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before and after shackles and 31" tires
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redexplr
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I had a blast taking my beut out on some semi challenging trials and the 31 all terrians surprized me and i kept up with the rest of the group who all had 33"+mud terrians. THe 3.73 trac loc gears worked wonders for me!! the trails were pretty muddy in spots but the groud is still thawing after winter but it was a good first run of the season! There were a couple mishaps though one guy busted a hub another broke free an exhuast manifold and as for me i fryied my water pump which sucked as this is my daily driver (dumb i know) but $100 and 4 hours in my garage and she's better then before now. Future mods planned in the (distant) future include a soa and bigger tires and maybe a 2" body lift.
heres the entrance to a long boulder hill
heres a steep hil which the photo does no justice of. you can see my exploder in the background i had to let me friend in his J@@P pass me so that he could winch me up. remember i only had 31 all terrians!
and heres me getting winched up over the crest of the hill at least the jeep isnt in the pic so i can always say i got winched up by another explorer!! lol
heres the entrance to a long boulder hill
heres a steep hil which the photo does no justice of. you can see my exploder in the background i had to let me friend in his J@@P pass me so that he could winch me up. remember i only had 31 all terrians!
and heres me getting winched up over the crest of the hill at least the jeep isnt in the pic so i can always say i got winched up by another explorer!! lol
olivesman
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glad to see you finally got your pics working. truck looks great. i really like the conservative look. the only that could make you any better would be some new wheels. keep it wheelin- russel
redexplr
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thanks olivesman,
the conservative look huh, thats it im going to have to go all the way now!!! 6" skyjacker!!!
nah actually i was very impressed with how well my truck did with just shackles and bigger tires, and the 3.73 limited slip worked great. As soon as i can afford to do more things i will but since im a college student ill have to wait for the big lift.
I figure in a year or so ill do a spring over axle conversion and some taller springs in the front. OH i forgot to inlclude a picture of my newest mod, nothing special but i put on a heckthorn steering stabalizer and it does great!! ILL get a front picture with the stabalizer soon.
the conservative look huh, thats it im going to have to go all the way now!!! 6" skyjacker!!!
nah actually i was very impressed with how well my truck did with just shackles and bigger tires, and the 3.73 limited slip worked great. As soon as i can afford to do more things i will but since im a college student ill have to wait for the big lift.
I figure in a year or so ill do a spring over axle conversion and some taller springs in the front. OH i forgot to inlclude a picture of my newest mod, nothing special but i put on a heckthorn steering stabalizer and it does great!! ILL get a front picture with the stabalizer soon.
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