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Congrats @Faraz94🎉🎉

Congrats @Glenn W🎉🎉

@Sam Selimcongrats!🎉🎉

@Andrew John MelvillCongrats!! 🎉 🎉 Thank you for improving my driving experience every time we meet with your much appreciated advise!

@JC_Econgrats!! 🎉 🎉

@M.Seidameagerly waiting for the next newbie night drive Doc☺️

@J-P Lcongrats!!🎉🎉

When I bought my Tahoe, it came with 20" rims which meant tyre profile was not high enough. My initial desire was to just have high profile tyres so I chose to replace with 17" inch rims and tyres 275/70. The important thing that I completely missed was the original width of the rim was 7.5" vs new ones 9". I was very happy with look of the car with tyres sticking out a bit until I drove back home and tried to park. This was my first experience of tyre rubbing. I was told that the new rims were perfect for my car and with 0 offset. I had no idea what offset really meant at that point in time. Well to be honest I still have no idea 🤓. The first thought was to trim the body/fenders which I was not happy about. We then tried to tweak the alignment but was not of much help. Then the garage suggested and convinced me (very easily😆) that I will anyways do a lift since I am into off-roading. So I also got dobinsons shocks and springs with a 2 inch lift which I was very happy about mainly because of the increased ground clearance. It did help with the rubbing but not 100% when on the sands. Then we also tried some force on the fenders to push them back. Anyways right about at this time, my control arms gave up on me. I am guessing this was due to a combination of the lift and also a couple of medium level unintended jumps . I chose to go with after market control arms and guess what??!! Now my tyres was rubbing on the control arm!! because of the rim width! Only possible solution seemed to be installation of 😀25mm spacers. Guess what happended next?? Spacers meant tyres protrude out even more and again we had rubbing on the outside while turning! I succumbed to cutting my fenders, trimming body and side steps. 🤐 I will get to see the final look of the car tomorrow hopefully I did learn a lot from this experience but I keep blaming my rim choice and lack of patience as the main reason for all this trouble. Happy to hear your feedback where you think I have taken wrong decisions/solutions and what would have been possibly better choices Thanks in advance Hopefully my experience above will help new off-roaders like myself to avoid the mistakes I have already made.

@Emanuel Congrats!! 🎉 🎉

Congrats!! @Warbs🎉🎉

@Kashx2congrats!! 🎊

@Luke K PI am told the arm has cracks and I can feel and hear the front left tyre side restricted and struggling (along with noise which sounds like I am driving post a pop out) during an aggressive pickup and also during full acceleration when turning in the sands I have got the tyres and wheels checked already.

Hi My car (Tahoe 2014) seems to need new control arms. Any suggestions on good heavy duty ones for off-roading? I have found one option EMUSA but I have no idea on their ratings or quality. Price quoted around 2300 and 1400 (upper and lower) with 3 months warranty. Thank you in advance for any help on this topic.

Congrats @Herman G!

Congrats @Zahid Sharif!

Sorry, I had to drop out. My car is still in the workshop and not expected before next week.

Congrats 🎉 @Soap

@Ishaktoday was the most fun and exciting drive I have had till date - period. Congrats again on your first drive as a lead. I hope to join many more. @LooperThanks for your guidance - really appreciate it. This was our first meeting. Hope to see you again soon.

I have definitely noticed this happening where I had no hope of making it but the car crossed anyways..😁

The 2014 Chevy Tahoe is commonly equipped with a G80 automatic locking rear differential. .This differential is designed to automatically engage when a speed difference of approximately 100 RPM or more is detected between the rear wheels. This locking mechanism enhances traction in slippery conditions like snow or off-road situations. Anyone with ideas on what is the easiest war to test this on my car?? @GauravI think you mentioned something similar to me during the master class. During my research, I came across few references saying that this was/is offered only on some variants but another one mentioned all GM/Chevys trucks have this feature unless they have an electronic diff lock. I am excited but clueless! Now that I think about it, there is a diff lock symbol just below the 4wd controls in the car. I hope some light blinks on it when it becomes active (if only)!!

Thank you @Davie Smooth_Operator and apologies for the trouble!

Hi Davie I mis-clicked "manage". Can you please do the needful. Right now I will be happy if I can manage my own car😝

Congrats @ChrisW🎉