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    New shoes on the jeep!! Gotta get them balanced, and gotta get my speedometer recalibrated somehow, at 60mph my GPS tells me I'm doing 70













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    You can tell a lot about a person by his shoes... Where he's been, where he's goin...
    God forgives, rocks don't
    -sons of thunder

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    • #3
      hopefully these shoes can take abuse, I'm a little concerned about the sidewall strength, how much abuse they will take. But I'm willing to give them a try for the cheap price! (and still made in America too, I believe?)
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      • #4
        Those look like what's on the great '88. Mitch or Roger might be able to tell you.
        God forgives, rocks don't
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        • #5
          the way I see it, if I'm unlucky I'll slash a tire and have to use the spare to get home. If I'm REALLY unlucky, I'll slash two tires and be fu*ked. haha! Lets hope I'm better than unlucky
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          • #6
            Daniel,
            The tires look great. Go to this site and see what speedometer gear you need. It's a quick and easy swap. 4 Wheel parts usually stocks the gears. http://www.jeep4x4center.com/jeep-sp...ears/index.htm

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Jason View Post
              Daniel,
              The tires look great. Go to this site and see what speedometer gear you need. It's a quick and easy swap. 4 Wheel parts usually stocks the gears. http://www.jeep4x4center.com/jeep-sp...ears/index.htm
              Not so easy on a Rubicon, it has no speedo gear, but has a tone wheel instead. Look for a converter box from Dakota do a search on that it's the most affordable way for a Rubicon to get the speedo dialed

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              • #8
                so, those gears aren't what I need? I mean, I don't need anything soon, when I'm in town it's rare that i hit freeway speeds, but I'd eventually like to get the speedometer closer to correct.
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by daniel_buck View Post
                  so, those gears aren't what I need? I mean, I don't need anything soon, when I'm in town it's rare that i hit freeway speeds, but I'd eventually like to get the speedometer closer to correct.
                  What you need is a converter box look for

                  http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.c...rod/prd126.htm

                  With this here fine gadget you can make the speedo read faster or slower till you have it dead on. You would use a gps unit to verify the correct speed , play with the box so it matches then check the speedo for accuracy at several different speeds and be happy

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                  • #10
                    Daniel,

                    Those are the tires I ended up with after finally wearing out my Micky Thompsons. They have great traction and grip, but I have puntured the sidewalls a couple of times. Of course I was down to 10 lbs of air and in very rocky conditions. A couple of tire plugs and good to go. They saved me $250 for the set of 4 compared to the MT's.

                    By the way, it was nice meeting on the Miller trip

                    Mitch

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                    • #11
                      I should look into the tire plugs. Any suggestions on what to pickup?
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by aw12345 View Post
                        What you need is a converter box look for

                        http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.c...rod/prd126.htm

                        With this here fine gadget you can make the speedo read faster or slower till you have it dead on. You would use a gps unit to verify the correct speed , play with the box so it matches then check the speedo for accuracy at several different speeds and be happy
                        Thanks, I think I'll do that. If i were only off a few MPH I would just live with it, but at 60mph I'm off by 10mph! haha
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