To 40 series or not to 40 series, that is the question

[JERRY2KONE]

Picking a good strong set of tires, and following the thread I suggested for building beadlock wheels should get you over the hump. I even use a little thin layer of double sided tape under the metal ring to help keep the tire bead from slipping out of the rim. If you build them correctly they will hold up just fine.

[lincpimp]

So what kind of laundry detergent do you guys use? My mom used to use the cheap crap and ever since I have had my own place I use Tide. Dunno if it is any better than the cheap stuff, but my clothes always smell good and they seem to be clean. I hated the smell of the cheap crap my mom used so maybe I am just rebelling.

Thoughts?

[Finnster]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

So what kind of laundry detergent do you guys use? My mom used to use the cheap crap and ever since I have had my own place I use Tide. Dunno if it is any better than the cheap stuff, but my clothes always smell good and they seem to be clean. I hated the smell of the cheap crap my mom used so maybe I am just rebelling.

Thoughts?

wtf?

there's a thought :)

[bdebde]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

So what kind of laundry detergent do you guys use? My mom used to use the cheap crap and ever since I have had my own place I use Tide. Dunno if it is any better than the cheap stuff, but my clothes always smell good and they seem to be clean. I hated the smell of the cheap crap my mom used so maybe I am just rebelling.

Thoughts?

My mom always used tide and now I do too

...recently the super-store (relative i know) Cost-Co came to Japan and now we have the pleasure of using an American fabric-softener...BIG green bottle (why is everything in America so BIG?) but it smells great :D The bottle makes for a great kiddie shovel after its emptytoo :D Easy carrying handle :D

...ok...Question...

If you had the choice of 40 series OR Baja 5B wheels on Savage or an Emaxx for example, drivetrain issues aside, which would you choose and why?

...I am thinking Baja...Baja fronts dont seem TOO heavy at all...the bigger rim with the shorter sidewall will makes things nice and smooth too IMO...Thoughts>?

[Gdot]

Whats the weight of those baja wheels and tires? must be less than a big joe

...i dont know yet...never had a BigJoe in my hands though...There are so many choices for the Baja tires now, and some of them are quite light (comparatively)...What gets me is the bigger tire but the lower sidewall, also the harder compounds, slightly harder inners and the whole BEADLOCK thing just has me feeling that this would be a better purchase in the long run...

...That said, the baja rears I held in my hands at the LHS were hellishl;y heavy and i pretty much went off them instantly...Still want to try them though...

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by Finnster

wtf?

there's a thought :)

Originally Posted by bdebde

My mom always used tide and now I do too

Originally Posted by BitHed

...recently the super-store (relative i know) Cost-Co came to Japan and now we have the pleasure of using an American fabric-softener...BIG green bottle (why is everything in America so BIG?) but it smells great :D The bottle makes for a great kiddie shovel after its empty too :D Easy carrying handle :D

Ok, so we have

1 vote for Tide

1 vote for Big Green Bottle

And 1 vote for wtf (not sure what brand that is?)

Also, what is a kiddie shovel? Something you sue to bury kids with?

[MetalMan]

Put another down for Tide...

I'm in the process of buying some Proline Wabash 40 series with large offset and 17mm hexes. When the 2nd pair come in I will commence searching for tires. These will be going on my Savage, which thus far has seen nothing other than Maxx size wheels and Phaltlines.

[lincpimp]

"RCM members prefer Tide 3 to 1 over the leading competitor (wtf?) in a double dumb thread jack comparison!" "So kids, if you want to be cool like all of the guys playing with tiny cars get some Tide today"

[Joey]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

Ok, so we have

1 vote for Tide

1 vote for Big Green Bottle

And 1 vote for wtf (not sure what brand that is?)

Also, what is a kiddie shovel? Something you sue to bury kids with?

Wow, talk about hijacking a thread!

America DOES have that "bigger is better" attitude, dont we... funny to hear that because I never really think of it.

:BACK ON TOPIC: I personally would not go with either 40 series or baja... just regular old standard MT rims or LPR. Seem lightest and just overall best to me.

Originally Posted by lincpimp

Also, what is a kiddie shovel? Something you use
to bury kids with?

(...BitHed mumbles...) these bloody young fellas without their own kids...Cant put up with them and your not allowed to shoot them...

...a kiddie shovel is something that gets thrown in a bag for the 2 year old to use in the sand pit / box at the local park...he can dig up things like dolly heads, cigarette butts and pussy poo...THATS when you need the bucket of Tide ;) We had to ban Baby Bit from using the old garden fork in the playground after he started to pretend he was Bruce Lee with it

...to 40 or to Baja...That is the new question...

[Unsullied_Spy]

Originally Posted by BitHed

...recently the super-store (relative i know) Cost-Co came to Japan and now we have the pleasure of using an American fabric-softener...BIG green bottle (why is everything in America so BIG?) but it smells great :D The bottle makes for a great kiddie shovel after its emptytoo :D Easy carrying handle :D

...ok...Question...

If you had the choice of 40 series OR Baja 5B wheels on Savage or an Emaxx for example, drivetrain issues aside, which would you choose and why?

...I am thinking Baja...Baja fronts dont seem TOO heavy at all...the bigger rim with the shorter sidewall will makes things nice and smooth too IMO...Thoughts>?

American fabric softener, bleech, etc. is all in such large containers because the enviro-nazis have us convinced that by increasing the size of the container "by just 10%" we'll save trillions of tons of waste plastic every year, so at least once a year we get a new "10% Larger!" container which results in the massive containers you're referring to.

I'd go with Baja tires. Hostile tires hook up well, last forever, and Baja beedlocks actually work. 40 series tires cost almost as much and have MUCH thinner rubber which tears easier.

[Finnster]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

Ok, so we have

1 vote for Tide

1 vote for Big Green Bottle

And 1 vote for wtf (not sure what brand that is?)

Also, what is a kiddie shovel? Something you sue to bury kids with?

IDK, its that sh!t you get from Amway. I have like 125lbs of the stuff.

[Finnster]

Originally Posted by Unsullied_Spy

American fabric softener, bleech, etc. is all in such large containers because the enviro-nazis have us convinced that by increasing the size of the container "by just 10%" we'll save trillions of tons of waste plastic every year, so at least once a year we get a new "10% Larger!" container which results in the massive containers you're referring to.

I'd go with Baja tires. Hostile tires hook up well, last forever, and Baja beedlocks actually work. 40 series tires cost almost as much and have MUCH thinner rubber which tears easier.

Never heard of that, but it is true that the ratio of surface area to volume goes down as you increase in size ( ie a golf ball has more surface area than a beach ball per unit of volume.)

Can't see how Costco necc helps the enviro considering every fraking thing is wrapped in a clamshell. Still, costco FTW.

Why is everything in Japan so small? ;) We have so much space we have no idea what to do with it.