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Definitely had a lot of fun today! Thank you @Senthil Kumar for being only my support today🤣 @Emanuel congrats again! Have a wonderful evening ahead! I figured out at least half the reason now why I was getting refusals after every minute! Did somebody count?😁 My left link rod is missing and that resulted in damage to my new control arm!😵‍💫 which explains the thuds I was hearing all morning today and partially last week also. I think I dropped my link rod last week at Sweihan. I recall hearing that metal noise while I was self recovering....🤭 My mechanic says we need stronger replacements! I think he just loves my car and looks forward to having it with him more than me. That seems to be the only logical explanation why he installed shitty ones in the first place!

Seems very similar to my experience. In my case the aftermarket rims being wider 7.5 inches vs 9 inches was the main issue and then I went berserk!😁

Wow a century achieved! Are we expecting a treat tomorrow??🤩😉

Congrats @Yurybel🎉 🎉

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@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!