Imagine the look on my wife’s face when she gets home from her hiking trip to see these on her Tesla
Arizona Rock Crawler
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Imagine the look on my wife’s face when she gets home from her hiking trip to see these on her Tesla
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3 of the 5 tires came back from balancing with 1 ounce or less of weights. Another came back with a couple ounces, and the 5th came back with 9 ounces 
I haven’t mounted them on the Jeep yet to test the balance.
I haven’t mounted them on the Jeep yet to test the balance.
3 of the 5 tires came back from balancing with 1 ounce or less of weights. Another came back with a couple ounces, and the 5th came back with 9 ounces
The one may need spun on the wheel.
Curious to see what you think about this combo, been looking at this exact setup.
OP
Sounds like a problem for future Garrett because I’m throwing that bitch in back as the spare
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So far Im really liking how raceline uses replaceable threaded inserts as opposed to most brands threading the aluminum. Super easy to pop out and press in. I’m pretty bad about dragging wheels on rocks so I have a feeling this will come in handy. I’ll report back on how the tires feel on a familiar trail on Sunday.
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I already had to replace one. I was checking out the inserts as @NashvilleTJ suggested and found a damaged one. Each wheel comes with 2 extras so no big deal.
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Mine balanced last month at 1.25, 5, 6, and 9. Then I had the guy come back three weeks later and move a few weights around. Pretty good.
This is about how my current wheels look, and I am not exaggerating.
3 of the 5 tires came back from balancing with 1 ounce or less of weights. Another came back with a couple ounces, and the 5th came back with 9 ounces
Get those tires mounted! I’m not in the market for tires or wheels, but I really dig your setup. Been googling prices, I blame you!
OP
My only other impressions so far are that these wheels and tires look damn good and holy fuck they are heavy compared to what I’m used to.
I also underestimated the amount of work to mount beadlocks. Torquing bolts didn’t sound that hard at first but after 5 wheels you are pretty much over turning a wrench for while. There’s just no comfortable way to do it since you are bending over a giant tire. What I found was that on the first tire I was too conservative with the impact but as I went I got quicker each wheel figuring out just how long I need to impact for. On the Racelines, some of the inserts aren’t fully seated so you’ll feel a lot of them need to be pulled up a little. I used my 3/8 stubby fuel impact and I turned the power down to level 2 and I used my wimpy 2ah battery. That seemed like the perfect amount of power for this job. I think when I got dialed in I was going about 4 rounds around with the torque wrench after the impact. I stayed fairly organized and would use the wheel design to help me stay in neat patterns around the wheel. I worked in groups of 8 and would hit all the I’s first then the Ds, then the bolts to the left of the Ds then the right of the Ds. Took me right about 45 min per tire on the last few.
I also underestimated the amount of work to mount beadlocks. Torquing bolts didn’t sound that hard at first but after 5 wheels you are pretty much over turning a wrench for while. There’s just no comfortable way to do it since you are bending over a giant tire. What I found was that on the first tire I was too conservative with the impact but as I went I got quicker each wheel figuring out just how long I need to impact for. On the Racelines, some of the inserts aren’t fully seated so you’ll feel a lot of them need to be pulled up a little. I used my 3/8 stubby fuel impact and I turned the power down to level 2 and I used my wimpy 2ah battery. That seemed like the perfect amount of power for this job. I think when I got dialed in I was going about 4 rounds around with the torque wrench after the impact. I stayed fairly organized and would use the wheel design to help me stay in neat patterns around the wheel. I worked in groups of 8 and would hit all the I’s first then the Ds, then the bolts to the left of the Ds then the right of the Ds. Took me right about 45 min per tire on the last few.
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I’ve found it’s comfortable sitting on the couch with the wheel up on a bucket so it’ll easily spin while I watch TV.
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I used a bucket as well. Maybe I need a taller bucket because it still just wasn’t comfortable on my little stool
The couch may have been the key.
I’d still like to see a comparison between the old and new setups. Both height and weight.
It was ok, but if I went over potholes and manholes I would get some wobbles before it returned to center. The new tire and wheel combo weighs 105lbs relative to the previous 89lbs. I knew this was coming so I kept looking for a lighter weight 35 to offset the heavier wheel. That’s even harder to do with a 17. The Mickey Thompson Baja legend came in at 65.4 pounds. I noticed several in the 77 pound range that are probably good tires. I just didn’t want the weight. My gearing isn’t ideal now either after the swap, so all the more important to keep weight down. The other thing is that calculated if I re-gear to 513 then vibes will come on about 67 mph, whereas right now they come on at 75. Of course, I’ve got 3.75 inch backspacing now so re-gearing becomes re-wheeling. .
Mickey Thompson Baja Legend 35x12.5r17; 65.4lbs.