Tires..again

[WormGod]

Tomorrow starts a big weekend for the VX. I was granted some space at a shop that a buddy owns and I am tearing her down for some heavy work. No work this weekend so I am gonna try to squeeze in a LOT of vehicle work. Mount and balance of new tires, alignment, repack bearings, MAYBE S/C install (finally!), hood and fender repaint, headlight replacement, wetsand and buff, undercoating, and steam cleaning interior. It's a lot of work and I seriously hope I can get it all done over the weekend. I have some other skilled pals helping out so we should be able to tackle a few at once. Right now though, the tires and the big thing since I have one tire with a few plugs in it and they are all running very low of tread. Keeping my fingers crossed on avoiding any snags.

[ScottinMA]

Go for it Gary...and put in the SC...imagine new tread and more power to push em. I'm waiting on my Terra Grapplers. Should have them next week.

BTW, my SC took a total of 8 hours to install.

[WormGod]

I should have asked everyone to cross their fingers and sacrifice a goat for me. Didnt happen. I had to go to my mothers house to pick up the S/C (which I have been storing in her basement for the passed 3 years.... like the good son I am, a LOT of my stuff still rests in mom's house, haha). Well, she wasnt home and I didnt have that set of keys on me. SO, I just headed to the shop with what I had. Ended up getting the tires mounted, balanced, and got the alignment done. Here is a bummer.... the 2 lifts in the shop would NOT fit the VX! The wheelbase is short enough that their lifts wouldnt extend far enough to land proper frame footholds, hahaha. Never seen such a thing in my life! But, we got around that and just lifted it by front then back. In the end, those Nittos are SICK! strangely, I had to do MORE cutting on the front cladding since rubbing took place. 285/60s still, like the old Yokos, but I guess the tread was just enough to give me some rub. No biggy. The tires and alignment took 100% care of the pull I had on the road. The VX drives itself once again. The ride is wonderful. The new tires are quiet on the highway and really grab well. Recommended.

Thats about all I got done. Big plans didnt go so big. Other than the tires and other minor things, I just conditioned the leather and steam cleaned the interior. Looks almost brand spanking new. It was still a worthwhile day.

I have her home all torn down in the garage now. Took the cladding off and pulled the grill and headlights. Changing the bulbs throughout for some brighter, clearer light. Also, you would be surprised at how much CRAP gets stored behind that cladding. I have some zesty dead leaves and other crud inside there. Gonna wax up the metal beneath the cladding before cleaning it up and replacing it.

In all, the itch pushed me to order the brushguard from Tone. Been in love with that thing since the day we were shown the modified ML guard on a VX. Tone is surely the man for offering us such toys.

The tranformation of my street VX to an urban offroader continues, hahaha....