Im not sure how to adjust them, so I'll just wait until this coming weekend. I'm glad you saw improvements in mileage, makes me feel a little better haha.
I'll have to cut the the fender because I have 15.5 wide tires. I don't fully understand offset, but I know it has some offset to it, just not sure if it is positive or negative.

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So, after two long weeks I finally have my baby back
List of upgrades added:
Triple Disc TC
Transgo Shift-Kit
All gauges installed and wired properly
Synergy steering box stabilizer
Replaced stabilizer shock

However, there is another list of to-dos that keeps growing! I put the 35s on and was still having the occasional death wobble on the interstate, so I took her to get aligned…. And they showed me a $1,200 bill
Turns out I need about $1,000 in steering parts, including a new track bar, stabilizer bar, wheel bearing, and one or two other things I'm forgetting. So I'm back to the old tires again

I also decided that it was time to drop the 35s entirely. I am going to attempt to sell the tread (and a few other things) so that I can get some BF Goodrich KO 33s for my turbine rims. I think it will look sexy And I shouldn't have nearly as much trouble with 33s as I am with those 35s.

 

how much are you looking to get for those 35s?

 

For tread, no rims, how does $150 sound?

 

turbo went pow the other day so i guess im out

 

Man, that sucks. What happened to it?
I've been a little busy lately with Christmas break and all. And speaking of Christmas, I got a few goodies! My aunts all got me some new front speakers that sound absolutely amazing! I'm working on the stereo that I want to put in. I was going to do a double din, which would require a little custom cutting to fit in. I think I might try to find a cheaper single din that has the fold out touch screen on it, that way i still get the larger screen without having to cut out part of the dash.
Also, it snowed a good 6-8 inches here the other day, which isn't a problem for our Jeep, however my truck couldn't handle it- still didn't have 4wd
Yesterday I went out and got that fixed, and boy is this dude unstoppable in the snow! Even with crappy tires! And tires are my next point, I guess there is a pair of tires with like 75% or better tread, mounted on rims, and for $200, so my Dad is chomping at the bit to go get them. I'm still trying to keep those turbine rims, but to get a good set of 33's for them, it's going to cost around $800, $800 of which I don't have The tread is still up for sale though!
I'm going to go out and run through a little more snow in a bit, see if I can't get some good pictures!

Also, my steering issue is really starting to bug me. Here's the jist of it- sometimes after I shut the truck off, you hear this kind of bubbling noise, and it's the power steering pump just pushing fluid out of the top of the pump! It's the weirdest thing! I left the truck in the barn one weekend, all three days I didn't touch the truck, turn it on or anything, and when I came back one day, there was a puddle on the floor, the next day it was bigger, and even bigger by Monday! I don't see how it just keeps pushing it out! I have found that sometimes if I let the truck run for a minute after driving it, it won't throw out fluid. It's just driving me insane, and I can't figure out what could be wrong. I'm probably going to replace the pump soon, and just work my way down the line to see what could be up. I think the pump is the easiest and cheapest part to replace.

 

The bearings wore out and the compressor wheel started hitting the housing so I took it as an opportunity to upgrade, I got a custom hx-40w2 with ceramic bearings. After a day to get the old one off, and a day and a half to put the new one on I was ready to fire it up, and my starter wouldn't turn it an inch and it started smoking.... This is the brand new starter that I put on in September. Lucky for me it has a warranty so I got a new one, put it on, and it ran beautiful. Took it for a test drive, everything was awesome. Took a shower and put on my good clothes to head out to a Christmas party and had to use 4x4 out the driveway (we got 23" from that little storm plus 8 last night) and *snap* there goes goes my front driveshaft... AGAIN. So I conned my brother into getting his hands dirty and he took it off for me.. Still it sits in my tool box until I get money for ANOTHER new one. She's getting around ok with 500 lbs of sand in the back and I'm loving the turbo but that was 3 hassles that I did NOT plan on.

 

Man that just sucks. I couldn't blame ya for not wanting to jack with those tires haha. Hope you get her pullin all four again soon!

 

Well ole Frank has been under occasional construction here and there. Unfortunately no performance mods right now
What I've done in the past couple months:
New radio and speakers
I found a good deal on some tires that fit my turbine rims $400 for the tires with rims and they have an insane amount of tread
I also got a toolbox for the bed for $75
When I got my grid heater working, I had to add a switch in, which isn't really special, but now I can start my truck in colder weather

Just recently I had a fuel line loose apparently, which caused me to smell diesel fuel through the heater when I was goin fast (and I mean FAST) so it didn't happen often. Thankfully it was just that loose fuel line, because I don't need to be replacing injectors right now
But here's some updated photos of Frank

Oh yeah, forgot to add, when I went to pick up those tires, I had just redone my exhaust as a turn down. The two pipes (the elbow and a straight pipe) FELL OFF while I was driving! I have no idea what happened to the elbow, so it's unfortunately a lost cause, but I did end up watching the straight pipe fly down the highway, so I turned around and got it I added the straight pipe back in, and so it wouldn't just blow smoke all over my axle, I took another pipe, cut off the 90 degree elbow on it, and then added that into the other pipe, tightened it all down, and for good measure, tac-welded it all

 

very nice project

scott