Upgrades....

[cwissing]

All,
I currently have a stock 03 H2 and I want to improve the look of the truck without spending a fortune. I also am not into the bling so chrome is not high on my wishlist. I want it to have a cool look but still be able to go through the mud and snow. Here is what I am thinking. Could you please take a look and let me know your thoughts....

Small lift from www.truxxx.com (not sure how well this works so if anyone knows please tell me)

18" Black Rockstar rims http://www.kmcwheels.com/html_pages/xdseries.html

37" Nitto Mud Grappler Tires

I would like to get some fender flares but the only ones I have seen are like 700 bucks. Anything else out there with a cool look?

Anybody know how to get the door handles/side mirrors to be black rather than shiny chrome?

Thanks all!!!!

[SMYL_GR8]

A friend of mine COMPLETELY blacked out his SUT. He just bought everything he liked the shape of and had it all powdercoated black matte. Looks evil.

[cwissing]

Thanks guys... So running 37" tires and just cranking up the stock suspension as PhilD mentioned should work fine I take it? The tires are 13.5" wide so about an inch wider than stock. As far as the backspacing on the 18" rims, what should I go with?

Also any idea on how many miles I will get out of the Nitto MGs?

[TXSUT]

Originally Posted by PhilD

I don't know how many miles people are getting from Nitto MG's, but I'd expect somewhere between 30-40k. Just make sure you rotate them often.

22k here. Admittedly though, I only rotated them twice. I could have gotten another 5k out of them, but after burying my truck in mud up to the doors two weeks ago, they had to go. And whoever said Toyo M/Ts were pretty quiet was lying their ass off...these things are SILENT!

Cwissing, my Nittos were 37x13.5x18 mounted on Weld 18x10s, 4.5" backspacing. For front tire clearance, I cranked the torsion bars up by almost two inches, and trimmed the lower 5 inches off the inner fenders. No rubbing on anything unless I hit a deep rut hard while steering is at full lock.

Speaking of Weld wheels, I was surprised when I went to order a 5th for my spare that Weld had been bought by American Racing. That has temporarily grinded Weld wheel production to a halt. I had a heck of a time finding my wheel.

[BLH2]

I was looking to do the Truxx kit also, Phil you said that going over 2 inches will lead to premature wear on suspension parts, if you keep it arond 2 inches is there anything negative of doing this. Why would it be necessary to use the Truxx kit if there is that much adjustment out of stock?

[MONSTERMATT]

I run the nitto grapplers and they 37x13.50 with 18 in rims, and they are loud as a bittcch and look cool, i rotate them evry 3k, that is what you need to do if u want to keep em as good as you can, my torsions are cranked all the way and i pushed the liner of the fender in with a heat gun and i rub a little with full lock, just crank the bars and have at the tires it will be all good, i hvaent had any issues and the torsions have been cranked for 9 months now and about 15k miles

[CONRAD II]

I'm running the 37 grapps on 22's without the lift and have added front keys. It barely rubs but not enough to damage the inside of the fenders. I still am considering bigger tires and a lift but I like my setup.