The Consolidated Truck and automotive thread. DIY, Performance, problems.

[fitz19d]

Would I really need a tranny cooler if not hauling anything? When I said "use" that's loading it up with large but not terribly heavy furniture.

Any reason it would be more vulnerable to salt than anything else? Kinda thought we dont get near as much as way out east. At least in my 08 VW wasn't seeing anything like that, but then again I do remember hearing dueling claims of one truck fan arguing with others about which brand rusts out.

[Ah Pook]

Was researching my existing tires. Sounds like shitty winter tires and lowish reviews overall. Bridgestone Dueler H/T 684-II's http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....+H%2FT+D684+II

Dunno, but out of the Borla, Corsa, etc etc brand names, this dudes exhausts on Tundra forums seem very popular. 8 inch is supposed to stay real quiet until you get on it heavy, 6 inch a bit rowdier, and a budget one that's just obnoxious. All come with resonators for drone and allegedly will make 7's to order.

That's about 4.5 more feet of exhaust as the current project, in my garage, has. Jeff, at Boulder Muffler, quoted me under $300 to make it neighbor friendly.

Jeff did an exhaust for me that included "turbo mufflers". Not sure of the make but they sound good and the price was right. Nice dual exhaust rumble but quiet in the cab (where it matters).

[BushMasterBoy]

Does the tundra have a transmission temp indicator? If it gets close to 200F then cooler is necessary. Once the temp is 225F+ it is degrading the fluid. Worse temps will be heavy hauling and crawling I70 mountain traffic jams in summer. Seems older vehicles rust around fender edges. I line the wheel wells as the rocks rocks on my unpaved road chip the wheel wells badly. Both of these "mods" are fairly cheap.

[sniper7]

You could also line the inside of your wheel wells with a hard felt. My new duramax has it and it is awesome, easy to clean, cuts down on noise, you don't get that horrible "whack" sound when a big rock lets loose from your tread, and it protects from chipping.

i used to spray rubberized undercoating on the bottom of my trucks. Now I don't worry about it

[fitz19d]

I dont think so, wonder how pricey/easy that would be to just add a temp sensor before going with a big tranny cooler. Like I said doubt I'll do any heavy hauling. Just got back from mountains which is a rare trip but I'm usually pretty good about going on a weekday non peak hours to avoid that crawl. (Holy crap coming home on a sat I felt sad for the miles of backup)


Any special kind of hard felt specifically for that, or you just grab like some landscaping stuff and staple it?

[BushMasterBoy]

I'm curious about the hard felt. I'm using the spray in liner. I have a 2500HD gasser. I'm adding a cast aluminum trans pan with drain plug. The pan on it it has no drain plug. Has a built in digital trans temp gauge and is going to get a large cooler in series with the factory cooler. The 2.8L Colorado has a large cooler and a Derale cooler pan. Just got the GMC Sierra 1500 out of the transmission shop. 3-4 clutch packs burned out at 150K miles and it has a large cooler and a factory cooler. It is a known issue with 4L60E. The bill was $2100. Five GM trucks and a TJ, I must be insane!

[fitz19d]

Sniper, see bush and I asking about this felt?

So the more I look the more I think my oem tires are gonna be ass in any snow this winter. People don't like them even just on rainy streets.

Anyone else with suggestions for either a winter specific or general All seasony tire. I got some saying elsewhere that were big on BFG T/A KO2's but aside from slightly on the pricy end, unsure if they are really gonna help on I25 the few nights a year when it's the packed icy stuff. But I'm conflicted since usually we have a fairly dry winter and not weeks of snow on the road.

[Monky]

I'm getting rid of my oem tires on my explorer. I was excited that it had hankook on it, as well they make some good a/s tires. Then I started driving on them and reading about them. While I didn't have any real issues, there have been a few moments where I was cursing them.

After spending a year off and on reading about tire options. I'm going with the Pirelli scorpion verde. Really great reviews and I had scorpions on my truck before I got rid of it. Pricey yes, but to me they did better than the Bridgestone that I had on there.

Why not stick with what works when others praise them.

What vehicle are you looking at tires for?


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[ThunderSquirrel]

I run DuraTracs on my truck. Great off and on road performance, and they've done really well in rain and snow. They also wear very well, I have about 12k on them and they still have plenty of tread.

[argonstrom]

My $0.02:

For your stated purpose, throw some BFG A/T tires (in the stock size) on it and call it good.