how did that thornbirds guy do? Just wondering if those massive side lugs helped him at all....
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how did that thornbirds guy do? Just wondering if those massive side lugs helped him at all....
He got stuck :haha: and then after getting pulled out decided to head back in and barely made it outQuote:
Originally Posted by NealtheDestroyr
I saw that guy hot doggin it around town.Quote:
Originally Posted by MR.ZAP
My thoughts were :rolleyes:
haha someone said they overheard that dude and his friends talking **** but when he put that S10 sideways trying to get out of the pit and couldnt move I bet they shut up :flipoff3:Quote:
Originally Posted by NealtheDestroyr
yeah they were pissed that we were in their way even though he couldn't make it out there
yeah that S10 would have gotten stuck halfway in.. oh wait, it did :D and the ford wouldnt have even made it 10 feet haha and if they were as big of hard asses as they were actin they would have gone around us and dove into one of the deeper mud holes.. I mean after all, they guy DID have thornbirds.... :flipoff2:Quote:
Originally Posted by TdmayfieldIV
A group of 7 4x4's unable to traverse a mud pit is not a sign you are being blocked. It is a sign that you have no hope of getting through, either.Quote:
Originally Posted by TdmayfieldIV
But I guess when you've got Thornbirds on your truck, you can drive uphill through grease.
:rolleyes:
I wanna see pics of the f150 and YJ being dragged through the center of the mud pit by my jeep... I went from being somewhat clean to completely covered in less than 20 seconds.
i must have missed it? I see all this talk against a guy with a s10 sporting thornbirds... yet a bunch of pics of stuck jeeps on mall terrains?
:blackflipoff2:
I don't think we got pictures of that. The camera was in my truck when you were pulling me out of the mud.
haha as soon as garrets jeep came out it looked like a giant terd.Quote:
Originally Posted by CheapJeep
yes, got some new paint hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by TdmayfieldIV
Looks like good times! Takes me back to good times for sure. :D
looks like fun, good to see some new people wheeling
and posting!
I got it fixed. When i was driving back i noticed a really bad vibration. I baby it for a while cuz i just think it is all the mud in the rims. All the sudden it vibrates really bad and at this point i know what it is. Last time i didn't put locktite on the bolts connecting the driveshaft to the trans and they backed out. One cap was missing, one bolt sheared and two were bent. So, i had to go to napa (about 1/2 miles away) get the bolts and u-joint and put it back together (with locktite) while missing the first half of the superbowl
Sooo, apparently I did not escape Soggy Bottom without some damage of my own...
I no longer have any armor protecting my transfer case. The rear piece of my front skid plate is destroyed. It folded forward at some point, probably when I was towed backwards out of the pit. I only discovered what happened while washing my truck and realizing that the large piece of metal hanging down from my skid plate was not a foreign object scooped from the muck and wedged in, but something that was originally attached to my truck, horribly mangled and torn.
So for now, I'm one good rock away from being downgraded to Prerunner.
or upgraded to doing a sasQuote:
Originally Posted by 4-Banger
But I like my on-road handling :flipoff2:Quote:
Originally Posted by bcolman
if its done right it shouldnt change the handeling much if any
What does doing a solid axle swap have to do with t-case protection? I may have a stock skid/cross member soon that I can give to you, I am pulling mine off in the next couple of weeks.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. SAS isn't cheap, and it's fairly involved. There are many other things I'll want to do first before even considering SAS.
Yeah, let me know. I just need the rear plate.Quote:
Originally Posted by FJAggie07
oh, i thought he was talking about a skid that is protecting the front diff in his ifs
No, my front diff is still protected by the forward plate. It's the t-case that is exposed because rear plate got peeled away by something buried in the mud.Quote:
Originally Posted by bcolman
what?Quote:
Originally Posted by 4-Banger
axle: $150
Steering: $300
Springs: $40
SAS kit: $150
F350 shock towers: $30
~$700 plus labor... DO IT! ITs the most worthwhile thing you can do, just ask faggie :flipoff2:
I like my IFS. I don't really see a need to change that for the foreseeable future.
150 for an axle? Wow. No lockah, so we weld it but wait no shafts, so they go boom, what the hell would be the point over ifs? You can have flex with no traction and get no where or break on the way and that is no fun for a daily driver, but here are some additional costs for doing it on the cheap...Quote:
Originally Posted by Eckert
Oil pan, return, sump, dip stick and assoted goodies for engine...$100
shocks...$200
frame plating...$100
drive shafts... $100 (on the cheap)
rear springs and hangers for 63" chevys...$60
ubilt flip kit... $40
tires and wheels for new found glory...$500 if you find good used 35's.
Just a lil more money. He needs a lift, tcase skid, some 33's and a limited slip for the frontand keep his dd clean. :)
dont you have a good lift you just took off, that would help him get a little altitude
Nah I asked him about it at Clayton he didn't want it. I have already sold most of my takeoffs including lift gears tires wheels skids and steering. Has helped the solid axle swap a lot
Oh, I wanted it...Quote:
Originally Posted by FJAggie07
...it was/is just a funding issue :D
not all of us **** money and know when to wait for a deal :flipoff2:Quote:
Originally Posted by FJAggie07
i forgot the later yota's bring the ghey with the oil pan, but most of your other costs could be cut in half just by looking around.
here is a axle with steering and lockah for $450:
http://www.texas4x4.org/showthread.php?t=31703