Found a used unit with half the mileage of my truck for $550. Going that route. Avoids other expenses such as rental.
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Found a used unit with half the mileage of my truck for $550. Going that route. Avoids other expenses such as rental.
Sounds like the best deal so far.
This thread is bumming me out since I'm thinking about changing gears in either my current off-road truck, or the next one, and I didn't think it'd cost this much.
"There are no finger prints under water."
4x4's and gears, never a cheap repair or replacement.Originally Posted by Irving
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Its what stopped me from a 2" lift with 33s on the burb. Front and rear diffs wouls need to be done.
Suburban doesn't have enough power to take the mild tire size increase?
Seems like 33's is the cap on most off-road type vehicles before you really start having to modify stuff. I heard newer full size trucks can fit 37's now.
My Amigo could handle 33's but I'd really have to regear, especially since it's an auto (and a crappy one at that). But I'm thinking of selling it and getting something a bit bigger and possibly going even larger on the next thing. If it were only like $500 an axle, I'd go ahead and re-gear and get some lockers (not included in the $500), but if it's going to be $1,000-$1,500 just to regear each axle, then I might as well pick a platform and go hog wild from the get go.
"There are no finger prints under water."
Probably could but the calculation I did said I would need to go from 3.75 to 4.11 to keep engine rpm the same. So fuel economy would go from 14 to 16 average to crap.
Local dude swapped 31s on his Mini Cooper to make a rally car. Left gearing the same and went from 30 to 18 mpg or something like that. Car looks awsome but milage sucks.
Ahh yeah, mine is already at 4:30, but a much weaker motor so going from 30.5's to 33's is probably less of a jump for me than you.
"There are no finger prints under water."
Yup, I?ve decked out several rigs, from Jeeps, to Tacoma?s, and even a 72 Scout II, and despite lifting and adding larger tires to all of them, I?ve not once re-geared, not because I didn?t want to, but because it was too cost prohibitive, I just dealt with the sluggish acceleration and crappy gas mileage.
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