Green Diamond MT's

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

Thanks so much for that Green Diamond nfo. I went to the dealer locator and found a guy in New York about 2 miles away whom I always used to buy my tires from. Big Thanks again!

That's what sharing is all about! Good luck with them...mine could be in tomorrow (Wednesday) up to Friday. I already got my Revo's & wheels loaded up in my truck ready for the call to get'em mounted up!

I would love to hear those Icelanders at speed on a highway.

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LOL...Actually, for a mud tire, according to the testing on offroaders.com they claim noise is limited more in the 10mph or less and they claim they balance well for a mud tire which can be a problem. Here is a claim from their site:

"On the Street

During the first 1000 miles or so John, the owner of the truck, made these observations about the handling, noise level, cornering and braking of the freshly installed Green Diamond Icelander MT. First to be said, they balanced well which is good for any tire but even better for a larger MT type tire that will quickly let you know the balance is out. On the street and highway, road noise is minimal. A slight hum from the tires but nothing that is annoying, and on the contrary, sounds good. Apparently the tread pattern is good for preventing lug slap and harmonics that is commonly associated with tires geared for offroad. Dry pavement cornering the tires feel strong and hold traction well. Air up to their recommended pressure, they felt strong with good stiff cornering especially for a tire with a tall Section Height, the height of the rubber rim to ground (for more on tire definitions and descriptions see this page). Stopping traction is good on dry pavement, similar to the siped all terrain that were on the truck previous. Wet weather stopping traction required a little more distance, mainly as we gather due to the lack of sipes in the large lugs, which would make it about the same as another MT type tire that did not have sipes. As the silicium carbide granules began to appear (just under the thin layer of rubber veneer), wet weather traction on the paved surface improved as the hard silicium carbide granules found in the tire tread become exposed and compliment the tire tread compound. Since the granulars are spread throughout the tire tread depth the hard silicium carbide granules are constantly renewed for the life of the tire."

Besides...I had a '79 Bronco with 6" lift and M/T's years ago and I'm pretty sure the redneck side of me still can handle it...

Ah, did not think about the fact that you are not running stock wheels! And I was thinking wheel spacers not spring spacers. I need to stop reading and responding when its late at night and I've taken cough medications!

Yeah...but your positive, alert, non-sedated opinions & advice vastly outweigh your.............................................. .other ones...

"I love the look but not the fear of boots 'o' break'in along with possible cv damage"

That isn't much of a problem now. Several members have installed the diff drop brackets & so far none have reported any CV problems.

I was under the impression those weren't available anymore...at least from Darlington. Plus..I read somewhere about front driveshaft binding causing vibration while driving???

I came away that you have a small window to work in where you take away cv angle for the good but increase front driveshaft angle for the bad..if I understood it correctly.

Believe me...I keep looking at Independent4X.com's lift kits & running their address in my Nav..lol. I might just crack yet..I saw alot of nice, lifted VX's @ Moab!!!!!!!!

2 Questions for you guys:

1) What do you guys make of the beefed up Custom Hybrid Isuzu 12 bolt w/ARB locker and 5.38 gears offered on Independent4X.com????

2) Why did Nerv_Gas have cv problems...was it the fact he went like 3"
suspenion lift plus 3"body lift....or was it that he went with 36" tires which seem to be 3" bigger than anybody else? Why did we hear rice krispies ???