Colorado B/S Thread

[freerider15]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

And both of those tires will suck compared to Treps, let alone Red Labels.

If they're the 46" Sticky I'm thinking of...they're laughable so far.

Mickey Thompsons last I checked weren't for hard technical wheeling...

edit: Yep HAAARD pass on either one of those.

Then again, I'm not a mud bogger or east coast wheeler.

 

[1-tonxj]

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edit: Yep HAAARD pass on either one of those.

Then again, I'm not a mud bogger or east coast wheeler.

I would love the looks of the treps if they were 2 inches wider .

 

[freerider15]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

You reallllllly gotta get over the whole "looks" thing.

You know what also doesn't look great? When someone on 40's walks up quite a few things you have trouble with on 43's, 46's, 47's etc.

Those USD stickies looked like crap at the KOH Shootout.

 

[1-tonxj]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

You reallllllly gotta get over the whole "looks" thing.

You know what also doesn't look great? When someone on 40's walks up quite a few things you have trouble with on 43's, 46's, 47's etc.

Those USD stickies looked like crap at the KOH Shootout.

No rig works on every obstacle ... most of those tires were on bouncers there wheelbase works against them with most rock spacing at JV ... I'm not getting over the looks anytime soon I'm just going to get a winter set of tires since I do wheel in winter... when not on stands... and treps suck in cold temps .

 

[in4aride]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

Door molding for the edge for door dings. I remember getting it at the parts store. I used it once. Looked nice but caught dirt in it and made my fender start to rust

That was my concern. Was thinking of running a bead of rtv inside before install to help alleviate that.

We use lawn edging cover from Home Depot.

I couldn’t find any there.

 

[in4aride]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

Few rigs in Moab running both. So far neither seems to outperform dot procomp mt2’s, Dot mtrk, or any other tires I’ve seen being run out there. That may be due to everyone running them thinking throttle is the answer to their problems. Or it may be they are using throttle to overcome the shit tires. Everything hooks in Moab.

 

[1-tonxj]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

Few rigs in Moab running both. So far neither seems to outperform dot procomp mt2’s, Dot mtrk, or any other tires I’ve seen being run out there. That may be due to everyone running them thinking throttle is the answer to their problems. Or it may be they are using throttle to overcome the shit tires. Everything hooks in Moab.

So they are not working... well like I said 2 more inches on the trep and it would be a perfect looking tire, well to me ...lol... probably not 90% of the crawling community .

 

[sixditchoffroad]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

Few rigs in Moab running both. So far neither seems to outperform dot procomp mt2’s, Dot mtrk, or any other tires I’ve seen being run out there. That may be due to everyone running them thinking throttle is the answer to their problems. Or it may be they are using throttle to overcome the shit tires. Everything hooks in Moab.

So they are not working... well like I said 2 more inches on the trep and it would be a perfect looking tire, well to me ...lol... probably not 90% of the crawling community .

Yeah, yeah, yeah everyone knows cooper stt pros are the sticky icky

 

[freerider15]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

Anyone ever run road 21 trail?

I have no business going near it lol, just saw it online and curious if anyone knows it?

I have.

Honestly you can pretty much bypass anything you want, as you're essentially driving down a very wide creek bed. There is a road that winds through most of it, that allows you to easily limp back.

There are some "gnarly" parts. Once you get so far, you'll need to be rather built or be willing to accept a lot of body damage to continue.

It'll beat the crap out of your rig running all of it. Not from a damage perspective so much, more of just coming down off things and hitting frame, boatsides, chassis, etc.

 

[ShoeterMcgav]

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Where exactly is this? Up Poudre canyon how far?

I dont have boatsides so the gnar will not be in my budget lol 35s locked should get me up some semi gnar tho

 

[ShoeterMcgav]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

Where exactly is this? Up Poudre canyon how far?

I dont have boatsides so the gnar will not be in my budget lol 35s locked should get me up some semi gnar tho

 

[freerider15]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

Where exactly is this? Up Poudre canyon how far?

I dont have boatsides so the gnar will not be in my budget lol 35s locked should get me up some semi gnar tho

It's in Grand Junction. Take I-70 West until you hit Grand Junction. Turn North on 23 Rd. if I remember right, make your way to 21 Road, take it until the end.

 

[ShoeterMcgav]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

Oof. No where near the Poudre canyon I frequent

 

[ShoeterMcgav]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

I posted in the wrong thread my bad.. April 20th is poudre canyon 7 mile hill

 

[4x4JeePmaNthINg]

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Is fine thread easier to tap then coarse?

Tc ouput, I haven't decided which to use. Strength ide prefer fine, but I've never tapped threads and would appreciate someone's opinion that knows better.

Thoughts?

 

[ShoeterMcgav]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

Imo, coarse is stronger and maybe even easier. Threads are thicker.. Harder to strip.. Less of them to cut so easier?

Could be way off base here just my 2 cents

 

[1-tonxj]

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Imo, coarse is stronger and maybe even easier. Threads are thicker.. Harder to strip.. Less of them to cut so easier?

Could be way off base here just my 2 cents

A fine thread offers a higher clamping force thus it is the stronger fastener . Fine threads are easier to booger up than coarse threads where they can be marred up a bit and still thread where as fine thread will not . Comes down to how if you need the extra clamping force fine threads provide or not .

 

[ShoeterMcgav]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

That makes sense... For something torqued to the same spec... What if you torque down on the coarse threads a touch more?

Especially cutting em yourself... Fine can be easily screwed up lol. Type of metal of course makes this job easier or harder

 

[Hypoid]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

Is fine thread easier to tap then coarse?

Tc ouput, I haven't decided which to use. Strength ide prefer fine, but I've never tapped threads and would appreciate someone's opinion that knows better.

Thoughts?

https://www.eisc.com/support/coarsefine.htm

In relatively low strength materials such as cast iron, aluminum, magnesium, brass, bronze, and plastic, coarse threads provide more resistance to stripping than fine or extra fine threads.

Coarse or fine, the process is the same.

 

[freerider15]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

That makes sense... For something torqued to the same spec... What if you torque down on the coarse threads a touch more?

Especially cutting em yourself... Fine can be easily screwed up lol. Type of metal of course makes this job easier or harder

Look up torque spec charts.

I guarantee most here don't remotely torque to spec.

To give you an idea, for a Grade 8, 5/8" bolt the proper torque is over 200 ft./lbs.