheaper than anywhere else i looked.

 

[stephan]

Thanks a lot. And for the billet grill, be sure you check on ebay. That's where i got mine and it was only about $50, a lot cheaper than anywhere else i looked.

thanks for the headsup ; only ~$50 sounds good to me

 

[X6StringerX]

I bought a polished aluminum billet grille on ebay for $40 for my last 2nd gen. I was looking last week at possibly buying one for my present 2nd gen and I noticed some stainless steel ones. The polished aluminum combo (both upper and lower inserts) runs $93 shipped for a 2nd gen whereas the stainless combo runs $130 shipped. Anyone have experience with the stainless ones? I remember the aluminum to bend really easily.

 

[guitarfrk741]

Checked out the dakota's today at pep boys just to see them in person and they look pretty sweet i must say...

i think my mounty is slowly getting close to your ex bc my bull bar comes in tomorrow and it's looking like i'm getting the tires in 3-4 weeks..

how much lift do you have spring wise front/rear bc i really like the stance yours has and i'm hoping to get mine around the same height

 

[ghurst10]

Mine has 2.5" springs in front and 1.5" springs in back. Thanks for all the comments and good luck with you're mounty.

 

[OMEGA4X4]

hows the road noise, handling? Are you running spacers?
Truck looks nice.

 

[ghurst10]

hows the road noise, handling? Are you running spacers?
Truck looks nice.

Thanks a lot. The road noise isn't too bad, but i've never driven on any other mud tires so I don't have much to compare them to. The handling doesn't seem to have been affected much either, except in heavy rain. I'm running 1.5 inch wheel spacers.

 

[Tarpman]

Lift specs?

Hey ghurst10, Your X looks good aside from the tires, what lift did you use? The spacers or springs? Body lift? Do the tires rub?
Looks good

 

[freshonthesc3n3]

hey whats up dude ... im 100% new to moddin my truck for off road... i used to want to do the whole street truck thing until i went off roading for the first time and it was amazing ... but i have practically the same truck and your truck looks sickkkkk.... is there anyway to just do a suspension lift instead of a body lift ?? im tryin to do a very mild off road set up and im havin trouble gettin started

 

[CALDWELL]

Simply BAD ASS !!!!!!!

 

[ryno_rx8]

I have those same tires except in 265 and love them, not near as much noise as other mud tires and the only downfall i see to them is they like to stick in groovers in the road and pull me around. Good in the mud so far though.

 

[cmhaah06]

So what does a 285/75/16 equate to in inches? I run the same tire in a 31/10.5/15. It is a really good alternative to some of the more pricey m/t's you could spend money on, espcially if you get them during the buy three get the fourth free deal. Thats when I got mine. Paid $470 out the door and got $100 dollars back in the mail 6 weeks later. Imho they do just as well in mud/snow/rocks.

 

[xplorerguru]

hey whats up dude ... im 100% new to moddin my truck for off road... i used to want to do the whole street truck thing until i went off roading for the first time and it was amazing ... but i have practically the same truck and your truck looks sickkkkk.... is there anyway to just do a suspension lift instead of a body lift ?? im tryin to do a very mild off road set up and im havin trouble gettin started

I would look at (dead link)

 

[cmhaah06]

So a 285/75 is roughly a 32" or a 33" in metric size?

 

[Limited02]

So a 285/75 is roughly a 32" or a 33" in metric size?

Try the conversion here.

http://www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCalculator.asp