stevenwinslow wrote:Nice shots! Beautiful rig! I hate to show my tire/wheel ignorance, but what size rims and tires are you running? I have a '79 J10 that I want to put larger tires on but I'm not ready to do a lift. Did you lift your GE? Doesn't look like much of a lift if you did.
The wheels are 15x8, I bought them from Summit:
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/usw-70-5860/overview/
Should be noted that they are not hub centric, the center bore diameter is slightly wider than our rigs require. Thus you need to mount them lug centric instead. I haven't had any issues with vibrations or shakiness at any speed.
The tires are KO2s, 33x10.5. I'm not sure what lift my cherokee has, if any; but it comfortably fits 33" tires without any rubbing. I'm not an expert on lift geometry, I've seen many say that 4" is the best lift for 33" tires. There are rancho shocks present that are fairly worn out, so it is possible a previous owner did a lift at some point. I don't have any body blocks in, it's all spring.
I've also read that model 17s like mine came with a ~2" lift from the factory. The wider fender flare makes a difference in amount of required lift for larger tires.
Nikkormat wrote:How do you digitize your 35mm? It looks amazing.
I haven't shot color in too long... Good thing I'm taking my new 35 stuff to Moab with the group.
Take lots of beautiful 35mm Moab photography! There is a part of me that is still considering mobbing down there, but I might need to take care of some transmission work first...
When the film gets developed, they take scans of the negatives and upload them to dropbox. Another cheaper but cool way is to scan negatives directly into your smartphone with something like this:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/9 ... anner.html
I always assumed you would be a 35mm guy because of your username