do any of you guys know whether pressure washers are worth having? i can see using them for the undercarriage and such, but how 'bout the rest of the truck?
Kyle, (BCO) i'm with you on the 265's. like oby said, you should end up with more warraty also.
Funny you ask. I just borrowed my grandpas monday. I powerwashed inside the wheel wells and the underneath of the truck. Worked alright still lots of junk that wouldnt come off i wish it did a better job. I sprayed the tailgate it seemed to be alright. I used to powerwash my S-10 and it was no harm to it. Just test it out first make sure the pressure isnt to high
If the selector ( for floor, vents,defrost)is positioned to the right of the 12 o'clock position, the A/C will be on regardless if the A/C button is pushed. In this mode the recirc. is disabled. To the left of the 12 o'clock position, fresh air or recirc is available. If you only push the recirec button, and not the A/C button , the A/C is still on. Try this; turn the selector to the left and press recirc. The light confirms selection. Then slowly rotate the selector knob clockwise. As you pass the 12 o'clock position, the recirc light goes off on the fresh air light is on. If you rotate back to the left, the recirc light comes back on.
When you are ready to get new tires you should consider LT tires, not the P-series you currently have.
The LT 9(Light Truck)tires are much stronger than the P (Passenger car) tires that you currently have.
I know everyone wants to badmouth Firestone right now, but I'm very happy with the Firestone Steeltex tires on my truck. They have held up very well to the dirt and gravel they have been abused with. 25,000 miles and they look about 1/2 worn.
1989 Silverado with Firestone Wilderness AT's 235/75R15.
Just came back from Firestone. They inspected some serial # or some other number on the inner side of the tires. My Firestone Wilderness AT's 235/75R15's are on the recall list. Looks like I'm getting a new set of tires. They gave me a list of replacement tires that I could get. I opted for the Bridgestone equivalent to the Wilderness AT's. Does anybody have any thoughts on these replacement tires they offer for the recalled tires?
This should up the sale value of my truck when and if I ever can get my 2001 Silverado with two-tone paint!
only cuz i'm paranoid and would do this myself... i would consider taking your truck to your next favorite brand tire dealer and get them to put new tires on your truck and pro-rate the discount for you old ones (which will be brand new). if i get the opportunity, i will do this just for peace of mind...
although i wonder what RPM's will do on a 2500 with the .74 OD and 4:10's at 80?
Maybe there is a reason it has 245's....
Babs,
no you didn't have the ac on recirc on defrost...once you get 3 clicks or so into floor/def...you can't have recirc...if you did..how would the same air inside defrost the windows?
Glad the chat picked up.....I was too busy...glad yawl enjoyed it..
Check out your rpm for any given tire size at Randy's Ring & Pinion, www.ring-pinion.com, choose the RPM calculator, enter your numbers and it gives the answer. You have to adjust slightly for the .74 OD ratio since their tables are based on .70 I think.
We (a friend who is a full-time mechanic and myself) actually never made it the point of lifting the truck since we both felt there was no way in hell the lower bolt would come out. I will take another look once we actually lift it in the air and report back what I find. Thanks
I said in earlier post I thought dealer was trying to do right thing. I had given my salesman several options (black/pewter, carmine/pewter, black, carmine). They found my first choice - a black/pewter truck with almost the exact options I wanted. A couple that I hadn't thought of - keyless entry, something with the interior mirror, trans cooler, etc. I have to pay $125 to have them trade for it (the cost of someone taking one of their trucks & bringing mine back). They aren't making much so I'm happy to pay the charge - I know its an extra cost to them. They are going to get the truck tomorrow (Thurs) and it should be in my driveway on Fri. getting its first coat of Zaino. Anyway David I just wanted you to know there is an option (dealer trading). The bigger dealer probably has more clout in getting someone to trade. There are a lot of two tone 2001's out there. Denny
Bought my gibsons 10/99. Installed headers first, ran a couple of miles, then gibsons. It was really quiet at idle in friend's repair shop...got it on the freeway and the resonance started. I thought that perhaps it was increased due to my Pace Edwards rolltop magnifying the sound in the bed...so opened the bed up and same amount of resonance...At this point, I have no explanation for the resonance other than the baffles in the gibson muffler. Research by flowmaster showed that the baffles created unneccessary resonance at the 1500-1800 rpm level. Bottom line tho...the gibsons are history as soon as its replacement gets here....
service department told me they were putting a small amount of black permatex rtv on the threads of the caps and a dot on the points where the center cap touches the wheel(6 lug center caps have three of these points) he says they are easy to get off and you just clean them off and reapply on reinstall. I tried this and after about 1000 miles, not one loose plastic lug nut cap.
Wish someone made billet aluminum ones or something. By the way, hand tighten the caps after doing the rtv thing. Tighten in the same sequence as the lug nuts. I just tightened until the tabs clicked in the second groove. (All just felt snug by hand) I let the rtv dry overnight. Haven't had them back off yet so I am taking the service departments word on ease of removal.
oh I know the 6.0 can handle revs.....at 3000 it just comes alive on the highway....I love the passing power this beast has on the highway....the torque curve and the 4:10/.74OD makes a og so nice combo.....when it downshifts for passing......ahhhhhhhhhh
(and i won't mention names) one of the car parts dealers i may end up with one extra edelbrock shock. if they don't push me to send it back i'll be glad to donate it to anyone who's interested.
Ok a question. What are the benefits of synthetic oil??? I was told by someone to use it and itll stop my clicking noise (ticking) in my engine. Just wondering if anyone knows if itll work Thanks
If anyone could benefit from the free tires it'd be me. I've got 30,600 miles. But you know what? I've taken care of mine, and they've taken care of me. Have not even balanced them. Do rotate and maintain proper pressure. No shakes, smooth quiet ride, nice even wear. 28 psi. They don't turn heads. But I don't care. When I replace, I may put them back on, or may try something else. Been saying I'd like Bridgestone Dueler A/Ts. Think they come in P and LT ratings. Will put stock 265 size back on though. The safe bet. Mark's got me thinking about Cooper. They are a good tire. And price can affect a deal too. Like $40 a tire at Pep Boys, any size sale.
the truck rides great but, i figure since they put a whopping $60.00 worth of tires on the truck that the upgraded shocks they charged for when adding the tow package are probably just as cheap as well. last 2 chevys i've owned i put KYB's on and they made a world of difference. anyone driving a 1500 on stock shocks after 8-10k miles is riding in a mush wagon. . . .my .02's
check out this link. section 2 has a pretty decent blurb on synthetics. i changed to mobil 1 5w30 last change. no problems (none expected). don't know if it'll fix any knocks though...
Well it seems the remote keyless entry transmitter my wife had for my truck was either stolen or lost. My concern is how do I reprogram the receiver in the truck so that the lost/stolen one doesn't work? Anyone know?
Congratulations!! You are kinda making me jealous by getting your 2001 Silverado with two-tone by Friday. Mine is probably going to get here by Friday too.......Friday December 29th that is.
Last Thursday I went to the 7th largest Chevrolet dealer in the US. Gave the salesman a copy of my vehicle detailed sheet that I got when I tried to order my Silverado two-tone thru a smaller local dealer. He said he'd look around for an equivalent truck and try to order it too. He also said he'd get back to me on Friday or Saturday. Funny thing, I haven't heard from him since.
If you do get your truck on Friday, take it for a long drive and then get back to us with all the details about it....how it drove and what options it has. I will be waiting anxiously to hear about it.
Installed Velvets on my 96, 3/4, 2wd, short bed about two years ago. I also thought the lower bolts would never come out. They Do. As I recall, we had to leave the wheels on the ground and jack up the bed only. We used a good hydraulic 2 ton Lincoln wheeled jack and placed a 6X6 under the trailer hitch. A neighbor (whom I trusted) kept raising the bed until there was neutral weight on the spring bracket mounting bolts. I was able to remove the bolts pretty easily. The tricky part is reinstalling the bolts through the Velvet shackles. My neighbor had to constantly raise and lower the jack in small increments until the holes lined up so the bolt could be installed. Be certain you trust your helper and he/she practices raising and lowering the truck on the jack a few times until they have a feel for the slight adjustments needed. Remember, you are under the truck and those beds hurt if they fall on ya'. The Velvet Ride shackles made a big difference in the ride. I drive on a curved road with a strong washboard ripple in one curve. Before the Velvet Rides my Chevy would bounce like the devil and "slide out" on me. The Velvet rides completely eliminated this problem. Cannot say they helped or hurt in any other way, though. Good luck with the install.
Been an interesting string of comments on tire size. The point that interests me is everyone is commenting on tire size by the tread width dimension. For example, a 265/75X16 (tire rating omitted) has 265 millimeters of tread width, a tread hight of 75% of the width [265X.75] and mounts to a 16 inch wheel rim. Why the mix of metric and English I couldn't even begin to say. With a calculator and a little patience, you can purchace a tire with a smaller contact patch, not a good idea unless you like driving in straight lines, (go from a 265 to a 245) and receive a correspondingly shorter tire with the same percetage of sidewall hieght. OR you can do the math and get a tire that has the same rolling radius (the same sidewall hieght as a 265 and nearly the same moment forces) and won't need a $300 computer to reset for tire dimension and give accurate tach, speedo and odometer readings. The computer is set to meet federal emission standards. This is accomplished by some fancy hardware: O2 sensor, knock sensor, catalytic converter, and your computer. Depending on length of pushrod and throw of the crank shaft, every engine has a set amount of rotation before and after top/bottom dead center where the top of the piston is nearly motionless. This is where spark advance comes in to play. Fuel burns at a constant rate no matter how fast your engine is turning. If the ignition cycle starts too soon then you loose Hp because the engine is working against itself (pumping loss). If the timing is too slow then the expanding gasses chase the piston. This also causes a loss of Hp because the engine is pulling the piston down (again a pumping loss). The computer (and why I love 'em) constantly monitors rpm,the O2 sensor, and the shock sensor to adjust spark advance and fuel for optimal performance throughout the rpm range. Mechanical systems could only manage this for spark advance in two narrow bands. Octane prevents fuel from igniting and is useful for preventing autodetonation. That's about all its good for. Octane does not make fuel burn hotter or with more energy. The purity of the fuel you burn is the only factor that would change the amount of energy released from the same volume of fuel. Gasoline engines (contrary to popular belief) use the same ratio (ppm gas:air) no matter how fast you are going. The fuel injectors, throttle body injectors, and carburators meter fuel as a function of air volume. That ratio is about .6623 parts fuel to air. Most automakers set their product at a slightly lower ratio due to emission standards and average quality of gasoline. Getting more fuel air MIXTURE into your cylinders is the key to better performance. Sorry for the long post and for beating this dead horse. I just hate to see people wasting money on higher octane gas for a false perception. Older and modified engines may need higher octane to prevent knock but new engines since about 1985 have been designed from the ground up to run 87. Bottomline: if you think your vehicle runs better on higher octane spend the money. You probably don't need it because the engine is engineered to run on 87. Do what makes you happy.
I seem to have lots of pennies on hand, so here's another $.02.
From the Ford Web site's document entitled "Ford's Response To Firestone Recall":
Maintaining tires at the appropriate air pressure is necessary to protect tires. Underinflated tires deteriorate more rapidly than tires that are properly maintained and are at an increased risk of tread separation, blowout or other failure.
At the request of Firestone, Ford has evaluated the performance of these tires at 30 psi and has determined that the vehicle maintains good performance characteristics at this higher pressure. Ford recommends that Explorer and Mountaineer customers with 15" Firestone tires maintain their tire pressure in the range of 26-30 psi.
30 psi is a higher pressure? I couldn't find any pressure specifications on Firestone's Web site for the affected tires, but the equivalent sized BFG All-Terrain T/A's have maximum tire pressures of 50 psi for "C"-ply tires and 80 psi for "E" tires. Almost sounds like Ford was indeed sending these tires out the door underinflated. I wonder how long it will take for the lawyers to realize that Ford has deeper pockets than Bridgestone/Firestone?
Also, the Firestone Web site lists only the Steeltex as being OEM for GM trucks/SUVs, yet a number of people have posted here that their truck came with Wilderness AT as the original tires; I beleive this was mainly on '99 1500's. This seems to imply that GM dropped the Wilderness for the '00 models. Did they find out something and aren't telling us?
It sounds like you have got the exact truck that I would like to inquire about here in the Los Angeles area. Where did yours come from? Also, please share with us how you like it, and all the skinny on how it performs, ect.....and most of all if the prior problems with the Silverados' are now fixed. Good luck, and await your report.
Mike, Good catch, was reaching way back for that ratio and stoicheiometric was in fact what I was getting at. Ping or knock occurs when the combustion waves collide. Advancing the timing to start combustion prior to autodetonation is the answer. Retarding advance increases the problem. Of course there are limits to how much advance can be applied and that's where uping your octane level comes in. I'm curious as to why you think retarding the advance is the answer. Can't comment on the service manual as I don't have it. Given that the Vortec was originally a high performance, top end engine, modified for this application, I could see 91 as the recommended fuel. My Sierra, '00, 4.8 runs great on 87, achieves 16-18/20-22 with 87, and hasn't given me a lick of trouble. I hadn't seen the need to try a higher octane (especially with prices the way they were) but might experiment with it now.
Nice pic TIM. I agree with you on these factory shocks. They ride just fine, but I do all my driving on the hiway. If I ever did any off roading or hunting again, I would go with a stiffer shock.
Ok...what goes with all this tire inflation controversy?? My rig is 00,LT,5.3 Extended with the Firestone Wilderness AT 265's Aluminium wheels. I've got 10000 miles on her now and they are performing quite nicely keeping the tire pressures as posted on the door sticker. 35 and 40 pounds, I believe. I've read throughout this forum that a lot of you are running as low as 28 psi with the same tires! Good Lord, isn't that an awfully soft ride? I don't get it. What pressure should we be running?
I saw on the news tonight that Firestone is only allowing returns on the 235 size and in "phase one" areas...I'm in phase three, and it could be months until they get around to us. Hell, even though my tires are performing well, I'll take a new set any day. If not, then I'm still going to put on a set of Michelins when these wear out.
RYAN: To answer your post a few days back, I did in fact purchase that tool box made by Contico through Cabelas. If I remember correctly, it was around $70.00 and it fits nicely along side the tire well and holds a lot of equipment. Trouble is though, I have to remove it when my Tonneau cover is on...damn!
I always ran max on my 1500's....this is the first 2500..and for a few days I ran it max at 80 in the rears...daaammmnnnnnnn....that was one hard ride when empty!.....40 is much better...it came 40 all around from the factory..I keep 50 in the fronts also so I only have to adjust the rears when hauling..
Just got back from out of town. As soon as time allows, will post reprogramming procedure for remote. Other than that, you could go to dealer and have them do it for you. I just bought an additional remote for both rado and Denali for $20 each on ebay and have to reprogram them anyway. Will post asap.
Velvet shackles
Maybe I'm confused, but my shackles took about 20 minutes each side to do for a total of one hour counting lifting with the jack and retorque of all tire lugnuts. Am I missing something here?
Sure is great having cable connection again. That damn 28.8 modem was killing me not to metion the amount of times it disconnected. Makes surfing the net almost impossible.
Quad
If and when you read this, launching the R6 from Colorado is a bit tricky...you must teach me how to do that one of these days...LOL...Hope you have a good one....
I think Mike L is correct about retarding ignition to stop pinging. Don't call me on this, but I believe advancing ignition increases the temperatures in the combustion chamber, making the autoignition problem even worse. As I recall, one of the standard old rules about setting advance for best performance was to advance it to the point that you hear pinging going up the biggest hill you normally drive, full load, wot, w/AC on. Then back it off, (retard it) until the pinging just barely goes away, or is very light. So it would seem retarding ignition is the correct fix for pinging/knock.
Does anyone have any experience with the BF Goodrich Velvet Ride Shackles. Do they really make a difference in the ride. I have a 2000 Silverado LS 2500, that I would prefer have a softer ride. I tow a 5th wheel travel trailer part of the time so I need the truck capacity.
Comments
are worth having? i can see using them for the
undercarriage and such, but how 'bout the rest of
the truck?
Kyle, (BCO) i'm with you on the 265's. like oby
said, you should end up with more warraty also.
...red
Ryan
for different applications or do they even use
detergents or solvents?
...red
Ryan
To the left of the 12 o'clock position, fresh air or recirc is available. If you only push the recirec button, and not the A/C button , the A/C is still on.
Try this; turn the selector to the left and press recirc. The light confirms selection. Then slowly rotate the selector knob clockwise. As you pass the 12 o'clock position, the recirc light goes off on the fresh air light is on. If you rotate back to the left, the recirc light comes back on.
Ryan
When you are ready to get new tires you should consider LT tires, not the P-series you currently have.
The LT 9(Light Truck)tires are much stronger than the P (Passenger car) tires that you currently have.
I know everyone wants to badmouth Firestone right now, but I'm very happy with the Firestone Steeltex tires on my truck. They have held up very well to the dirt and gravel they have been abused with. 25,000 miles and they look about 1/2 worn.
Firestone makes the Steeltex in an LT265 size.
My other choice would be Michelin LTX ATs.
Mike L
Buy american, Goodyear or Cooper, IMHO.
235/75R15.
Just came back from Firestone. They inspected some serial # or some other number on the inner side of the tires. My Firestone Wilderness AT's 235/75R15's are on the recall list. Looks like I'm getting a new set of tires.
They gave me a list of replacement tires that I could get. I opted for the Bridgestone equivalent to the Wilderness AT's.
Does anybody have any thoughts on these replacement tires they offer for the recalled tires?
This should up the sale value of my truck when and if I ever can get my 2001 Silverado with two-tone paint!
-David
kyle
although i wonder what RPM's will do on a 2500 with the .74 OD and 4:10's at 80?
Maybe there is a reason it has 245's....
Babs,
no you didn't have the ac on recirc on defrost...once you get 3 clicks or so into floor/def...you can't have recirc...if you did..how would the same air inside defrost the windows?
Glad the chat picked up.....I was too busy...glad yawl enjoyed it..
Next time
- Tim
Same thing happens with Goodyear, Kelly and private brands made by Goodyear.
Firestone is a good tire. Lack of maintenance and high heat will cause problems on ANY tire.
Mark
I have to pay $125 to have them trade for it (the cost of someone taking one of their trucks & bringing mine back). They aren't making much so I'm happy to pay the charge - I know its an extra cost to them.
They are going to get the truck tomorrow (Thurs) and it should be in my driveway on Fri. getting its first coat of Zaino.
Anyway David I just wanted you to know there is an option (dealer trading). The bigger dealer probably has more clout in getting someone to trade. There are a lot of two tone 2001's out there.
Denny
Dean
Wish someone made billet aluminum ones or something. By the way, hand tighten the caps after doing the rtv thing. Tighten in the same sequence as the lug nuts. I just tightened until the tabs clicked in the second groove. (All just felt snug by hand) I let the rtv dry overnight.
Haven't had them back off yet so I am taking the service departments word on ease of removal.
jay
I'll bet it is not cheapo! Just less expensive than others.
Mike L
- Tim
dealers i may end up with one extra edelbrock
shock. if they don't push me to send it back i'll
be glad to donate it to anyone who's interested.
...red
Am I the ONLY one who likes the way his truck rides stock?
- Tim
shrimp while everyone else has the steak and
lobster. LOL
...red
Richard
Ok a question. What are the benefits of synthetic oil??? I was told by someone to use it and itll stop my clicking noise (ticking) in my engine. Just wondering if anyone knows if itll work Thanks
Ryan
LOL
- Tim
2-Better lube properties
3-Changing to synthetic will get Tim off of your case....reason enough? LOL
Dean
put a whopping $60.00 worth of tires on the truck
that the upgraded shocks they charged for when
adding the tow package are probably just as cheap
as well. last 2 chevys i've owned i put KYB's on
and they made a world of difference. anyone
driving a 1500 on stock shocks after 8-10k miles
is riding in a mush wagon. . . .my .02's
...red
http://www.f-body.org/oldfaq/html/tech/
kyle
almost 20,000 miles and no mush here man.....great thing is...even 10 years later...it will still be firmer than any 1500...
ahhhh
"It's good to be the King" - Mel Brooks
- Tim
You are kinda making me jealous by getting your 2001 Silverado with two-tone by Friday.
Mine is probably going to get here by Friday too.......Friday December 29th that is.
Last Thursday I went to the 7th largest Chevrolet dealer in the US. Gave the salesman a copy of my vehicle detailed sheet that I got when I tried to order my Silverado two-tone thru a smaller local dealer. He said he'd look around for an equivalent truck and try to order it too. He also said he'd get back to me on Friday or Saturday. Funny thing, I haven't heard from him since.
If you do get your truck on Friday, take it for a long drive and then get back to us with all the details about it....how it drove and what options it has. I will be waiting anxiously to hear about it.
-David
johnem
The computer is set to meet federal emission standards. This is accomplished by some fancy hardware: O2 sensor, knock sensor, catalytic converter, and your computer. Depending on length of pushrod and throw of the crank shaft, every engine has a set amount of rotation before and after top/bottom dead center where the top of the piston is nearly motionless. This is where spark advance comes in to play.
Fuel burns at a constant rate no matter how fast your engine is turning. If the ignition cycle starts too soon then you loose Hp because the engine is working against itself (pumping loss). If the timing is too slow then the expanding gasses chase the piston. This also causes a loss of Hp because the engine is pulling the piston down (again a pumping loss). The computer (and why I love 'em) constantly monitors rpm,the O2 sensor, and the shock sensor to adjust spark advance and fuel for optimal performance throughout the rpm range. Mechanical systems could only manage this for spark advance in two narrow bands.
Octane prevents fuel from igniting and is useful for preventing autodetonation. That's about all its good for. Octane does not make fuel burn hotter or with more energy. The purity of the fuel you burn is the only factor that would change the amount of energy released from the same volume of fuel. Gasoline engines (contrary to popular belief) use the same ratio (ppm gas:air) no matter how fast you are going. The fuel injectors, throttle body injectors, and carburators meter fuel as a function of air volume. That ratio is about .6623 parts fuel to air.
Most automakers set their product at a slightly lower ratio due to emission standards and average quality of gasoline. Getting more fuel air MIXTURE into your cylinders is the key to better performance.
Sorry for the long post and for beating this dead horse. I just hate to see people wasting money on higher octane gas for a false perception. Older and modified engines may need higher octane to prevent knock but new engines since about 1985 have been designed from the ground up to run 87. Bottomline: if you think your vehicle runs better on higher octane spend the money. You probably don't need it because the engine is engineered to run on 87. Do what makes you happy.
Phil
Setting sail on the R6, Stockholm, Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Tallinn, Copenhagen, Oslo, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Zeebrugge, Dover.
Bon Voyage!
See you September 4.
Quad
From the Ford Web site's document entitled "Ford's Response To Firestone Recall":
Maintaining tires at the appropriate air pressure is necessary to protect tires. Underinflated tires deteriorate more rapidly than tires that are properly maintained and are at an increased risk of tread separation, blowout or other failure.
At the request of Firestone, Ford has evaluated the performance of these tires at 30 psi and has determined that the vehicle maintains good performance characteristics at this higher pressure. Ford recommends that Explorer and Mountaineer customers with 15" Firestone tires maintain their tire pressure in the range of 26-30 psi.
30 psi is a higher pressure? I couldn't find any pressure specifications on Firestone's Web site for the affected tires, but the equivalent sized BFG All-Terrain T/A's have maximum tire pressures of 50 psi for "C"-ply tires and 80 psi for "E" tires. Almost sounds like Ford was indeed sending these tires out the door underinflated. I wonder how long it will take for the lawyers to realize that Ford has deeper pockets than Bridgestone/Firestone?
Also, the Firestone Web site lists only the Steeltex as being OEM for GM trucks/SUVs, yet a number of people have posted here that their truck came with Wilderness AT as the original tires; I beleive this was mainly on '99 1500's. This seems to imply that GM dropped the Wilderness for the '00 models. Did they find out something and aren't telling us?
Late 2000 model
Ryan
For more Brochure pics go here and look under Brochure topic.
http://www.teleweb.net/mgdvhman/
- Tim
Good catch, was reaching way back for that ratio and stoicheiometric was in fact what I was getting at. Ping or knock occurs when the combustion waves collide. Advancing the timing to start combustion prior to autodetonation is the answer. Retarding advance increases the problem. Of course there are limits to how much advance can be applied and that's where uping your octane level comes in. I'm curious as to why you think retarding the advance is the answer.
Can't comment on the service manual as I don't have it. Given that the Vortec was originally a high performance, top end engine, modified for this application, I could see 91 as the recommended fuel. My Sierra, '00, 4.8 runs great on 87, achieves 16-18/20-22 with 87, and hasn't given me a lick of trouble. I hadn't seen the need to try a higher octane (especially with prices the way they were) but might experiment with it now.
Phil
Ok...what goes with all this tire inflation controversy?? My rig is 00,LT,5.3 Extended with the Firestone Wilderness AT 265's Aluminium wheels. I've got 10000 miles on her now and they are performing quite nicely keeping the tire pressures as posted on the door sticker. 35 and 40 pounds, I believe. I've read throughout this forum that a lot of you are running as low as 28 psi with the same tires! Good Lord, isn't that an awfully soft ride? I don't get it. What pressure should we be running?
I saw on the news tonight that Firestone is only allowing returns on the 235 size and in "phase one" areas...I'm in phase three, and it could be months until they get around to us. Hell, even though my tires are performing well, I'll take a new set any day. If not, then I'm still going to put on a set of Michelins when these wear out.
RYAN: To answer your post a few days back, I did in fact purchase that tool box made by Contico through Cabelas. If I remember correctly, it was around $70.00 and it fits nicely along side the tire well and holds a lot of equipment. Trouble is though, I have to remove it when my Tonneau cover is on...damn!
clay
- Tim
Velvet shackles
Maybe I'm confused, but my shackles took about 20 minutes each side to do for a total of one hour counting lifting with the jack and retorque of all tire lugnuts. Am I missing something here?
Dean
Quad
If and when you read this, launching the R6 from Colorado is a bit tricky...you must teach me how to do that one of these days...LOL...Hope you have a good one....
Dean
Ryan
LOL
hehehehehehehee
- Tim
(I can always put a Tundra in the back to smooth it out?)
3400 lbs? You acutally haul that much? Ill just get a trailer then.
Ryan