New Mitsubishi Strada [ARCHIVED]

[bluemica]

Sir Bluemica sayang na sayang dae me nakahapag. I will be home only on the 26 Sept. . Dakulon kayang problima digdi sa oilrig kaya dae ako makakapuli nin amay...
Its my 2nd opportunity lost na di makasama sa mini EB ng strada club.
Maogmang penafrancia fiesta na lang saimo Sir. Enjoy po..

I just hoping na ok un schedule ko on your plan offroad EB sa Baguio.

iyo sayang. ayos lang yan magiba ka na lang sa baguio fun run. garo maduman ako uli dai ko lang sure kung kailan pa. kadakol na ngani nakastrada duman.. sayang dai ka palan nakahabol sa penafrancia. VIVA LA BIRHEN!

[Arvin Cristi]

TSCP Grand EB/Xmas Party/1st Anniversary is scheduled on December... exact date to be announced maybe after the November Baguio Fun Run/4x4 basic intro.

BOSBs and newbies who want to join the club, the November Baguio Fun Run/4x4 basic intro is scheduled on November 28 (depart Manila 10-11 pm) up to December 1, 2008 (depart Baguio after lunch). This is a long weekend and you can bring your family (or special someone, sarap may kayakap dun, hehe) with you for a much needed rest and relaxation... with a little sight seeing and light off-roading session to be conducted by our resident 4x4 gurus. Please confirm your willingness to join this said event. Also, please indicate if you will be bringing your strada and your family so that we can organize a car pool and finalize the rooms needed for our accommodation:
1. ThePatriarch + Strada (with wife Ting)
2. arvin + pula
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[apollo_kafka]

TSCP Grand EB/Xmas Party/1st Anniversary is scheduled on December... exact date to be announced maybe after the November Baguio Fun Run/4x4 basic intro.

BOSBs and newbies who want to join the club, the November Baguio Fun Run/4x4 basic intro is scheduled on November 28 (depart Manila 10-11 pm) up to December 1, 2008 (depart Baguio after lunch). This is a long weekend and you can bring your family (or special someone, sarap may kayakap dun, hehe) with you for a much needed rest and relaxation... with a little sight seeing and light off-roading session to be conducted by our resident 4x4 gurus. Please confirm your willingness to join this said event. Also, please indicate if you will be bringing your strada and your family so that we can organize a car pool and finalize the rooms needed for our accommodation:
1. ThePatriarch + Strada (with wife Ting)
2. arvin + pula
3. apollo_kafka and Anna
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5.
6.

[Punisher Rano]

To Sir Dont and Sir Ian, thanks sa welcome at sa reply nyo. Looking forward to buying this truck. I'm chossing between black and white. I'm planning to buy a 4x2 so it does not come with mudguards. Pwede magtanong kung magkano mudguards dyan sa Banaue? Mahal dito eh. Tig 8,000 yung isa. Thanks.

[ThePatriarch]

To Sir Dont and Sir Ian, thanks sa welcome at sa reply nyo. Looking forward to buying this truck. I'm chossing between black and white. I'm planning to buy a 4x2 so it does not come with mudguards. Pwede magtanong kung magkano mudguards dyan sa Banaue? Mahal dito eh. Tig 8,000 yung isa. Thanks.

welcome to tsikot sir punisher rano. are you referring to the fender flares? standard din kasi sa gl and glx ang mudguards, if im not mistaken...

[G01]

ahemmmm... astig! nice cepek rims... that time kasi 15inch lang available.. nice AT tires too...

pwede ba mag attend ng grand eb kahit wala ang strada ko? just kidding..

Hi Sir. Actually I was trying to determine if you have the same DC rims from the picture of your Strada that you posted but the image wasn't sharp enough so I wasn't sure if we have the same DC rims. What I am sure of is that the ride from the 15" rims is more comfortable .

[lamanansala]

Hi Sir. Actually I was trying to determine if you have the same DC rims from the picture of your Strada that you posted but the image wasn't sharp enough so I wasn't sure if we have the same DC rims. What I am sure of is that the ride from the 15" rims is more comfortable .

Sir G01, what about the speed and maneuverability at 15 inch is it much better?

[G01]

Sir G01, what about the speed and maneuverability at 15 inch is it much better?

Mine is 16” sir Lamanansala, fitted with 265/70 All Terrain tires. The stock tire size is 245/65/17. The A/T tire is 1” bigger than the stock tire. By keeping the outside diameter of the tires the speedo reading will not be affected. A smaller rim diameter will have wider side wall giving a softer ride while a larger diameter rim will make the side walls thinner thus giving a stiffer ride. A close match to the stock tire diameter using 15” rim is 265/70/15.

I drove to Halsema Highway yesterday and found no noticeable difference in the speed and maneuverability. The only thing that I noticed is that the stock H/T Bridgestone Dueler tires hug the wet roads better than my new A/T Goodyear Wrangler. I experienced slipping sa wet paved road sa Halsema Highway yesterday. Noong stock H/T pa yung tires ko meron din konting slipping pero mas grabe ang slipping sa A/T tires ko ngayon.

[dadz]

Share ko lang mga bro

For newbies or people who dont fiddle with their donuts or rubbers, its good to understand some common simple terms and references. Please correct me if any of these are incorrect, I am just putting down what I know with some references.

In the above picture, the Right side faces the outside, and the Left faces the chassis/brakes/vehicle body.

RIM DIAMETER - This is what people always say, a 15 inch or 16 inch rim. What upsize to 18", it is the diameter of the circle of of the inner or outer edge of the rim.

CENTRE DISC - This is the plate or spoked part of the rim that gives you the holes for you to screw your rims to your vehicle. Steel rims are usually a thin flat plate in the centre, alloy rims have more interesting designs and the spokes can be in various designs, but the mounting surface is still flat and in the centre of the wheel.

OFFSET - If an imaginery line is drawn in the middle of the rim (centre rim), the centre disc, mounting disc or plate, whatever you call it may not be on that line. If the centre disc is in the centre of the rim, it is a zero offset rim. If the centre disc is closer to the outside facing part, it is negative offset and if it is nearer the inner side, its positive offset.

PCD - The Pitch Circle Diameter is the diameter of an imaginery circle (bolt circle) drawn through the bolt/nuts/wholes of the rim.



Bolt Pattern - Most rims are designed to be bolted with 4 or 5 nuts, less on 6 and even less on 8 nuts. These nuts are usually evenly spread out evenly on the bolt circle.

RIM WIDTH - This is how wide the rim is, one edge to the other. This is useful to know when you fit different thread width tyres. Tyres usually have a window of tolerance to fit different rims, but a rim using 175 wide tyres probably cannot change to a 275 wide tyres on the same rim.

Commonly seen 'specs' for rims: 17x10 ET 20 or 4x100. The first means rim diameter 17 (inch), rim width 10 (inch) and Positive 10 (mm) offset. The 2nd means 4 holes, PCD 100mm


Pasensiya na po medyo mahaba sana medyo makapag bigay nag idea ito.

[dadz]

This is just a think that some time people dont know, sorry po kung medyo makulit ako, as i say having more information is better than having none.

Have not heard or seen people downsizing rubbers, so will not be looking at that.

Changing rim/tyre without changing rolling radius:
Most car owners change their car tyres and rims to get the blink blink factor. By changing to a bigger rim, the metal part becomes bigger, while the rubber becomes thinner, but before and after, the rolling diameter/radius as well as the width of the tyre remains the same or very near.

The pros as argued:
1. Looks better
2. Drivers firm/tighter, whatever you call it, because the rubber flex more than metal, so less rubber more metal means less flex or wobbling on tight turns

The cons:
1. More metal, less rubber means less absorbing of road 'impurities' so you can feel every small rock the wheel rolls over, so a bumpier ride.
2. high speed, hit rock or kerb means rims dented, though that is quite extreme on tarmac, but definitely not on offroad.
3. Harder to fit tyres to rim and easier to scratch your rim on fitting (that is the tyre shop problem actually.

Changing rim/tyre while changing rolling radius:

Pros: Bigger tyres, better clearance.
Cons: Bigger tyres, loses power.

Hope this help some one.