So I went out to the garage to charge up the old girls battery and take it for a little drive... turns out the front passenger tire had a bubble on the sidewall. It got so bad over the winter Im guessing, that it split the sidewall and now there is wires showing.

So I ordered up new tires. Sumitomo HTR Z II... gay tread but excellent price.

 

thats weird, must have been the changes in temp that messed with it. did you mess with your tire pressure at all over the winter or before you put it away for winter. and what tires were on it when it bubbled?

 

It's a tunnel.
Not raining, just bugs smashed on the front of the car due to the back country roads to get to that location.

I had to duck under this flying monsters:




After that, I zipped through the tunnel I previously posted to spy on some of these:















Powered by some of these things:








Doing some of this:

 

I didnt touch the tire pressure all winter. Pumped them up to 40psi front, 35 rear before I parked it. GY Eagle F1 GSD3's were on it, front passenger bubbled and cracked. The rears were cracking along the sidewall as well, prob from 265's being kinda stretched on 10" rears.

My tire man said it prob bubble from hitting a pothole.

So now I has (2) 285/35ZR18 and (2) 265/35ZR18 coming next week. JLT RAI and stainless braided brake lines should be here in about an hour. Also putting on tailpipes and 3.5" rolled tips whenever the tires arrive.

 

Fink- hows hte swap coming?


Matt- nice C130! They operate out of my local base

 

did you two declare a race to see who will finish the swap first yet? lol

 

Alex - Im waiting till I have all the parts, or the necessary parts to complete the swap and have it drivable. I want to have it done by June 19th tho. If it has to be on the 3.8 it will be, otherwise it will be under a built 4.2.

Your not starting your swap until May right?

 

nope- late may, early June once Im home from college. Dont want to end up half-done and have to leave.

 

Im basically just doing small things. Took the last 20 minutes of my life building a catch can.

Had to buy a new battery today so I drove the ol girl around town after that. Theres still snow on our streets so it was a little fun.

 

So while I'm waiting in line to have my extra set of wheels CF wrapped, I stumbled upon these pics of a black '98 with black wheels. Tempting....

Thoughts?