Which jack do you have with enough extension to lift the rear tires off the ground? When I replaced the rear shocks using a borrowed floor jack under the aft spring shackles it woudn't even go high enough to put the bolts through the lower shock mounts.
If your 2007 Wheel Masters wheel liners are the old bolt-on type someone should call dibs before those get away .
Very cool! The fronts look like they may improve brake cooling too. Good precaution to mount them yourself, and be sure to loctite the dually valve stems.Yes Cal, I did have "front brake cooling" in-mind as a bonus feature with the Alcoa wheels. They offer so much more heat-sinking mass than the steel wheels, to quickly draw heat from the front rotors.
Which jack do you have with enough extension to lift the rear tires off the ground? When I replaced the rear shocks using a borrowed floor jack under the aft spring shackles it wouldn't even go high enough to put the bolts through the lower shock mounts
If your 2007 Wheel Masters wheel liners are the old bolt-on type someone should call dibs before those get away .
Ron,Hi Don,
You may certainly do what you wish with your old tires. A person knowledgeable in tire life would NEVER sell (let alone use) 14 year old tires. Sidewall cracking or lack thereof is not an indicator that the tires are safe for use.
I say that as a police officer with over 100hrs of specialized traffic investigation schooling and who spent 12 1/2 years investigating and reconstructing serious injury and fatal vehicle accidents.
Those tires are not safe in my opinion.
Don
Ron, are they just decorative lug nut covers? And how do they secure on the Lug nuts?Yes, they are stainless steel lug nut covers that press over the original lugs. To remove the lugs, I would first have to remove each individual cover, assumed with a screwdriver. I will report on how that works after I try it.
Sharp. I’ll bet it goes faster too.....Haha, no faster than before. Our 67-68 mph cruising speed will be maintained, but now done in style, and hoped to improve our riding comfort a little better with the 20 pound dumbbell removed from each of the 4 corners.
Is the surface behind the lug nuts a different color or is that just the pictures? Almost looks like a black chrome effect.The thin black ring behind the chrome lug nut covers are the original black steel lugs with integrated washer/domes. The fancy snap-over caps do not quite cover them, I think it is intentional because the hub caps are held on with the OEM washers. If the fancy caps completely covered the OEM washers, there would be an interference with the hub caps.
Ron: I was referring to the large flat surface that the lug nuts all rest upon. It looks to be a different color or maybe just the way the light is hitting it in the pictures?Ah, I understand your question now.
2o2 Did it still take a routine alignment with the drop springs?The jury is still out on the alignment. I am in the middle of working through it with the alignment shop with plans to post my alignment challenges in my softer-front-spring post.
If my comment that it’s not something I’d do come off as disrespectful, I do apologize, it was not intended."GOOD GOLLY", I never thought that from your comment....not one bit, so "PLEASE" do not be concerned. All is well. Joseph.
Thanks Ron, too often things get lost in translation with text. I didn’t want that to be the case.I do understand.
Tada! Good News! Wheel Alignment Done Right! All Is Well Now!2o2 Did it still take a routine alignment with the drop springs?The jury is still out on the alignment. I am in the middle of working through it with the alignment shop with plans to post my alignment challenges in my softer-front-spring post.
Nice job. Can't wait to see full view pic of front and rear mounted.Going through this old thread, I see I never followed through to include the results. Here they are.