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06-03-2007, 09:40 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2006 Location: Dallas, GA
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|  Narrowed Swamp Dawgs
I've always liked tread pattern of the Imex Swamp Dawgs, but like everyone else I also thought they were too wide. Insanerc's narrowed version looked much better, but I didn't like how tiny the small lugs looked. So, I decided to give It a shot and narrow my Swamp Dawgs a different way that would leave the two smaller lugs their original size:      |
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06-03-2007, 10:00 AM
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| MODERHATER™   Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado
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Those look awesome, what did you do just narrow the sidewalls?
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06-03-2007, 12:45 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fairfield ME
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those are the best looking swamp dawgs i have ever seen
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06-03-2007, 12:56 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: G6'N
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Best narrowed dawgs I have sen yet, look just like TSL boggers. great job, very very clean!  |
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06-03-2007, 01:01 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2005 Location: Twin Cities
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I like the looks of those a lot. They actually look like the real thing.
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06-03-2007, 01:07 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2006 Location: California
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Wow, those are awesome!! They look exactly like the real tire. |
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06-03-2007, 01:16 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: des moines
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wow Im happy I never ordered any.this look way better.Ill have to try it myself
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06-03-2007, 02:52 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2006 Location: Dallas, GA
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Thanks for the compliments I cut along the edge of the medium sized lugs like this:  And then I nibbled (?) The rubber between each of the medium lugs along the edge of the smallest lugs:  Crap! that was hard to do on paint. Then I cut off the bottom part of the medium lugs so they would fit on top of the sidewall. ( I don't wanna draw that.) Then I just glued the two sides together. That was just one half of the tire, so I had to repeat the procedure on the other side. It took me all morning to do one tire and im too lazy to do the rest today! Last edited by TWISTER; 06-03-2007 at 02:57 PM. |
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06-03-2007, 05:44 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: New Cumberland, Pa
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damn you did an awsome job on those. They look like real boggers now.
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06-03-2007, 05:49 PM
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| MODERHATER™ Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado
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When do I get my set?
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06-03-2007, 05:52 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: Arlington, VA
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X2 what every body else said, look 100% better than narrowing the middle.
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06-03-2007, 06:05 PM
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| '08 2.2 National Champ  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UTRCRC
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Those are awesome, I'm glad I saw them, I was planning on doing my first set this week. How wide do they end up? I want to reduce some to 1.9 as well but I want to make sure they are not too wide.
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06-03-2007, 06:08 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: Arlington, VA
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narrowing em like that and then 1.9'ing em would probably look pretty darn good.
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06-03-2007, 06:11 PM
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| Adilynsdad too!   Join Date: May 2004 Location: G ville
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X14, very cool. That is how they should have been made! By far the best lookin one's I've seen noe reduce them and send to me |
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06-03-2007, 06:26 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH
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Well, DAY-UM! Those are the best yet It's easy to see the time you spent on them (well spent). Mine only took about an hour each. |
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06-03-2007, 07:04 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: louisiana
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oh man... thats how they shoulda made em in the first place.. nice work, they look awsome... must be a pain to slow down and do it right...
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06-03-2007, 07:36 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: under my truck
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thhose are the most awesome looking tires i've ever seen makes me want a set even more
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06-03-2007, 07:43 PM
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| Adilynsdad too! Join Date: May 2004 Location: G ville
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Just curious, how much time do you have in it?
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06-03-2007, 08:24 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Jonesboro, TN
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What he said. Awesome work man. | |
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06-03-2007, 09:18 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2007 Location: Pascagoula,Ms
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x3^ look just like the real thing, gonna try that on my scale tlt!
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