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themachine posted:I have an irrational love of Dodge trucks and seeing these pictures just warmed the cockles of my heart. haha awesome! lots of people hate dodges, but I love 'em. Nice heavy snowfall this morning: 
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Here are a couple of random pictures of my nissan patrol, it's y60 swb with a bunch of OME parts. The engine is a 2.8L I6 turbo diesel.       
Daneo fucked around with this message at Apr 18, 2010 around 20:53 |
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Daneo posted:Here are a couple of random pictures of my nissan patrol, it's y60 swb with a bunch of OME parts. The engine is a 2.8L I6 turbo diesel. 
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I took my Subaru out to capitol forest the other day to test out my 27" ATs I got. This trail is more treacherous than it looks in the pics. I made it up to the point where everyone get's stuck due to some pretty big rocks. I was very close to making it to the top.   I might try out the Tahuya trails next weekend if I can get some friends to go.
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Never been to Capitol in all the years I've lived here. I had no idea the view was so good. Tahuya on the weekend can be a mess, the place is totally dominated by bikes and quads and you'll get dicked around by them at every turn. Weektime is really the best time to cruise up to Tahuya - there's nobody there at all and you'll own all the trails. I live about 30 mins away from Tahuya, feel free to hit me up if you have noone else to go with. Got low range in that Subaru? incredibull fucked around with this message at Apr 19, 2010 around 05:41 |
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NinjaTech posted:I took my Subaru out to capitol forest the other day to test out my 27" ATs I got. This trail is more treacherous than it looks in the pics. I made it up to the point where everyone get's stuck due to some pretty big rocks. I was very close to making it to the top. I really like that subaru. It looks very tall, is it lifted? or is that just the way it looks?
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Daneo posted:I really like that subaru. It looks very tall, is it lifted? or is that just the way it looks? I think it might be articulated up on the rocks.
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I have no pictures (yet), but ended up 4 wheeling a loving Kia Optima in the backwoods of Oroville, CA when trying to get my relatives to a wedding a couple weeks ago. I have no idea how the hell I managed to align up the ruts and the transmission to not lose the drat car - but it survived. Subscribing to my post so I can update this when I get the pics mailed.
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I also found a couple of pictures of the $500 LJ70 i purchased recently. Pretty much all the mods, excluding the exhaust, were done post purchase, as cheaply as possible.   
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| # ? Apr 21, 2010 20:48 |
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I went out to Riverside State Park ORV Park in Spokane like 4 or 5 times in 3 or 4 days and got some pretty cool pictures. Click here for the full 720x540 image.  Click here for the full 720x540 image. Thats probably the most badass image I have, its my background now haha.  Click here for the full 720x540 image.  Click here for the full 720x540 image.  Click here for the full 720x540 image.  Click here for the full 720x540 image.
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My friend finally got his AMC Eagle up and running decently, so the first thing he decided to do was take it thrashing about in the mud. Priorities   Click here for the full 1279x853 image.  Click here for the full 1279x853 image.  Click here for the full 1279x853 image.  Click here for the full 1279x853 image.  Click here for the full 1279x853 image.  Click here for the full 1279x853 image.
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SpecialK2 posted:
That's what I love about wheeling over east of the mountains.. You can find mud/water and not have it be filled with huge rear end tree roots, stumps, and boulders. I don't even go near mud over here any more. I've run into too many submerged surprises. Are those 33x9.5?
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got some pics and footage from wheeling on sunday. I busted my rear passenger half shaft. I can't get the drat thing to come off though. the outer cup wont move at all on the splines. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I7ZrXIBg3E   rest of the pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jgturk...157623941160572 Daneo posted:I really like that subaru. It looks very tall, is it lifted? or is that just the way it looks? It's got a 2" lift on it that I made.
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incredibull posted:That's what I love about wheeling over east of the mountains.. You can find mud/water and not have it be filled with huge rear end tree roots, stumps, and boulders. I don't even go near mud over here any more. I've run into too many submerged surprises. They are Toyo M-55s 255/85/R16 I think I measured them at about 34" overall, but they are only 8.5" wide. I haven't gotten a chance to do anything in Western Washington, I'm over in Spokane for school and brought the car back over Spring Break. But yea so far its been tons of fun over here.
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incredibull posted:That's what I love about wheeling over east of the mountains.. You can find mud/water and not have it be filled with huge rear end tree roots, stumps, and boulders. I don't even go near mud over here any more. I've run into too many submerged surprises. Don't forget pinballing off of trees... (197 trail @ Evans Creek)  Click here for the full 600x792 image.
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Philip J Fry posted:Don't forget pinballing off of trees... That's like the one place here I haven't been wheeling. I don't like having my Jeep make expensive noises. Also, none of my friends wheel anymore. So... alone...
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Evans can be pretty intimidating, but all I've ever done is roll back into a small tree, cracking my tail lens. It definitely gets tricky when it's slick with mud and snow with tight trees and off-camber trails, but it's dry as a bone in the summer. Armor all around is a savior. I always have a great time when I go there and have shown some novices what their near-stock vehicles can really do without damage. I'd love to go hit some trails with anyone in WA, but my YJ was stolen by some scumbag so I've started over with an XJ. It's been slow progress ($$$) but I've got some unibody stiffeners, rock rails and a 1.5" BB installed. If I can track down some decent 31" tires and maybe do a little fender trimming I think I could be ready. If any of these pics are too big, let me know...I looked back and saw a few that were similar so that helped justify my laziness. There can be quite a turnout sometimes...  This guy tagged along in his stock TJ (w/31's I think) and did pretty well after we showed him how to disconnect his swaybar  Yep, it gets pretty tight   Yellow TJ's are the new red Mustangs  Some decent scenery      A memorial on the 311. Some guy was running a towstrap downhill -- his e-brake gave out and his rig rolled back, pinning him between the vehicle he was going to pull and killed him  Muuuuuuuud    You'll see the occasional ZJ from time to time     As with hiking and face-height spiderwebs across the trail, sometimes it's fun to let someone else go first    SssscrrrrrAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPE  There's even a couple of rocks to play on  Mud pit at one of the trail intersections  Welp  Sup, brah? (some random guy with his Yota about to swan dive off a cliff) 
Philip J Fry fucked around with this message at May 1, 2010 around 15:01 |
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Nice pictures above. Took the Scout out last weekend, don't really have any pics though. We went to Washita again and then to Berryman National Forest. Really great time, lots of good trails. I did better at Washita than at Berryman, surprisingly. Washita is often regarded as a truck breaker, but I broke nothing there. At Berryman my brakes went to poo poo, I busted an antenna and scraped/dented my quarter down by the exhaust on the passenger side. Nothing big, and the brakes weren't in good shape to begin with. This upcoming weekend it's taking me and family camping and canoeing. I'm pretty sure this is how deliverance started.  Pickup don't know what the gently caress. 
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DIY 2-tone paint job. By the end of the day, you couldn't tell what color it was supposed to be. Isn't there a meme about "fuxing UR perception"?   Someday, when I grow up, I want to be able to flex like that. In the distance you can see a JK, which did surprisingly well. I take back everything bad I've said about them (well, almost everything).  And this is what makes it all worth it. We don't have any mountains around here, but there is the occasional 300' tall cliff.  Click here for the full 1600x1200 image.
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nubie7357 posted:
The JK's are more capable than any other jeep from the Factory. You can fit 35" tires on them without a lift, the axles (even the base model gen 2 Dana 30) can live with 37" tires without breaking, They flex really well. So well that a long arm lift doesn't help you flex any farther unless you reengineer the shock geometry. I would argue that the Rubicon Jeep is the most capable road going offroad vehicle you can buy in the world short of a unimog in today's market.
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jonathan posted:The JK's are more capable than any other jeep from the Factory. You can fit 35" tires on them without a lift, the axles (even the base model gen 2 Dana 30) can live with 37" tires without breaking, They flex really well. So well that a long arm lift doesn't help you flex any farther unless you reengineer the shock geometry. I would argue that the Rubicon Jeep is the most capable road going offroad vehicle you can buy in the world short of a unimog in today's market. I wish they had kept more of the look of the TJ. JK's just look too civilized. That being said, if I had the money, I'd still take a JK Rubicon and try to shoehorn a stroked 4.0 under the hood.
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EightBit posted:I wish they had kept more of the look of the TJ. JK's just look too civilized. That being said, if I had the money, I'd still take a JK Rubicon and try to shoehorn a stroked 4.0 under the hood. Gimme that VM Motori diesel from the Liberty, thank you.
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Question for the wheeling buffs: I'm looking to get into this and am currently looking at late 90s early 2000's 4Runners. Thing is, I never learned to drive stick, so I'm looking at 4runners with slushboxes. Will this impact where I can go? I'm really looking forward to trying this out.
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trouser chili posted:Gimme that VM Motori diesel from the Liberty, thank you. Indeed, they have an XJ that they squeezed that into. God I want it
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Solar Coaster posted:Thing is, I never learned to drive stick, so I'm looking at 4runners with slushboxes. Will this impact where I can go? Auto vs manual is personal preference. It doesn't really matter either way. You can get better crawl ratios with a manual, especially when you get into granny gears. Auto low ratios are usually higher but you also have a torque converter stall to alleviate that a bit. I prefer auto because I don't want to dance on three pedals with two feet going over rocks. Since you are just starting out it pretty much matters not at all.
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Off-road I'd much rather have an automatic. Manuals work, but you've GOT to have your ratios right. My friend John here is struggling up this hill with a manual. Running 38 inch tires (I think), T18/19, dana 20 transfer case in low range and 3.54 gears in the diffs. You can see how it wants to run too fast, so he's got to keep slipping the clutch, which stops momentum, so he's got to give it more gas, then feather the clutch more. Makes for a long day, and the truck won't appreciate it either. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_NKsV3if2U trouser chili fucked around with this message at May 15, 2010 around 16:29 |
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trouser chili posted:Off-road I'd much rather have an automatic. Manuals work, but you've GOT to have your ratios right. My friend John here is struggling up this hill with a manual. Running 38 inch tires (I think), Chrysler 727, dana 20 transfer case in low range and 3.54 gears in the diffs. You can see how it wants to run too fast, so he's got to keep slipping the clutch, which stops momentum, so he's got to give it more gas, then feather the clutch more. Makes for a long day, and the truck won't appreciate it either. Isn't a 727 a (legendary) auto trans?
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LouReed posted:Isn't a 727 a (legendary) auto trans? Oh poo poo, haha, that truck doesn't have a 727. That's either a t18 or t19 manual. Both my IH trucks have the 727 automatic though. I've corrected the original post. John has since replaced his Dana 20 transfer case with a Dana 300, which changes his low range ratio from 2.0:1 to 2.62:1. I think he's looking at changing the diffs too, not sure. trouser chili fucked around with this message at May 15, 2010 around 16:39 |
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Solar Coaster posted:Question for the wheeling buffs: Auto is fine off road. Some of the guys who build up their own trail rigs from scratch hate auto transmissions because they're more complicated to service, but I never had issues. I can concentrate on other things like rocks and steep inclines.
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I've noticed that every time I climb a hill and get it on video or take a pic, everything looks wrong and small, and nowhere near as cool as it did when I actually did it. Cause this was probably the most nerve racking hill I've ever climbed up, but the video just looks pure lame. Oh well. Outside of Spokane... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8LShns8Ov4 And what did I find at the top?  No idea what that's about. This is all undeveloped land.   And the way back down... Love how well the thing walks down the hill even with 3.07s. No brakes at all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AASf3rZZNL8 (Sorry, gotta skip to 0:40 - in a hotel and too lazy to edit the video atm)
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incredibull posted:I've noticed that every time I climb a hill and get it on video or take a pic, everything looks wrong and small, and nowhere near as cool as it did when I actually did it. Cause this was probably the most nerve racking hill I've ever climbed up, but the video just looks pure lame. Oh well. I agree. When you watch that video I posted, it doesn't look that tough, there is no sense of scale, you don't realize how steep it is.
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Phillip J Fry posted:I'd love to go hit some trails with anyone in WA, but my YJ was stolen by some scumbag Want to post some pics and location? I'm all over the I5 corridor for work and I always spot other Jeeps on the road and freeway. I'll keep an eye out for yours. I'm always down for a trail run but I don't want to beat my rigs up. I do live 30 mins from Tahuya and know it pretty well.
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It was stolen in February of 2007 from north Tacoma (the nice part), so it's probably long gone or been parted out though I'd have expected a call from the cops with a chassis turning up by now if it had been stripped. It was a '93 YJ with 5.5" RE lift, 33" BFG MT's, Warn bumpers, 9.5ti winch, homemade sliders, sailcloth top (not in any of the pics though). Who knows, maybe someone just removed the VIN and made it a trail-only rig. It would be super easy to spot if it was still intact, very few YJ's in the Puget Sound area have the bumper/winch combo that I did.     
Philip J Fry fucked around with this message at May 17, 2010 around 02:13 |
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No poo poo do you live in Ruston then? I drive to/from work through there. I'll keep an eye out, but yeah... 2007, I dunno.
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I live just up the hill, about a block from the U of Puget Sound. I pretty much wrote off ever seeing it again, but weirder things have happened. There's actually been a number of vehicles broken into over the years but mine's the only one I know of that was outright stolen. God help the bastard if I ever catch him...around thanksgiving a neighbor down the street and I chased someone off that tried to steal his late 80's Cherokee.
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 Click here for the full 800x600 image. So hopefully I will have stuff to post in here soon. I need to sort out an alternator issue but after that I'll get to take it out (and start buying goodies... like new tires.) It already has a SPOA, ridiculously long shackles, a weber carb I need to try and tweak, and a tub that is completely bedlined.
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drat dude, nice Sammy. In the top five of vehicles I want to own. I'd love to shove a Ford 2.3 Lima into one, do SOA like yours, and be done with it.
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I'm looking at grabbing a cheap midsized 4x4 to go camping/offroading in the near future, being in Australia i've been considering stuff like the Toyota Surf/4runner, Nissan Terrano/Pathfinder and maybe even a Cherokee (though i'd prefer diesel) all from 1980-early ninties. I've also noted a few Holden Jackaroos getting around, I think they were called Isuzu Troopers or something along those lines over in the states. How do they hold up? I'm thinking the Toyota and Jeep are going to have the biggest aftermarket and be the most capable off-road, but I'm open to suggestions.
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Bobby_Wokkerfella posted:I'm looking at grabbing a cheap midsized 4x4 to go camping/offroading in the near future, being in Australia i've been considering stuff like the Toyota Surf/4runner, Nissan Terrano/Pathfinder and maybe even a Cherokee (though i'd prefer diesel) all from 1980-early ninties. The US-market Troopers were passable vehicles, but they have/had almost no aftermarket support, at least compared to the other makes. The 4cyl gas engines had a reputation for blowing headgaskets and immediately warping the head, but it didn't happen to every one. The rear ends were stout. The front independent suspension was okay, probably about as durable as the Nissan/Toyota IFS of the same generation. The 5-spd transmissions were Aisin units, the same as Toyota/Nissan 5-spds. We were able to run 33x9.50 tires with a mild torsion bar crank and 2" lift shackles on the rear end with no tire rubbing on our '88 Trooper. They do have excellent interior head room.
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Yesterday I spoke with sarge, went through some awesome trails around route 66 And here's me stuck on my first wheeling trip some time ago.   Bonus picture of my jeep just before hell breaks loose (didn't take more pictures of this trip as I forgot to change the batteries before leaving home  and it even rained!  )
Steiler Drep fucked around with this message at Jun 2, 2010 around 22:20 |
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